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Is Ant going to win rookie of the year now?

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Is Ant going to win rookie of the year now?

It will be really close, I still think lamelo takes it. Ant needs to continue his 20 pts per game streak

kekgeek1 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Is Ant going to win rookie of the year now?

It will be really close, I still think lamelo takes it. Ant needs to continue his 20 pts per game streak

I don't think Lamelo has enough games

CoolBreeze44 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Is Ant going to win rookie of the year now?

It will be really close, I still think lamelo takes it. Ant needs to continue his 20 pts per game streak

I don't think Lamelo has enough games

Media votes on the award and I think the media really really really wants to give the award to Lamelo. Then Ant advance stats are really bad and Ant will end up playing on a team with a bottom 3 record in the NBA.

I think Ant now has a chance when I thought 0% before just think he needs to continue his extremely high scoring play without an extended slow down. This is all with a grace period of Dlo and Beasley coming back. I like Ant just don't think he wins the award over Lamelo

I think LaMelo Ball was probably a lock to win the award before this injury, but I just don't see how you can give it to him when you consider Joel Embiid and Zion Williamson didn't win with more dominating stats. I get that they didn't play 41 games, but Ball's numbers don't look otherworldly either so that balances it out a bit. The voters kind of established a precedent that games played matters. We'll see if they turn their back on that this year. I think Anthony Edwards or maybe even Tyrese Haliburton can catch him.

Ants been closing the gap and I think he would have continued to close it. I think he's going to continue his push and win ROY now. 41 games isn't enough, especially when it's at the beginning of the season. I think the wolves continue to feature ant the rest of the year even when dlo and Beasley return.

That's too bad he got hurt I hate seeing young guys injured.

It's always hard to win when you don't play enough games. The rookies in this class overall don't exactly have big numbers but but I'd guess someone shows enough they get the award over someone who only played half a season.

I'll bet anyone 10$ that Ball wins ROY. Ball had such a significant lead over everyone. He'll end up playing 57% of the games. Joel Embiid played in 37.8% of the games his rookie year and lost it to a guy in the playoffs in Brogdon and Williamson played in 33.3% of games and lost to Ja who was the best player on a playoff team pre bubble.

I love Ant but he is on the worst team in the NBA what will more then likely finish bottom 3 with terrible advance stats. Haliburton has missed games, doesn't have the crazy media attention and is on a non playoff team. Lamelo has the stats, had his team in the playoffs and has all the media attention.

I'm really confident Lamelo will be the ROY

kekgeek1 wrote:I'll bet anyone 10$ that Ball wins ROY. Ball had such a significant lead over everyone. He'll end up playing 57% of the games. Joel Embiid played in 37.8% of the games his rookie year and lost it to a guy in the playoffs in Brogdon and Williamson played in 33.3% of games and lost to Ja who was the best player on a playoff team pre bubble.

I love Ant but he is on the worst team in the NBA what will more then likely finish bottom 3 with terrible advance stats. Haliburton has missed games, doesn't have the crazy media attention and is on a non playoff team. Lamelo has the stats, had his team in the playoffs and has all the media attention.

I'm really confident Lamelo will be the ROY

You may be right, kek, but the momentum for LaMelo Ball could die down significantly in the next couple of months with him sidelined. It's easy to say that he'll still win right now because he hasn't missed many games yet. The image of him is still fresh in our minds. But what if Anthony Edwards' improved play is for real and he averages 20/5/5 for the remainder of the season and doesn't miss any games? What if he has a couple 30 or 40 burgers along the way? Things can change rapidly in the NBA and if nothing else this injury to Ball has at least opened the door for other guys.

Also, Andrew Wiggins won Rookie of the Year on a 16-66 Wolves team primarily because he had the raw stats. As Kevin Garnett once said -- ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!

Camden0916 wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:I'll bet anyone 10$ that Ball wins ROY. Ball had such a significant lead over everyone. He'll end up playing 57% of the games. Joel Embiid played in 37.8% of the games his rookie year and lost it to a guy in the playoffs in Brogdon and Williamson played in 33.3% of games and lost to Ja who was the best player on a playoff team pre bubble.

I love Ant but he is on the worst team in the NBA what will more then likely finish bottom 3 with terrible advance stats. Haliburton has missed games, doesn't have the crazy media attention and is on a non playoff team. Lamelo has the stats, had his team in the playoffs and has all the media attention.

I'm really confident Lamelo will be the ROY

You may be right, kek, but the momentum for LaMelo Ball could die down significantly in the next couple of months with him sidelined. It's easy to say that he'll still win right now because he hasn't missed many games yet. The image of him is still fresh in our minds. But what if Anthony Edwards' improved play is for real and he averages 20/5/5 for the remainder of the season and doesn't miss any games? What if he has a couple 30 or 40 burgers along the way? Things can change rapidly in the NBA and if nothing else this injury to Ball has at least opened the door for other guys.

Also, Andrew Wiggins won Rookie of the Year on a 16-66 Wolves team primarily because he had the raw stats. As Kevin Garnett once said -- ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!

I think it's possible for only Ant beat Lamelo. Ant is the only one with star power. He is capable of big games but I do feel like he won't have as many with Dlo and Beasley coming back eventhough that should lead to more wins. I just think Ant needs to be special to win it. (He is now the betting favorite though)