NBA Awards Betting Preview: Rookie of the Year

The Magic let San Antonio hang around when these teams last faced off a week ago but our NBA betting picks expect Orlando to be much more dominant tonight. Find out why in our NBA betting picks below. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs will be on the road on Thursday as they take on Paolo Banchero and the…

The Most Improved Player award usually ends up being an award given to a player who unexpectedly put up big numbers. Therefore, it's incredibly hard to bet on this honor before the season actually gets underway. However, that doesn't mean we can't break down some of the candidates who could build on their numbers significantly enough to be…

De'Aaron Fox emerged as the winner of the Clutch Player of the Year Award for the 2022-23 season, and he opens as the favorite to retain the title in the 2023-24 season. Will Fox secure the award for consecutive seasons, or could someone like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander come out on top? Here are the 2024 NBA Clutch Player of the Year Award odds from…

This page tracked the odds to win the 2023 NBA Rookie of the Year Award Paolo Banchero won the award in a landslide vote Looking for this year's NBA Rookie of the Year odds? This page monitored the odds to win the 2023 NBA Rookie of the Year award. The main graph below was generated by calculating the average NBA Rookie of the Year odds at legal…

Victor Wembanyama is officially a member of the San Antonio Spurs. After sitting as an overwhelming -10000 favorite to go No. 1 overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, the 7-5 Frenchman is also the prohibitive favorite to win the 2024 Rookie of the Year award with -200 odds on BetMGM. While he isn't quite as heavy of a favorite to win ROY as he was to go…

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With four months of the 2022-23 NBA regular season officially in the books, it's a good time to check out the latest odds for the Rookie of the Year race, which, unlike the MVP race, has not seen a ton of odds movement. Magic forward Paolo Banchero is leading the way as the betting favorite (-650), which isn't surprising given his pedigree and…

Explore the odds on our top NBA betting sites as you decide whether to back Victor Wembanyama or Chet Holmgren for the NBA Rookie of the Year. The 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year futures market seems to be between two players right now, but Holmgren is the one who has recently pulled ahead as the consensus favorite among our best sports betting…

Italian-American rookie Paolo Banchero has already become a key part of the Orlando Magic's present and future in his first NBA season. The Duke alumnus has shown impressive consistency and leadership already, proving he was the right pick for the Magic. When the 2022 NBA draft was approaching, many pundits had a feeling that the Orlando Magic, the…

There's a clear favorite to be the NBA's 2022-23 Rookie of the Year, but are there any value picks worth pursuing? Read on for our look at the 2023 NBA Rookie of the Year futures odds. With the Orlando Magic's Paolo Banchero running away with the NBA's Rookie of the Year award, the ship may have already sailed for betting on this market. With that…

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When the 2022-23 season first tipped-off, it appeared as if Paolo Banchero would be the early front-runner for the NBA's Rookie of the Year Award. During summer league, the Orlando Magic shut him down after only two games, thoroughly impressed with that they had seen. In those two games, he put up close to 20 points per game, five rebounds and six…

A month into the 2022-23 NBA season, no rookies have been better than Paolo Banchero and Bennedict Mathurin. There's plenty of basketball left to be played this season, but current odds tab Banchero and Mathurin as the two favorites to win Rookie of the Year honors. While the Magic and Pacers haven't exactly been in the national spotlight this…

When the Orlando Magic selected Paolo Banchero with the first overall pick in June's rookie draft, it took many in the basketball community by surprise. Three weeks into the season, he's already the clear frontrunner to win NBA Rookie of the Year - and it's not even close. The former Duke star is dealing as the -700 favorite to win the coveted…

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The NBA has handed out the Rookie of the Year Award since 1952-53. Malcolm Brogdon, selected 36th overall in 2016, is the only second-rounder to win the NBA's Rookie of the Year Award. Of the 73 winners, 55 have been top-five picks in the draft, and only six winners were selected outside the top nine (the average pick of winners is 4.7). This award…

With the start of the 2022/23 NBA season less than two months away, fans are already debating who will be the breakthrough stars this term. Several leading bookmakers are offering odds on who will be the NBA Rookie of the Year, highlighting the prestigious nature of the award. Numerous new betting sites have also jumped on the bandwagon by pricing…

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Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic's first overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft) is the bookie's hot favorite to pick up the Rookie of the Year Award for the 2022/2023 season - at international sportsbook Bovada. Banchero showed precisely why he was selected first overall in his two Summer League games, averaging 20 points, five rebounds, six assists, 2.5…

There's less than three weeks until the start of the 2022-23 NBA season, and one award race has changed dramatically since the 2022 NBA Draft. Oklahoma City Thunder big man Chet Holmgren, who played well in the NBA Summer League, is out for the season with a Lisfranc injury in his foot, which leaves Orlando Magic forward and No. 1 overall pick…

Although he didn't play long in the NBA Summer League, former Duke star Paolo Banchero, who was taken #1 in the draft by the Orlando Magic, made a big impression on many people. Toss in the various Pro-Am events he played in and he definitely looked like he belonged. So: is he going to be Rookie of the Year? Well, maybe. It depends on a whole lot…

Who would have thought an offseason exhibition scrimmage and glorified pick-up game played in a gym in Seattle, Washington, would so hugely impact the 2022 season? While running to defend a Lebron James fastbreak, Oklahoma City rookie Chet Holmgren suffered a Lisfranc fracture that will keep him out of the Thunder's lineup for the whole season. The…

Winners and losers are assigned quickly after every draft. Victors are declared and grades are assigned as soon as all the picks are in, even though it may be a few seasons before we truly know how good or bad a pick was. But we do know the winners and losers right away when it comes to betting. Many bettors who picked the NBA draft No. 1 pick knew…