It’s still August so that means the NBA schedule is fast asleep and relevant news is at a crawl. The Olympic Games in Rio provided some relief from the basketball doldrums, but we’re back to mostly perusing predictions. Always one of the hotter topics, the Rookie of the Year Award has already received a lot of discussion.
Towards the end of July, ESPN’s Summer Forecast predicted Buddy Hield would finish fourth in the 2017 ROY race. That remained unchanged last week as writers from both the NBA and ESPN websites echoed a top 5 result; however, what specifically caught my eye was that Fran Blinebury tied Hield’s chances to the success of the New Orleans Pelicans next season.