If you don’t think this year’s NBA Rookie of the Year award isn’t going to be awesome, you probably don’t like NBA basketball.
The media circus behind Lonzo and Lavar Ball will continue rolling this year. Philadelphia has two Rookie of the Year candidates in number one picks Markelle Fultz (2017) and Ben Simmons (2016). De’Aaron Fox may be behind George Hill now, but some tanking can fix that. Dennis Smith Jr. and Donovan Mitchell wow’ed people in the Summer League with their insane athleticism. Jayson Tatum can emerge as a frontrunner for this award if he shows out off the bench for a title-contending team.