Every week, Yahoo Sports’ Vincent Goodwill will reveal his ballot for an NBA superlative award for the 2019-20 season. The ballots were due before the restart of the season at Walt Disney World.
The NBA Rookie of the Year race played to expectations and fears all wrapped into one spectacular package. By the time Zion Williamson was getting ready to make his late-January debut, the anticipation was matched only by the certainty of Ja Morant doing more than enough to secure the award.
Availability is the only reason this didn’t play out differently, with Williamson playing just 19 games.