Zach Edey is now the consensus betting favorite for the NBA Rookie of the Year after his outstanding summer league debut with the Grizzlies.
Edey is now the consensus betting favorite for Rookie of the Year after his outstanding summer league debut with the
A polarizing draft prospect because of questions over how his game would translate to the NBA level, Edey was considered a long shot for Rookie of the Year when betting for the award opened late last month, with some sportsbooks offering odds as high as +1400 on the former Purdue star.Edey also is +600 for Rookie of the Year at both DraftKings and FanDuel and is a slight favorite over Sarr at both sportsbooks.
The 7-foot-4 Edey certainly looked special Monday in the Grizzlies' Salt Lake City summer league game, finishing with 14 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks in 34 minutes. He also forced overtime with a buzzer-beating tip-in, earning praise from Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins. " so many encouraging signs from the game the other night," Jenkins said the following day on the ESPN broadcast during the Grizzlies' summer league game against the."Obviously he has that tip-in. Just the fire that he plays with. ... We're going to try to expand his game a little bit more. I think he can be a threat on the inside in the post, bringing that back a little bit.
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