Odds Say Joel Embiid Is Rookie Of The Year Lock
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- There's almost no way Joel Embiid does win the NBA's rookie of the year award.
According to Bovada LV, the Sixers' star center is 1/25 to win the award. That means, you have to risk $2,500 just to win $100. A $100 bet would earn you a measly four bucks.
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Embiid, 22, is remarkably averaging 20.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks in only 25.4 minutes per game.
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Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon has the second best odds at 20/1, while Sixers No. 1 pick Ben Simmons -- who has yet to play a game -- is third at 25/1. Sixers rookie forward Dario Saric is tied with four other players at 33/1.
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