NBA Rookie of the Year Odds and Player Insights for 2024
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00:00All right, Carver, hi, I see you have some of these odds for NBA awards next year and
00:09the defensive player of the year, I've already told you, I'm on Wembanyama to win the next
00:14decade of those.
00:16Well, I think the, you know, the books put this out yesterday, Scotty, and that's why
00:20I wanted to give it to you, which was this number for the defensive player of the year.
00:24And I think everyone's along your same line of thinking.
00:27I think they thought he probably could have won it this past season and he did not.
00:34So he is minus 250 favorite before the season even starts.
00:40I mean, think about that.
00:42Minus 250 before they even play a game.
00:45That's how much they don't want to take a lot of money in on Wembanyama.
00:48Well, listen, I thought he should have won it this year, this rookie season.
00:55You know, I don't know what their fascination is with Rudy Gobert's game, but I'm not on
01:01it.
01:02I'm not on that trial run.
01:05I don't think he's that great.
01:06I really don't.
01:07And I saw them, you know, fail miserably in the playoffs at the end.
01:14I mean, at the end of the day, what did what did he do?
01:17What did Kat do in that series?
01:19They got their ass beat is what they what happened.
01:22And all I know is I thought that kid every night that he played, I mean, played 20, 25
01:27minutes a game and he was still, I thought, way better than Gobert blocking shots and
01:33getting rebounds.
01:34And I mean, just watching him do everything.
01:37I think he's already better, way better than Rudy Gobert.
01:40Not only that, what are they on the same Olympic team?
01:44You're going to see how much better he is in late July in Paris.
01:49We're going to find out who the best player is on on France.
01:53It's him.
01:54Who's the best player defensively in the NBA?
01:56It's him.
01:57He's already that player.
01:58Not only that, I would put him in the conversation right now for MVP of the league, you know,
02:07MVP in a league.
02:08I'd put him in that conversation right now.
02:10All they ever do is talk about Joker and then Bede.
02:15And I'll tell you what, if this kid plays 35 minutes a game, he's going to have bigger
02:20numbers than those guys.
02:23That's just all there is to it.
02:24He's going to be unbelievable.
02:26I won't deny the Serbian.
02:29I won't deny what he's done.
02:30I won't deny his triple doubles and his double doubles and his ability or, you know, even
02:37his vision, the way he passes is incredible.
02:41But I'm not putting him beat in there.
02:44I'm sorry.
02:45You know, he plays like, you know, he misses a giant chunk in a season every year and he
02:51gets to the line more than any player in the league, Mike.
02:53I mean, yeah, and he's great at shooting free throws.
02:56So it's not that hard to score 30 a night when you get 18 free throws, honestly, and
03:02you're a seven footer, 300 pounds.
03:04It's not that hard.
03:05Trust me.
03:06I'm going to say the same thing.
03:08I know we're going to talk about Edie here.
03:10I'll tell you the same thing about him.
03:12The funny story about him is when you bring this up, I'll tell you what I read today.
03:16It was hilarious.
03:17Absolutely.
03:18Let me get through it.
03:20And Wim Benyama, by the way, eighth choice for MVP at 25 to one right now, if you wanted
03:24to go and get him.
03:25That's where he sits.
03:26Why not?
03:2725 to one.
03:28Those are great odds.
03:2925 to one.
03:30And you're right.
03:31If he's playing a considerable more minutes than last year and the numbers are big, that
03:35will be 10 to one by Christmas if he comes out hot and he's playing that way.
03:42So that is definitely something to think about.
03:44I wanted to throw this into you, too, today.
03:47You sent me this.
03:48This has been a hot topic.
03:49And that's this WNBA Rookie of the Year with Clark and Reese.
03:54Now, this is now extended to minus 550 for Clark and Reese at three to one.
04:02I think it's I think it's Clark.
04:04But that's just me, Scotty.
04:05I think it's I think it's Clark.
04:08Well, you know, I think Reese is a great player and I think she's wasted a lot of time being
04:14jealous of Caitlin Clark and all of that drama was a gigantic, colossal waste of time.
04:21The reality is this, is that that kid, she's an incredible basketball player.
04:27There's just no way around it.
04:28I mean, you can say whatever you want about her, hate her, be jealous of her, hurt her,
04:32cheap shot her, do whatever.
04:35They've done everything to her.
04:37Besides chop her head off.
04:39I've never seen so many people disrespect someone that's that good.
04:44They just are jealous of her.
04:45That's all there is to it.
04:46She had the first triple double as a rookie.
04:49Her numbers are phenomenal.
04:51Her shooting is crazy.
04:54We all know what she can do from outside.
04:56But I like the way she gets to the ten.
04:58And I love the way she passes.
05:00And I love the way she doesn't react to all these people trying to hurt her.
05:03So I think she's already won that award.
05:05And I think that the other kid, Reese, is a great player.
05:10She's just a fantastic player.
05:12There's no getting around it.
05:14But she spent at least 30% of her time worrying about Clark instead of just 100% of her time
05:19being a great player.
05:20I think if she was 100% on her game, she might be closer in those odds.
05:26But she wasted too much time worrying about Clark.
05:28You can't even deny it.
05:30And you can say whatever you want about it, race, whatever you want.
05:33They've tried every card on this already.
05:35I don't do that.
05:36This is about ball to me.
05:38She wasted too much time instead of balling out.
05:41She spends all her time trying to be a supermodel, a fashion drip.
05:46What she wears to the arena is more important than basketball.
05:50Being famous with her outfits and her diamonds and all the rest and her purse and all the
05:55rest and her shoes are more important than basketball.
05:58And that girl Clark, I mean, she's trying to dress up and play the game.
06:02They all are.
06:03But she knows, pure and simple, she's a baller and that's it.
06:06All she really is is a great basketball player.
06:08That chick will never be confused, Clark, as a supermodel.
06:12Zach Eady, no doubt about.
06:16Here we go with, I was going to give you the Zach Eady now, 14 points, 15 boards, tipping
06:20at the buzzer to force the overtime in his Memphis debut.
06:23He moved from 10 to 1 to 6 to 1, which is tied for the top of the board for the rookie
06:30of the year next year with that Sar from the Wizards.
06:34Eady, very impressive, as we mentioned earlier in the show in his first outing.
06:38Yeah, listen, Sar will never do what this guy Eady is going to do.
06:43OK, Sar will never do that.
06:45But Eady is going to do it.
06:46I read an article today by a guy saying that we're all a bunch of suckers about Zach Eady.
06:52You'd bet on him for rookie of the year.
06:54And he said the only thing he said, this is the one thing at the end of the article the
06:57guy wrote.
06:58He wrote.
06:59But then again, if he has a double double every night, he might get it.
07:02Like, make up your mind, bro.