Jahlil Okafor Is Favored To Win NBA Rookie Of The Year
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel III told the 94WIP Mike & Ike Show on Monday, that Jahlil Okafor is the best player in the draft and it's not even close. Well, it looks like Vegas agrees.
Here are the 2015-16 NBA Rookie of the Year odds, courtesy of Bovada LV.
Jahlil Okafor 7/2
D'Angelo Russell 4/1
Karl-Anthony Towns 7/1
Emmanuel Mudiay 7/1
Justise Winslow 9/1
Joel Embiid 10/1
Mario Hezonja 16/1
Willie Cauley-Stein 22/1
Jerian Grant 22/1
Myles Turner 25/1
Sam Dekker 25/1
Frank Kaminsky 25/1
Kristaps Porzingis 25/1
Stanley Johnson 33/1
Cameron Payne 33/1
Trey Lyles 33/1
Devin Booker 33/1
Bobby Portis 33/1
Other than Okafor, the Sixers' 2014 third overall pick Joel Embiid is also listed (10/1) to win the award this upcoming season. Embiid, who missed the entire 2014-15 season due to foot surgery, continues to battle through that injury. His status is currently unknown.
Last season, Sixers rookie Nerlens Noel finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. In 2013-14, then Sixers point guard Michael Carter-Williams won the award.
