Zach Edey is the NBA’s new 2025 Rookie of the Yr favourite after a sterling summer season league debut.
The 7-foot-4 Edey, who was just lately thought-about an extended shot for the award, is presently a +600 favourite at FanDuel Sportsbook.
The Purdue product was drafted ninth total by the Memphis Grizzlies after questions on how his athleticism and dimension would slot in the NBA.
If his debut in Salt Lake Metropolis is any indication, Edey goes to be simply high quality as a professional.
Edey dropped 14 factors with 15 rebounds and 4 blocks in 34 minutes towards the Jazz in his first summer season league sport Monday, thrilling the curiosity of oddsmakers and sports activities bettors alike.
The efficiency helped vault Edey into pole place so as to add much more {hardware} to a set that already contains two Related Press males’s school basketball participant of the 12 months awards.
As just lately as late June after the draft, Edey was +1200 at FanDuel, tied for the seventh-best odds to win the award.
ESPN BET had Edey as excessive as +2000.
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Becoming a member of a Grizzlies staff that’s skinny on the heart place after buying and selling away huge man Steven Adams finally season’s commerce deadline, Edey has a shot at slotting into Memphis’ beginning lineup subsequent season.
Edey takes excessive spot on the chances board from Alexandre Sarr (+700), who was drafted No. 2 total by the Washington Wizards.
The pair are carefully trailed by Zaccharie Risacher (+750), whom the Atlanta Hawks took with the primary decide of the draft.
The Lakers’ Dalton Knecht (+850), the Rockets’ Reed Sheppard (+1000) and the Bulls’ Matas Buzelis (+1000) are the one different gamers with odds no worse than 10/1 at FanDuel.
