NBA Rookie of the Year Candidates: Matas Buzelis & Zach Edey

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00:00So we both went ROI, Dubsy, you're talking a lot of windy city basketball in these next

00:11couple of picks.

00:12Shout out, Chartown, let's take it to the city of Chicago, Bezelis is my guy, G League

00:19standout coming in for the Bulls here, putting up fantastic numbers, 6'10", the big Lithuanian

00:26American, and he's already got that experience at the pro ranks, so I don't think there's

00:29going to be a learning curve per se out the gates here, and I really do think he's going

00:34to have an impact on the Bulls side, which really doesn't have a lot of expectations

00:38coming in for a new season, Bezelis is durable, he can do it both ways there, 9'3", 1.8 assists

00:46last season, so very efficient, brings a bit of size there for the Bulls and can certainly

00:51get it done in the paint.

00:52So Bezelis still sitting there at 10-1, plus 1,000 will be my Rookie of the Year play,

00:58but Ben, I've got an inkling you're going with one of my other top choices there, so

01:03give us the sell, where do you go for Rookie of the Year?

01:06The guy, Zach Edie, now is plus 290 to win Rookie of the Year, the incredibly short favorite,

01:12the guy that I was told would not be able to translate his skill level to the NBA, the

01:17guy that was the first since Ralph Sampson in the early 80s to win back-to-back national

01:23player of the year awards, well it looks like he knows a thing or two about basketball,

01:27he is going to be a huge piece for this Memphis team, huge in more ways than one, literal

01:33and figurative, 3 of 5 games in the preseason, Dubsey for the Grizz, scoring in double figures,

01:39including a week ago against the Pacers, showing exactly what he can do, 23 points and 9 boards,

01:46a lot was made of this NBA draft class this past summer, not overly illustrious, not star

01:51studded, who would emerge, would it be the two Frenchmen, Alex Sauer or Zachary Rezache,

01:57the number one overall pick for Atlanta, nah, it's a college basketball star in Zach Edie,

02:03plus 290 to win Rookie of the Year.