At this point, there is no Victor Wembanyama in this season's NBA rookie class. There is no Paolo Banchero. And there's no Luka Doncic, Ja Morant, Karl-Anthony Towns, Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving, Blake Griffin,

The NBA Rookie Of The Year race has been a roller coaster this season. Entering the year, Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey stood as the favorite, given his NB

Heat center Kel'el Ware has emerged as the front-runner to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award following a strong run of late.

Before the calendar flipped to 2025, Miami Heat rookie Kel’el Ware had not recorded a game with double-digit points in his young NBA career. Now in the final week of January, the North Little Rock alumnus is the betting favorite to become the Heat’s first Rookie of the Year winner after working his way up from being third-string.

Purdue and Indiana All-Americans Zach Edey and Trayce Jackson-Davis will meet again at the NBA's Rising Stars event at All-Star weekend.

Former Indiana center Trayce Jackson-Davis was one of 11 "sophomores" named to the 2025 NBA Rising Stars roster. And despite being the favorite to win rookie of the year, fellow Hoosier Kel'el Ware did not make the roster.

Former Indiana men’s basketball star Trayce Jackson-Davis was named to the 2025 NBA Rising Stars roster pool on Tuesday. The pool consists of players in their first or second year of NBA play. This mark’s Jackson-Davis’ first appearance after missing the cut last year as a rookie.