NBA Rookie of the Year (ROY) 2024: Top 5 candidates ft. Keyonte George (Week 20)

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#3 Brandon Miller

• Last week: Games played: 4 (1 win - 3 losses)
• Season: 57
• Last week: 22.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG and 2.3 APG
• Season: 16.0 PPG, 4.2 RPG and 2.3 APG

Some analysts believe Brandon Miller is closer now to Chet Holmgren than the Oklahoma big man is to Victor Wembanyama. Miller hasn’t looked back since Terry Rozier was traded to the Miami Heat and LaMelo Ball was sidelined with another injury. Hornets coach Steve Clifford has given him the green light to do almost anything he wants.

Miller has been playing like a franchise cornerstone and deserves to be third on the weekly NBA Rookie of the Year rankings.

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#2 Chet Holmgren

• Last week: Games played: 5 ( 4 wins - loss)
• Season: 63
• Last week: 13.0 PPG, 7.8 RPG and 2.6 APG
• Season: 17.0 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 2.7 APG and 2.5 BPG

Chet Holmgren has firmly established himself as part of the OKC Thunder’s Big 3. With the former Gonzaga star playing his role well, Oklahoma has surged to the top of the Western Conference standings. The Thunder will need him to sustain his form to make noise in the playoffs. If not for the San Antonio Spurs rookie, he would have long sat on top of the NBA Rookie of the Year weekly ladder.

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#1 Victor Wembanyama

• Last week: Games played: 2 (1 win - 1 loss)
• Season: 56
• Last week: 20.5 PPG, 11.5 RPG, 6.5 BPG and 4.5 APG
• Season: 20.7 PPG, 10.3 RPG, 3.4 APG, 3.4 BPG and 1.3 SPG

A right ankle injury cut what might have been another superb week from the French phenom. It seems like only an injury can contain his ever-growing game on both ends of the floor. In the win against the Indiana Pacers on Monday, Victor Wembanyama had 31 points, 12 rebounds, six assists, six blocks and one steal.

“Wemby” still has trouble with bruising big men like Alperen Sengun of the Houston Rockets. San Antonio’s rookie allowed the Turkish international to hang a career-high 45 points on him. Still, it was a hiccup that was not enough to dislodge Wembanyama from ruling another NBA Rookie of the Year weekly ranking.