Philadelphia's Jared McCain would be running away with this award but is out for the season with a knee injury.

It’s the best sport! Even as a big basketball fan, though, it might be difficult to track this season’s Rookie of the Year race. Going into the 2024 draft, we knew this wouldn’t be the best class of young players,

Through games played on January 16, every NBA team has played anywhere between 37-42 contests. Therefore, it is basically the midway point of the season.

Heading into the second half of the season, we project a handful of major awards and look back on some of the highlights and lowlights of the first 40 games.