Jaylen Brown ROTY odds.

[Monkhouse]

Jaylen Brown will win the ROTY..

When he gets traded to the Kings for DMC.

[green_bballers13]

Jaylen Brown will win the ROTY..

When he gets traded to the Kings for DMC.

I would do this in a second. Trade JB, Amir Johnson, a non Brooklyn pick and change for DMC once he completely p---es off that awful team this year. They need to rebuild, and their leader isn't really a leader. He would fit in perfectly with team-first guys who play defense like Horford, Bradley, Smart, and Crowder. Next year pick the best available wing/guard, which is where the top talent appears to be.

[JaylenBrown7]

How can we expect a guy whos just an athlete and has no basketball skill to win roty? In seriousness where did that guy go

[KG Living Legend]

less than 5%

 I'll take the over. I'm going 11.765328%

[SHAQATTACK]

Kings ROTY

[droopdog7]

I think Brown's odds of wining ROTY are very very low.  I think his odds of being the best player long term on the other hand are pretty good.  He certainly needs to find an identity but the kid just oozes potential.

[BlackCeltic]

Marquise Criss or Buddy Hield is winning the award.

[Big333223]

I think Hield is in the best position for it. 

With both Holiday & Evans out, he'll get big minutes right away & have the chance to really get his confidence & 3pt shot percolating.  I wouldn't be surprise to see he & Davis lead that team back into the playoffs this year.  I'll definitely be drafting Buddy in fantasy...

Brown, on the other hand, will have to be sensational enough to take Crowder's starting job. 
If that happens, it'll be hard to deny him the ROY if he's contributing that much to a 50 win team.

This. Hield has to have pole position right now. Dunn looked ready in summer league but if he really can't shot and is behind Rubio on the depth chart, he's at a disadvantage.

If the Celtics win more than 50 games and Jaylen Brown forces his way into the rotation (a bit of a stretch but let's say he winds up playing 28 mpg as the backup SF and a lot of small ball 4) then he'd have to have a big stake in the conversation. But that might be the best case scenario for him.

[Eddie20]

Brown's odds are low unless he's traded. Even with injury, he won't have enough of a usage rate to put up the numbers necessary to win ROTY.

Embiid won't be playing in any back to backs and will also be limited to 24 mpg, so I don't see him being in the mix either.

Hield is the one that I think will take it. He's in a good situation in New Orleans to get plenty of minutes, he's currently starting, and will get a lot of open looks playing off of Davis. The last two games of the pre-season he's struggled without Davis, but in the 3 games with him he put up the following averages:

17.0 PTS
4.3 REB
2.6 AST
1.0 STL
2.0 3's

[td450]

Let's stipulate as a thought experiment that we start him instead of Amir right now. Would he win then?

I'd say yes, he would.

That might happen at some point this season.

[tazzmaniac]

Brown's odds are low unless he's traded. Even with injury, he won't have enough of a usage rate to put up the numbers necessary to win ROTY.

Embiid won't be playing in any back to backs and will also be limited to 24 mpg, so I don't see him being in the mix either.

Hield is the one that I think will take it. He's in a good situation in New Orleans to get plenty of minutes, he's currently starting, and will get a lot of open looks playing off of Davis. The last two games of the pre-season he's struggled without Davis, but in the 3 games with him he put up the following averages:

17.0 PTS
4.3 REB
2.6 AST
1.0 STL
2.0 3's

They've already back-peddled a bit on Embiid plays B2Bs and they've said he'll play 20-24 minutes in the opener.  I think they should stick with the go slow approach, especially with Simmons out, but I get the feeling they'll have Embiid playing 30 minutes by January.