Joel Embiid is Definitely Your NBA Rookie of the Year

So what if he lapped the entire field in only half a season?

For as hotly contested as the 2017 NBA MVP and Defensive Player of the Year races have been, Rookie of the Year has been the polar opposite. This has been a complete dud of a rookie class. Number one pick Ben Simmons sat out all year. Brandon Ingram, Dragan Bender, and Kris Dunn all went in the top five and look terrible. Jaylen Brown is the one “successful” top-five pick and he’s scoring 6.6 points a game in 17 minutes. Domantas Sabonis…