All in all, Wemby still has time to turn this around, he is doing fine, he is not too far away, and if he could go on a rampage for a few games, he could do great. We have already seen him get close to 40 points before, so it is not really impossible for him to do that. Plus, getting rookie of the year has great benefits for your next contract, and that could be very profitable for him, so he would be more inclined to get it.
Yeah I think it was Simmons that won over Donovan Mitchell when he was in his 2nd season after being hurt in the first.
Chet didn't play 1 game last year so he is still elidigble.
You could say it's kind of unfair since he was able to train under NBA conditions but he was also in physical rehab for quite a while.
Wemby had the superstar treatment and good training conditions + professional games for a while now, so I think there are quite even in that regard.
For the moment Chet is definitely in front, they have simliar numbers in production but Chet has the much better shooting % as of now.
It's undeniable that Chet's stats are getting better than Wemby's, but he also has to earn the trust of the fans, and the media needs to hype his name so he'll beat Wemby in the popularity contest.
I like that this season we don't have a unanimous winner for the ROY. I mean, Wemby started strong, but Chet came along with stable and consistent performance to finally get the attention of the fans. If Wemby didn't struggle, like his team did, I guess Chet wouldn't be in the conversation now.