Which Rockets are possible award winners?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Houston Rockets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
For those of you signed up for the SB Nation Reacts NBA national polls, we have some results there for you this week because two Rockets feature prominently in the voting. These are brought to you by our good friends over at FanDuel. First, we have Amen Thompson, who is in the running for NBA Sixth Man of the Year. So our national poll asked voters to name their Sixth Man of the Year. Here are those results:
As you can see, Thompson finished second the in fan voting with 18 percent. That’s actually better than what his odds are at FanDuel. Thompson is currently listed at +3000, which means if you bet $100, if Thompson wins, you’ll take home a cool $3,000. Those odds are the fifth-best at FanDuel, behind Payton Pritchard, De’Andre Hunter, Malik Beasley and Naz Reid.
The other possible Rockets award winner is Ime Udoka for Coach of the Year. Here’s what the SB Nation voters said:
Ime currently sits in third on this one with the fan voting. There are currently no odds up at FanDuel for NBA Coach of the Year to compare to, but I’m sure they’ll have them up soon. Either way, he’s likely not the betting favorite, so he’s a potential money maker as well. We’ll keep an eye on those.
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