The 2024-25 NBA Rookie of the Year race might end up as the most wide-open competition ever

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Hi, folks. Welcome back to Layup Lines. With Summer League officially over,  I know we’ll all be turning our full attention to the Olympics soon, but before that I want to talk about one strange anomaly I’ve noticed with this year’s rookie class.