NBA set to give out Rookie of the Year award

Dallas’ Cooper Flagg and Charlotte’s Kon Knueppel were Duke teammates last season.

For the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award, they’re basically rivals.

The former Blue Devils are expected to finish first and second in some order for the NBA’s rookie award, which will be announced shortly past 7 p.m. EDT on Monday.

Flagg and Knueppel were first and second in rookie scoring this season, the first former college teammates to do that since UConn stars Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon did in 2004-05.

Philadelphia’s VJ Edgecombe is also a finalist for the rookie honor.

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