NBA Rookie of the Year race didn’t feature a lot of intrigue. While Chet Holmgren put up a strong fight, it was Victor Wembanyama’s trophy from the moment he arrived in the NBA as a generational talent.

After starting the season out of the Heat’s rotation, Ware has played double-digit minutes in each of the team’s last 28 games. He has also started in each of the Heat’s last 12 games while being named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for games played in January along the way.

The NBA Rookie of the Year race took a brief break during the NBA All-Star weekend. Still, most of the top first-year pros saw action in the Rising Stars mini-tournament.

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The NBA regular season is reaching the home stretch. With more eyes on the postseason and beyond, attention on rookies can tend to fall to the wayside. But this is the point where we start to see some of the best performances from the rookie class,