For the past year and a half, one of the most intriguing rivalries in sports has been between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. While the two don’t play the same position and rarely defend each other, the intense attention around them as the superstars of their respective teams has followed them from the college game into the WNBA.
Now, the pair are competing for one of the league’s most prestigious awards: Rookie of the Year. The mercurial betting lines surrounding the honor tell a story about how fans, media and oddsmakers view the ever-tightening race between Clark and Reese.
“It’s more of an art than a science,” Caesars pro basketball lead David Lieberman told ESPN. “You might have an idea of who’s going to win and who’s the front runner and stuff like that, but it can change on a dime throughout the course of the season just based on various factors, hype and narratives.”
The biggest difference between awards futures and other markets is that the results of award races are decided by a media vote rather than results on the court, which are easier to quantify and then translate into betting odds.
While Clark was always going to be the favorite to win Rookie of the Year after entering the league as college basketball’s all-time leading…
