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Kon Knueppel goes nuclear in latest ROY rankings, Jimmy Butler ignores Heat players in return and more

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NBA Rookie of the Year 2025-26 Season: Latest Power Rankings as Kon Knueppel, Derik Queen Reign Supreme - Nov. 20, 2025


With just over four weeks into the 2025-26 NBA season, the Rookie of the Year (ROY) ladder race remains as interesting as it could have been. Cooper Flagg began the season as the overwhelming favorite and remains an odds-on favorite. V.J. Edgecombe took the league by storm in the first week, but hasn't reached those levels again.

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Jimmy Butler’s Miami Return Turns Frosty After He Ignores Former Heat Teammates Yet Again


Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler has no love lost for the Miami Heat and his former teammates. When Butler returned to South Beach in March after forcing his way out of South Beach a month before, he gave his erstwhile teammates the cold shoulder. On Wednesday, Butler left the floor without talking to Heat players after the home team won 110-96.

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