WNBA Betting: Cameron Brink making early push for ROY over Caitlin Clark? - ESPN

Although every team in the WNBA still has more than 30 games left, it's never too early to start looking at the Rookie of the Year race. And things are shaping up to be a good one.

Heading into the season, it would've been easy to assume that Caitlin Clark, the Indiana Fever's No. 1 pick out of the University of Iowa, would run away with the award. She was the record-breaking face of women's college basketball, being the first player in Division I history, men's or women's, to reach 3,000 points and 1,000 assists. Clark was touted as the rookie who could propel the WNBA to new heights.

Two weeks into the season, Clark has shown plenty of flashes, but things look a bit different. While Clark has made some huge shots and averaged 15.4 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 6.3 APG, 1.1 SPG and 1.0 BPG, there have been ups and downs. The Fever's 1-6 record could certainly come into play, too, if things don't turn around in the months ahead.

Clark enters Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Sparks shooting just 37.1% from the field while also leading the league with 5.3 turnovers per game; nobody else averages more than 4.2.

Still, Clark remains the big favorite, listed at -650 to win Rookie of the Year, per ESPN BET.

Cameron Brink, selected No. 2 overall by the Sparks out of Stanford, has the next best odds at +700 followed by Chicago's Angel Reese at +1200.

Like Clark, Brink is part of a team in the midst of a rebuild, which should provide her with plenty of opportunities to develop further. Yes she can score efficiently, shoot the 3-pointer, make free throws and pass the ball. Where Brink has a chance to separate herself, though, is on the defensive end. In fact, she leads the WNBA by a wide margin with 3.2 BPG and also adds 1.2 SPG.

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