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UNDERRATED: Milwaukee Bucks’ Ryan Rollins PROVES He Belongs in Top MIP Conversation

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🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Rollins is making noise, but will expectations keep him from the NBA’s Most Improved Player award? Justin Garcia and Camille Davis break down the evolving MIP race, spotlighting massive leaps from Rollins, Jalen Duren, and Collin Gillespie and questioning why some rising stars remain underrated. The debate heats up around what “most improved” truly means, with betting odds, statistical surges, and positional role changes all on the table.

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0:00.0

The NBA's most improved player award comes down to expectations, and that is hurting Ryan Rollins.

0:06.2

We dig into it coming up next on today's Locked on Bucks.

0:14.7

You are Locked on Bucks, your daily Milwaukee Bucks podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:26.0

And welcome into Lockdown Bucks. I'm Justin Garcia, joined as always by Camille Davis.

0:30.5

Today's episode brought to you by Fanduel during the tournament.

0:33.5

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0:41.5

started. On today's show, Camille, the most improved player debate. We will recap some of the

0:47.8

good that we saw in a win over the weekend against the Phoenix Suns. And the latest on those

0:53.5

prospects that we decided,

0:55.8

we'll keep an eye on through the NCAA tournament.

0:57.7

There's been a lot of updates on that group.

0:59.9

But we begin with Ryan Rollins and the NBA's Most Improved Player Award, the latest odds.

1:07.8

And these have shifted a bit since, I think December, early January was the last time I checked on this.

1:15.1

And at that point, Denny Avdia was the odds on favorite.

1:19.4

It is now shifted where Jalen Duren is the odds on favorite to win this.

1:28.0

Preseason odds were not that great for Jailen Duren,

1:31.3

but it's Jalen Duren won, Jalen Johnson, two,

1:35.6

Dennyovia of the Blazers, three,

1:37.3

Nikiel Alexander Walker of the Hawks is four,

1:41.6

and Ryan Rollins of the Bucks is number five. So you look at that list of top

1:48.7

five, what stands out to you the most? The fact that Ryan Rollins is far too low on that list

1:57.0

for me personally. And I understand how this award has kind of changed over the last few years.

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