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Chelsea's Essien, Mikel will be ready for EPL

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07/15/2010 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ray Wilkins is confident that Chelsea duo Michael Essien and John Obi Mikel will have recovered from injuries in time for the start of the new season in mid-August.

Blues' assistant Wilkins is pleased with the way the duo's rehabilitation work is going after they were both forced to miss the World Cup finals in South Africa.

Ghana star Essien and Nigerian Mikel missed the tournament because of knee injuries, but an upbeat Wilkins said: "There should be no problem whatsoever.

"Mikel is slightly in advance of Michael Essien but they're both working very well indeed. They've been working double sessions for the last week and we'll get them really firing before the season starts.

"Normally, after a World Cup, you find with those players who come back from the tournament, they hit a wall at about December time.

"It's very important we manage them in the correct manner and we get them to a level where they won't be as fit as we want them to be but, as they creep into the new year, their fitness will come back.

"We also have to get the players we've got here training now into the right fitness condition so that they're prepared to play, because we might not be able to use the guys coming back from the World Cup for the first couple of games. So these young men have to be primed and ready to perform."

(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)

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Brandon Roy Favorite to Win 2007 NBA Rookie of the Year

Portland TrailBlazer’s guard, Brandon Roy, is MySportsbook.com’s overwhelming favorite to win the NBA Rookie of the Year odds.

Despite missing 20 games due to an injury earlier this season, Roy has definitely put up the best numbers of his 1st year peers. In 32 games, Roy is averaging 15.3 PPG, 4.2 boards and 3.5 assists in over 33 minutes of play per game. While most rookies breakdown as the season progresses (see Morrison), Roy is only getting stronger as his playing time and scoring average has increased each month.

With 30 or so games left in the regular season, Roy isn’t a lock for the award by any means. Other rookies are putting together some pretty impressive campaigns and a few could give Roy a run for the award with increased playing time. Heading the list is first pick, Andrea Bargnani of the Toronto Raptors. Even though he has started only two games all season, Bargnani is averaging 10.3 PPPG while shooting 35% from deep.

Randy Foye of the Minnesota Timberwolves could be set to give Roy the best competition NBA Rookie of the Year betting lines. With the benching of Mike James, Foye looks like he could be the starter in the T-Wolves backcourt for the rest of the season. So far, Foye has averaged 9 PPG and 2.4 assists in just under 21 minutes per game. With his new role of starter, Foye’s numbers will definitely increase. In his first game as the new starting guard this past Sunday, Foye had 10 points; five rebounds and 8 assists. More importantly, he logged 34 minutes of playing time; his third highest run of the season.

Adam Morrison, of the Charlotte Bobcats, was the favorite early on in the season after averaging 15+ PPG through the first month of the season. Ever since his torrid start, Morrison’s point production has declined each month. This really isn’t surprising, considering at 6’8” he only weighs 205 lbs. Obviously he will need to hit the weights big time during the off-season in order to keep from breaking down in the future.

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