The votes are in and final, and here we announce the Players of the Week
and Rookies of the Week for Week 9!
East
POTW – Kristaps Porzingis
He’s really ramping up now the unicorn, and he just put up arguably the
week of the season to date! 39.5 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.5 steals
and 1.3 blocks on 63% shooting, 57% from deep and 96% from the line on 6
attempts a game. How about that! Topping 40 points twice in the week, hitting
38 another game and nearly averaging 40. Hello Kristaps!
West POTW
– Joel Embiid
Speaking of big weeks, enter Embiid! 32.8 points, 17.8 rebounds, 1
assist, 1.6 steals and 2.6 blocks…on 59% shooting and 88% from the line on 12
attempts a game! BANG! Matched his season high of 43, and was eating rebounds
for breakfast for the Spurs. This guy really can be unfair at times.
West
ROTW – Dennis Smith
Smith is finally starting, and he topped 20 points in 3 games, including
a season high 31. He put up averages of 21 points, 3.2 rebounds, 6.4 assists
and 1.6 steals on 46% shooting and 53% from deep. He’s been a spark off the
bench for the whole season really, and he put a great week together as a
starter. Maybe this will be a sign of things to come? Or will the supposed near
return of DLo stifle him as quick as he exploded?
East
ROTW – Kyle Kuzma
He
moved to PF and he put up his best week of the season! 16.8 points, 6 rebounds
(both season highs), 2.3 assists and 0.8 steals and a season high 6 FTA a game
on 91% shooting. He’s garnered a lot of attention lately, as he should, so much
so that this will definitely be the last week he’s in consideration for this
award in a Miami uniform. He’s gone folks, he’s in green.
Congratulations to the
winners in Week 9 and may the odds be forever in your favour!