Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Heat big man Bam Adebayo have been named the Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, the NBA announced today (Twitter links).
Oklahoma City had a 2-1 record during the week of January 12-18, with the reigning Most Valuable Player averaging 31.0 points, 4.0 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks per game. Gilgeous-Alexander posted a shooting line of .547/.400/.912 as the Thunder outscored opponents by 43 points during his 103 minutes on the court.
Gilgeous-Alexander becomes the first NBA player to be named the Player of the Week for the third time this season — he also earned the honor twice in November.
As for Adebayo, he posted averages of 27.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per night while shooting 65.5% from long range as the Heat won two of three games. This is the third time he has earned the award and first time since January 2024.
Donovan Clingan and Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers), DeMar DeRozan (Kings), Luka Dončić (Lakers), James Harden (Clippers), Jamal Murray (Nuggets), Alperen Sengun (Rockets) and Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) were also nominated for the Western Conference Player of the Week award, per the NBA.
Brandon Miller (Hornets), Norman Powell (Heat), Pascal Siakam (Pacers), Anfernee Simons (Celtics), Jaylon Tyson (Cavaliers) and Nikola Vučević (Bulls) were the other Eastern Conference nominees.
What week was that? I think Ant and Jaylen Brown kinda went off but anyways.
That was a bs call ——. Not cool when you help stars. Three refs lols…..
I’d like to know the days so I can go check up on various players. This article didn’t even state the days but I believe I read a past one which did. Hmm.
12th-18th I believe. Ant Edwards and Jaylen Brown not even nominated is crazy.
I think to win this award your team should not have lost a game in the week being awarded.
BAM
There is nobody that embarrasses themselves more than Heat fans that $#!+ on Bam
SGA never deserves any kind of awards like this.
Great to see Jaylon Tyson to get nominated. He should be in consideration for most improved player this year