Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named the Western Conference Player of the Week, while Knicks guard Kemba Walker has won the award for the Eastern Conference, the NBA announced today (via Twitter).
Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder to a 3-1 record during the week of December 20-26, averaging 27.5 PPG, 7.0 APG, 6.3 RPG, and 1.3 BPG in those four games (36.9 MPG). He had a triple-double (27 points, 12 assists, 11 rebounds) in Oklahoma City’s victory over Denver last Wednesday.
Walker, meanwhile, is this season’s most unlikely Player of the Week, having fallen out of New York’s rotation entirely for 10 games before being reinserted into the starting lineup on December 18 because so many Knicks players being in the health and safety protocols.
In three games this week, including a pair of wins, Walker put up 25.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG, and 8.3 APG in 41.1 MPG. Like Gilgeous-Alexander, he had a triple-double, recording 10 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds in the Knicks’ Christmas Day win over Atlanta.
Gilgeous-Alexander beat out fellow nominees Stephen Curry, Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, and Dejounte Murray in the West. The East’s other nominees were Joel Embiid, Darius Garland, Kevin Love, Tyler Herro, Max Strus, Omer Yurtseven, and Jrue Holiday (Twitter link).
Where are all the Kemba haters.
You had a lot to criticize and hate about. Now it’s ………
link to youtu.be
All day.
When will you learn to critique without hating.
must be sad being a knicks fan
I have no problem with Kemba however getting Fournier was questionable. It’s still going to several years before big time players want to play for the Knicks.
Give it a month bud
Oh hi I almost missed this opportunity to hate Kemba, thanks for reminding me. #HateKembaWheneverYouDontIgnoreHim
No one cares about the Knicks, they’re irrelevant
I am so sick of AL claiming to be so smart every chance and then some, and it’s not like I in comparison am so humble.
Kemba had doubters not haters… and he does not make enough money to be hated. Nor is a waste of roster space. He’s just peaked out.
AL if you must link, link to prove your point, not some highlight crap where everything bad is edited out.
Walker’s Knicks are mediocre so far.
That’s just how Al is. He’s spam on every Knicks related post. No one ever likes his posts, but he still acts like his opinions are important to us. I suggest muting him. Makes this website 100% better. No one hates Kemba but it’s obvious he can’t play defense and his couch is defensive minded. No one blames Kemba for potentially being washed up due to injury. We had nothing to lose by signing him. Maybe he’s proving that he’s not as washed up as we were worried he might be. But he’s def not hated on by anyone here in NY. That’s silly to suggest
Why was Omer Yurtseven a candidate? Was he really playing that well?
Yes look up his stats for the wk. Had some nice games.
Kemba was the one who was playing terribly before benching. Either it woke him up or he needed the 3 week break to rest his knees. Whatever it is, he deserved to be benched and glad to see him playing well now.
My post has nothing to do with Kemba. It’s about hating on players for selfish reasons or agendas. Like I said criticism is opinionated. Hating is just showing ignorance.
Great job by SGA. Now he should get somewhere where it matters. I am not sure he will always the burst from a twist he sports now. Tough on the ankles
Yes, my username is predicting the future already.