Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been named the NBA’s Player of the Week for the Western Conference, while Cavaliers guard Darius Garland has won the award for the Eastern Conference, the league announced today (Twitter link).
Jokic led the Nuggets to a 4-0 record during the week of November 4-10, posting a ridiculous stat line of 29.5 points, 15.8 rebounds, and 14.5 assists per game. He had triple-doubles in all four games and registered a shooting line of .566/.500/.897 in wins over Toronto, Oklahoma City, Miami, and Dallas.
After a slow start, Denver is riding a five-game winning streak and holds a top-four spot in the West at 7-3. Jokic, meanwhile, has full-season averages of 29.7 PPG, 13.7 RPG, and 11.7 APG as he makes a case for a fourth MVP award. He leads the league in both rebounds and assists per game.
The Cavaliers, meanwhile, had another perfect week, with victories over the Bucks, Pelicans, Warriors, and Nets to push their overall record to 11-0. Garland, who is enjoying a bounce-back fall after an up-and-down 2023/24 season, led the way with 25.0 PPG and 7.3 APG on a scorching-hot .617/.576/.875 shooting line.
Garland is the second Cleveland guard to be named the East’s Player of the Week this season — Donovan Mitchell earned the honor last Monday.
Jokic beat out Anthony Davis, LeBron James, Anthony Edwards, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kyrie Irving, and Norman Powell for the award in the West. In the East, LaMelo Ball, Cade Cunningham, Bennedict Mathurin, Myles Turner, Jayson Tatum, and Franz Wagner were the other nominees (Twitter link).
Jokic is on his way to MVP number 4.
Jokic seems to only get better…
It’s still early but he’s on pace to set new career highs in PPG, APG, RPG, SPG and BPG. He’s also scorching at .564 from deep. It’s insane that he’s still getting better at nearly 30. All these people saying he doesn’t care about basketball and would rather spend time with his horses are nuts.
An attitude you can afford to have when you’re a natural. Problem is for most others is that their distractions aren’t horses…..
Very deserving both. Jokic incredible. Garland great scoring week to go along with his usual very good playmaking and involving other teammates.
I saw Cade Cunningham’s highlights against ATL and CHA, 3 triple doubles, clutch plays in wins, and also the Pistons winning games. He’s a very good player, has an old school edge. Great for Detroit, hope they keep winning and improving
Jokic is going to smash Russ’ triple double record so bad and all he will be known for is being a brick layer :(
norman is exploding, lets see if he can hang with the big dogs and keep it up all season. giannis needs to jokic it up and start carrying the bucks.
Right. I was surprised when I saw his numbers
Jokic always surprises me. I look at his speed (or lack thereof), his lumbering apporach and you would think he wouldn’t be as good as he is almost every game. He just has the mass to make it to the rim and block guys out. Crazy.
EOS or EON was talking about trading Garland lol
I’ll happily admit I was wrong there, lol. He looks so much more comfortable with a good offensive system to fit into.
Wow I’m proud that you admitted you were wrong. I admitted I was wrong about Tyson but you didn’t see that