NBA Team of the Week (Jan. 22 - Jan. 28)
What an eventful week for the NBA!
LeBron James became the youngest player to ever reach the 30k milestone and if things go as expected for him, it won't be surprising if he crosses the Kareem Abdul Jabbar's most regular-season points record.
Extremely sad week for the NBA, injuries wise. DeMarcus Cousins suffered a season-ending fatal Achilles injury. Andre Roberson is also expected to miss the full season because of a tendon injury. Let's hope we don't get more injuries as the season goes by.
On the other hand, the All-Star teams were selected and the hype this year around the All-Star game is much more than the past few years. Hopefully, we will see a competitive All-Star game this year.
The games were exciting as well, with Embiid and Westbrook going against each other, Warriors-Celtics showing what their finals matchup would be like, LeBron achieving an undesirable quadruple-double with a 10+ turnover and so much more.
Amidst all this drama, there were few players who stood out. With that being said, let's count down our team of the week!
Sixth man- Lou Williams
Team Record: 2-2
Player Stats for the Week: 25.5 ppg, 7.5 apg on 47% shooting, +2.8 bpm, +3.4 net rating, 15.3 player impact estimate
It is getting a tad monotonous giving Lou this award but what can we do? He is extremely consistent with his role and has been consistently scoring 20+ from the bench. Although Clippers went 2-2 last week, Lou was consistent and had a 40 point game vs the Memphis. Hence the amazing Lou is our sixth man in the team of the week.
Other contenders for this position this week:
Ed Davis (2-1, 11.7 ppg, 11 apg on 75% shooting)
Eric Gordon (3-1, 18.3 ppg, on 50% shooting, 35% from threes)