The NBA season is six days young, and the first player of the week awards have been handed out. James Harden winning it for the West surprises no one. His first week as a Rocket was nearly perfect. Brandon Jennings won it in the East, narrowly beating out stalwarts Carmelo and Bosh.
Harden didn't need this award for his excellence to be realized. All eyes have been on him since his Rockets debut when he dropped 37 points in a win. With a career-high 45 as an encore and then (only) 24 in an overtime loss, Harden's 106 total points are the third most ever to start a season. It's hard to see him maintaining this torrid scoring pace, but it is great to see Harden be recognized as he was clearly the best player in the NBA last week.
Brandon Jennings only needed two games to be crowned player of the week. He lead the Bucks to an upset over the Celtics. Jennings had 21 points and 13 assists in that game. He followed that up with a clutch 13 point, 13 assist game against Cleveland that included a game-winning three as time expired. Milwaukee is 2-0 and Jennings is part of an entertaining backcourt for the upstart Bucks.
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