At long last, Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks was given an Eastern Conference Player of the Week award. Despite posting a ridiculous week-long stretch to start this month in which he averaged well over 30 points – including a striking 49-point performance against the Bulls in quadruple-overtime, for some reason the NBA gave that week’s award to Ben Simmons, who averaged around 16 points per game that week…? Seems a bit off.
Either way, perhaps the NBA was swayed by Trae’s recent clutch exploits, such as his game-winner against the Philadelphia 76ers or his almost-game winner against those same Bulls.