Damian Lillard named Western Conference Player of the Week

stampedehero · Mar 4, 2015

I'll betDame wanted first ballot vote for all star instead.

Boob-No-More · Mar 4, 2015

Rhal said: ↑

I was talking about POTW award not Month. I don't think Lillard deserves to win it for February nor do I think he should have even won it for the week he did.
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So, who do you think should have won Western Conference POTW last week?

BNM

PtldPlatypus · Mar 4, 2015

Boob-No-More said: ↑

No way does Lillard get POM for February. He was in a shooting slump before the AS game. His 31-point game that clinched POW was actually in March, not February. In spite of his cold shooting earlier in the month, he still shot better than the "record setting" Westbrook (good thing it was a short month with an extra long AS break, or he might have set a record for most missed shots in a month). Steph Curry and James Harden are more deserving than Lillard and probably as deserving as Westbrook - both scored over 26 PPG on FAR fewer FGA than Westbrook. Westbrook missed 145 shots in February, Curry missed 100 and Harden missed only 97.

Here's some February numbers to ponder:

Russell Westbrook:
31.2 PPG
9.1 RPG
10.3 APG
USG% 37.7
TS% .580

Damian Lillard:
20.7 PPG
4.4 RPG
5.3 APG
USG% 26.4
TS% .583

Steph Curry:
26.4 PPG
4.0 RPG
6.6 APG
USG% 31.2
TS% .624

James Harden:
26.7 PPG
6.4 RPG
7.6 APG
USG% 29.5
TS% .602

Westbrook will probably win it due to all the hype about nearly averaging a triple-double for the month, but my dark horse candidate for February POM is DeAndre Jordan.

DeAndre Jordan:
16.0 PPG
17.2 RPG
0.8 APG
USG% 17.1
TS% .611

Since Blake Griffin has been out, Jordan has been a beast. Back in January, I said he didn't deserve to be an All Star, but he's been playing like one for the past month. Westbrook missed almost as many shots (26) in the PHO loss as Jordan missed the entire month (29) Now, if only the guy could learn to shoot FTs. Never mind, I hate the Clippers and need Jordan to remain a liability on the floor in the closing minutes of close games...

BNM
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And so it is. Westbrick gets POM. Mark Jackson may just explode.

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