Today, Lakers star James was named Last Week's Western Conference Player of the Week. James led the Lakers to a 3-1 record last week, averaging 28.3 points, 7.5 rebounds and 8 assists per game. This is also the first time that James has been elected the best of the week since March 2020, and after winning the best of the week today, James has been elected 65 times, ranking first in the active duty. In the future, James will still set the record of the best of the week, so let's take a look at the number of weekly bests of other stars in the NBA.
Stephen Curry has been named NBA Of the Week 18 times in his career, Durant has been selected a total of 28 times in his career, and Harden has been elected 26 times in his career. The above three superstars are not half as many as James's weekly best times, which shows the strength of old Zhan's ability.
Curry had only 18 career-bests of the week, which was related to his early performances. When Curry entered the NBA, he did not get unlimited firing rights, and the warriors' core player was Once Monta Ellis, and Curry could only play two at one point. This greatly affects his data as well as his personal performance. It was only after 2012 that Curry gradually became the core of the Warriors, and the data climbed. In the 2015-16 season, Curry won a number of weekly bests. Later, Durant's joining invisibly occupied a part of Curry's ball and shooting rights, and his data was affected. Curry has only won 18 weekly bests in his career, which is understandable, and top superstars like Curry may be the embodiment of his strength by getting the best of 30 weeks.
Durant's career-best of the week is 28, and whether in the Thunder period or the Warriors period, Durant's scoring ability is unsolvable. If Durant feels hot in a certain week and scores high scores in a row, there is a high probability of winning the best of the week. And the Nets Durant is the real core of the team, with unlimited firing rights, durant and Curry won the best of the month in the first month of the season.
Harden's situation is similar to Curry's, harden did not have unlimited firing rights in the early days of his career as a substitute, so his statistics are not good. The probability of getting the best of the week is low. Harden's scoring has been rising since joining the Rockets, and Harden played a phenomenal scoring performance in the 2018-19 season, averaging more than 36 points per game, and the best of the week was soft. Harden harvested a lot of honors during the Rockets' seasons.
By comparison, we can see how terrible James's best of 65 weeks is. James established himself at the heart of his first season in the NBA, and in the years that followed, James got better and better, and the stats got better and better. In the whole league, we can't find a player like James who can both score and pass organizations, and the data is extremely comprehensive.
James' 65-week bests are all well-deserved, but there are two things we need to be aware of. The NBA initially issued the Best of the Week regardless of the East-West Division, and only selected one Player of the Week a week. So some old stars are at a loss in this regard.
On the other hand, Harden Durant Curry's three-star career has been in the fiercely competitive West for most of his career, and the quality and finish of stars in the West are significantly better than in the East. The three stars suffered a lot of losses at this point. Of course, people don't care about the number of weekly bests, after all, the personal ability of these 4 stars has long been recognized. Dear readers, how do you rate James' career 65th career best of the week? Feel free to leave a comment in the comments section below the article.