Beijing time on January 11, after last week's fierce competition in the regular season, the NBA officially announced last week's East-West Best Players, they were Fred VanVleet of the Toronto Raptors and Jia Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies were elected respectively, for these young players everyone may be very strange, are very young players, and even some fans have never paid attention to them, do not know who they are, they can be elected the best player last week, there are many fans to question, Why were they voted the Best Player of the East and West last week? Let's take a look at how they did last week.
Young Morant can be said to have performed very eye-catching last week, in last week's game, Morant active performance, helped the Grizzlies to play a five-game record, averaging 25 points, 6.3 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game, for young players his stats are very good, by the league and the team attention, and also by the recognition of teammates. Morant's best performance of the week came when the Grizzlies played against the Brooklyn Nets on Jan. 4, facing veteran Durant, who contributed 36 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists to help the Grizzlies win the Nets 118-104. The Grizzlies are currently in fourth place in the West with a record of 28 wins and 14 losses.
As a young Lavenders guard VanVleet performed equally well, in the last week's game, VanVleet averaged 30.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, helping the Raptors to a four-game winning streak, VanVleet's wonderful performance was also favored by the league and the team, and was voted the best player in the East last week, and last week's most proud was the Raptors' game against the Jazz on January 8, When VanVleet cut down the first triple-double of his career with 37 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, helping him to become the best player in the East of the Week. The Raptors are currently in seventh place in the East with a 20-17 loss.
Faced with the young players being elected last week's best player, some fans expressed great doubts, thinking that they may be young players in the league, not the best players in the league, which is a bit too mean. For the selection of the best player of the week, not only look at the personal data of the player, but also look at the team's final win or loss, and compare with the player's past data, the player with outstanding performance and obvious progress will be selected as the best player of the week to refine the evaluation of the team.
Regarding the doubts of some fans about the best players in the East last week, we should focus on their performances and help young players grow in this way, and their performances are really outstanding. The league also said that these young players have great potential and may become a new generation of stars and a new generation of basketball.