On March 29, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the East-West Weekly Player of the 23rd week of the season, Jason Tatum and Devin Booker were jointly elected. This is the eighth time in Tatum's NBA career that he has been selected as the best of the week, surpassing two-time FMVP winner Kawhi Leonard, and this 24-year-old "Kobe Bryant" really has unlimited potential!
Tatum scored 25+ points in more than 55.0% shooting in three regular season games last week, hit 5 three-pointers in each game with more than 45.0% three-point shooting, and averaged 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in three games with 58.2% shooting and 50% three-point shooting rate, leading the team to win all three games and averaging 19.7 points per game, and it is well deserved to be selected as the "best of the week".
This is already Tatum's two consecutive weeks of being selected as the best of the week, and he has become the only player in NBA history who has won the most championships so far in two consecutive weeks; in the four weeks of this month, Tatum has been selected as the best of the week three times, becoming the second player in NBA history to be elected no less than three times in the same month, after the long NBA history of only LeBron James had such an amazing performance in January 2012.
This is the eighth time in Tatum's NBA career that he has been named the best of the week. Many would argue that James has been named the best of the week 65 times, and Tatum's performance is nothing. However, what I need to point out here is that Abdul-Jabbar, who has won the most regular season MVP in NBA history, has only been selected as the best of the week seven times in his entire NBA career, and two-time FMVP winner Kawhi Leonard has only been the best of the week so far. That said, from this statistic alone, Tatum has surpassed two FMVPs!
Born on March 3, 1998, Tatum only entered the NBA in 2017, and only turned 24 years old that he played five seasons in the NBA, and so far this season he has averaged 27.1 points and 8.1 rebounds in 71 regular season games, and in the 15 regular season games after All-Star Weekend this season, he has been able to shoot 51.1% from the field and 43.9% from the field. He averaged 32.3 points per game from three-point range, leading the team to the league's best 13-2 record of the same period.
As a "Kobe disciple", Tatum's future is unlimited, and he still has room to grow!