Carmelo Anthony and Joe Johnson were named NBA Players of the Week on Monday.

Anthony received the award in the Western Conference after leading the Nuggets to a 2-1 record last week, collecting at least 30 points and 12 rebounds in each contest.

The 6-8 Anthony averaged 33.7 points and 13.3 rebounds in the three games this past week. He recorded season highs of 37 points and 16 boards Thursday in a 112-111 victory over the Rockets.

Johnson earned Eastern Conference honors after averaging 28.0 points and 7.3 assists, pacing the Hawks to a 3-0 record.

Speedy Claxton, who signed a four-year deal worth $25 million with the Atlanta Hawks in July 2006 and is facing microfracture surgery, will miss the rest of the season due to an injury to his left knee according to a published report.

Claxton is "contemplating his next step" and hasn't made a decision about whether or not he will have the surgery that could help extend his career the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The injury could mean he's played his last game in the NBA.

"This is something you have to think through before doing anything one way or the other," Claxton told the paper about the possibility of surgery.

Two suspects were arrested and will be charged with carjacking Atlanta Hawks' forward Shelden Williams at gunpoint.

The men have been accused of five armed robberies near Atlanta and are being held at the Douglas County jail, police said Monday. They are to be charged in Fulton County on Williams' carjacking but first must answer to the charges in Douglas County.

The suspects were identified as Bernard Moss and Darius Mathis, each 18 with Atlanta addresses. They appeared in court Monday.

Williams was approached by two men outside a barber shop Saturday afternoon. One man pulled a gun and demanded the player's car keys, Fulton County Police spokesman Gary Syblis said. Williams was not injured, and he gave officers the license plate number. Police said his car was substantially damaged.

Atlanta Hawks forward Shelden Williams was carjacked at gunpoint Saturday before the Hawks' game against Charlotte, a Fulton County Police spokesman confirmed.
Shelden Williams

Douglasville City Police said two suspects were arrested late Saturday afternoon at Arbor Place Mall in Douglas County, near Atlanta. The suspects were in Williams' car and were attempting a robbery, according to an officer who answered the phone at the Douglasville Police Department.

The officer, who declined to give her name, said one suspect was taken to a hospital after suffering dog bites from the police canine unit during the arrest.

Hawks spokesman Arthur Triche says Williams provided police with his license plate number, leading to a search that led to two suspects being arrested in Williams' car at a mall in Douglas County.

"I'm just glad that he's safe," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said.

Atlanta Hawks' forward Al Horford has been suspended one game without pay for committing a Flagrant Foul Penalty Two by striking Toronto?s T.J. Ford on the head, announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations.

The incident occurred with 1:32 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Hawks' 100-88 loss to the Raptors on Tuesday night at Philips Arena. Horford will serve his suspension Friday against the Detroit Pistons.

T.J. Ford slipped in when nobody was looking, in a turtleneck and a jacket, arms at his sides. But once the Toronto Raptors' point guard was shown on the big screen 2:50 into the second quarter against Dallas ? less than 24 hours after suffering a scary neck injury ? it was his smile, and his wave, that attracted a partial standing ovation, and smiles from his teammates.

?I just wanted to show those guys that I was O.K.,? said Ford, ?because the last memory they have is me being carried out on a stretcher.?

Ford had spent the previous night in an Atlanta hospital with Raptors' assistant trainer Rory Mullen and team security chief Willis Richardson, then flew home on a chartered plane Wednesday after X-rays, a CT scan and an MRI taken in Atlanta were all negative. The plane stopped in Baltimore to pick up Raptors' forward Jorge Garbajosa, who underwent surgery on his left leg and who is out indefinitely, before returning to Toronto.

On Wednesday, Ford felt much improved, despite barely being able to sleep. While in hospital, Ford was visited by Hawks' rookie Al Horford, whose ill-advised foul caused Ford?s injury. Horford was afraid to go at first but eventually spent two hours with Ford, who made the rookie laugh and feel better.

?He?s a good kid,? said Ford.

T.J. Ford scored 26 points before he was sent crashing to the floor with an apparent injury on a flagrant foul late in the game, casting a pall over Toronto's 100-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night.

Ford, who missed the 2004-05 season following neck surgery, was headed toward a breakaway basket when Atlanta rookie Al Horford hit the guard's face with his hand. Ford landed hard, his head bouncing off the floor.

There was immediate concern because Ford missed the 2004-05 season following neck surgery.

Toronto coach Sam Mitchell reacted with anger following the foul and soon the Raptors players huddled in prayer. Mitchell stood and watched as medical personnel secured Ford to a stretcher.

Ford was conscious but did not appear to move before he was strapped to a stretcher and wheeled off the court.

Horford was ejected with the flagrant foul.

The Atlanta Hawks? Josh Smith and the Portland Trail Blazers? Brandon Roy were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week on Monday, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 3 through Sunday, Dec. 9.

Smith led the Hawks to a 3-1 week, averaging 22.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.3 blocks. On Dec. 6 against Minnesota, Smith tied an NBA season high with seven blocks to go along with 28 points and seven rebounds. Smith is the only player to rank in the top 10 in both blocks (3.6 bpg, 1st) and steals (1.9 spg, 10th) and has blocked two or more shots in 16-of-18 games this season.

Roy led the Trail Blazers to a 3-0 week, averaging 25.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists. The reigning T-Mobile Rookie of the Year posted career-high stats in the Trail Blazers? win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Dec. 9, with nine assists and eight defensive rebounds. Roy shot 59.2 percent from the field and tied his career high with 11 baskets against Memphis and Milwaukee on Dec. 3 and Dec. 9, respectively.

The Hawks lost another key player to injury in Thursday night's game against Minnesota at Philips Arena when sixth man Josh Childress left the game at the end of the third quarter with a pulled groin.

Both Tyronn Lue and Zaza Pachulia missed their second consecutive games with injuries. Lue is nursing a strained left calf; Pachulia is still trying to recover from a lingering concussion-like symptoms suffered during the first quarter of Monday's victory in Philadelphia.

The Atlanta Hawks? Al Horford and the Seattle SuperSonics? Kevin Durant today were named the Eastern and Western Conference T-Mobile Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played from the start of the season (Oct. 30) through November.

Horford, averaged 8.7 points and 10.2 rebounds for the month. He leads all rookies in rebounds, while ranking second in steals and minutes. Horford also had eight double-digit rebound games, four double-digit scoring games and one double-double. In addition, he leads the Hawks in rebounds, while ranking second in blocks and field goal percentage and is fifth in scoring.

Among rookie qualifiers, Durant ranks first in the league in scoring with 20.4 points per game, fifth in rebounding with 4.4, and first in assists with 2.1.  He is also ranked second in the league in free throw percentage with .816 and third in steals. In addition, Durant also posted a pair of career highs in points with 35 and blocks with three on Nov. 30. vs. Indiana.