Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James was named today as the NBA?s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, January 18th through Sunday, January 24th.
In three games during the week, James averaged an NBA-best 34.0 points on .484 shooting, 7.7 rebounds and a league-high 10.7 assists in 41.3 minutes per game.
The Denver Nuggets? Chauncey Billups was named the Western Conference Player of the Week. Other nominees for the Eastern Conference Player of the Week were Atlanta?s Jamal Crawford and Joe Johnson, Miami?s Dwayne Wade, Milwaukee?s Andrew Bogut, Orlando?s Dwight Howard and Toronto?s Chris Bosh.