Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki have been named the NBA's Players of the Week for games played between December 6th and December 12th.

Other nominees for the weekly honors were Atlanta's Josh Smith, Chicago's Derrick Rose, Houston's Kevin Martin, Milwaukee's Andrew Bogut, Minnesota's Kevin Love, Memphis' Zach Randolph, New York's Amare Stoudemire and Raymond Felton, Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant and Portland's Wesley Matthews.

Wade posted per-game averages of 30.8 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.0 steal while shooting .584 percent from the field as Miami went 4-0 during the week.

Nowitzki averaged 25.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.