The NBA announced today that Wizards Guard Gilbert Arenas was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, December 4th through Sunday, December 10th, 2006.  This marks the first time the season that Arenas has been named Player of the Week and the fifth time in his career.

"It?s always an honor to win Player of the Week,? said Arenas.  ?I give a lot of credit to my teammates who played an important role in helping me win this award.  We were able to beat a very good Dallas team this week, and we won both of our games on the road, so it was a good week for our team.?