Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James was named today as the NBA?s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, March 5 through Sunday, March 11.

In four games during the week, James led the Cavaliers to a perfect 4-0 record by averaging a league-high 32.8 points on 515 shooting, 8.5 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game.  James has now won the award 10 times in his career: twice this season (Nov. 13-19), five times in 2005-06 and on three occasions during the 2004-05 campaign.

The San Antonio Spurs? Manu Ginobili was named the Western Conference Player of the Week.  Other nominees for Eastern Conference Player of the Week were Atlanta?s Josh Smith, Detroit?s Chris Webber, Miami?s Eddie Jones and Shaquille O?Neal and Philadelphia?s Andre Iguodala.