Devin Booker, Trae Young named Players of the Week

Suns guard Devin Booker and Hawks guard Trae Young have been named the NBA’s Players of the Week for the Western Conference and Eastern Conference respectively, the league announced Monday (via Twitter).

Booker’s Suns went 4-0 during the week of Nov. 22-28 to extend their winning streak to 16 games, while Young’s Hawks were 3-1.

Booker averaged 30.0 PPG and 3.5 APG on .530/.560/.900 shooting in victories over San Antonio, Cleveland, New York and Brooklyn. Young put up 31.3 PPG and 8.5 APG with a .563/.517/.833 shooting line, scoring at least 30 points in all four of his games.

The other nominees for the awards this week were Stephen Curry, D’Angelo Russell and Karl-Anthony Towns in the West, along with Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Kevin Durant and Terry Rozier in the East (Twitter link).