The votes are in and final, and here we announce the Players of the Week and Rookies of the Week for Week 8, as well as the Players and Rookies of the Month for December!

East POTW – Russell Westbrook

For the second time this season Russell Westbrook is the Eastern Player of the week after he beat out Lebron James by nearly double the points. He led the Bucks to a 4-0 week which has them firmly sitting at 2^nd best record in the league behind only Cleveland. He averaged 27.3 points, 5 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.8 blocks while shooting 46% from the field and going 31/31 from the line for the week. Westy continues to be the man for the Bucks, as we all knew he would be, as the youngest team in the league is now also pushing for top place of the league. Dynasty anyone? Congratulations Russel Westbrook on 2x POTW!

West POTW – John Wall

Like the East, the West see a new 2 time POTW winner this week in John Wall after he beat out Derrick Rose on the preference voting as both had the same 1^st place votes. Also like the Eastern POTW, Wall led his team to a 4-0 which was a big bounce back for the Nuggets after they went 1-3 the week before. They’re now sitting 3^rd in the West and look to be holding their own despite the missing Derrick Favors. Wall averaged 23.3 points, 4 rebounds, 9.3 assists, 3 steals and 0.8 blocks while shooting 48% and committing only 2.3 turnovers a game, which is great while handling the ball so much! Wall is having a cracker of a year leading the Nuggets and there is no doubt they wouldn’t be where they are without him. Congratulations John Wall on 2x POTW!

West ROTW – Dangelo Russell

It’s DRuss week again out West, as he yet again claims POTW while Mudiay remains sidelined, leaving the West rookie race to 2 (Jahlil and Russell). He amassed 80% of the 1^st place vote, while tripling 2^nd place getter, Tibor Pleiss’ points, and he led the Clippers to a somewhat unikely 3-1 week. He averaged 21.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals this week and continues to be the primary west favourite for ROTY, unless Mudiaty somehow manages to play enough games to convince voters. Congratulations Dangelo Russell on 4x ROTW!

East ROTW – Kristaps Porzingis

And it’s Kristaps Porzingis week out East, as he yet again claims ROTW alternating with Towns. The voting doesn’t even bare mentioning as he had nearly triple the points of teammate Myles Turner, and he piled up averages of 18.8 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1.5 steals and 2.3 blocks in his first week without running mate Eric Gordon. Not so coincidentally, it’s also the 1^st week of the season in which Cahrlotte haven’t won a game as they went 0-4 despite Kristaps heroics, and he simply can’t lead the team alone yet with Gordon’s Xfactor gone. Shumpert and co are trying hard though. Congratulations Kristaps Porzingis on 4x ROTW!