For the first time in seven years, a Nugget not named Nikola Jokic has been crowned Player of the Week in the Western Conference.
Back in those prehistoric times, Paul Millsap earned the weekly honor once. Now, the NBA has anointed Jokic’s longtime running mate, point guard Jamal Murray, for his efforts in the first week of December 2025.
The accolade doesn’t mean much in a vacuum. But symbolically, to be saluted by the league is the latest validation of Murray’s outstanding start to the season. He averaged 29.8 points and 7.5 assists for the week in question — despite spraining his ankle and being unable to finish the first of Denver’s four games.