The National Basketball Association announced Monday that DeMar DeRozan has been selected as Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played November 7-13. This is the second time DeRozan has earned the honour (last: Dec. 7-13, 2015) and joins Kyle Lowry, Chris Bosh and Vince Carter as the only players in team history to win the award multiple times.
DeRozan led the NBA last week averaging 34.7 points and shot .535 (38-for-71) from the field in three games. He became the fourth player in NBA history to record 30 or more points in eight of the first nine games to start a season, joining Michael Jordan (1986-87), World B.