Ty Jerome and Tyrese Maxey are the NBA’s Players of the Week

The NBA named Memphis Grizzlies guard Ty Jerome its Western Conference Player of the Week and Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey the Eastern Conference winner, the league announced on Monday.

Jerome led the Grizzlies to a 3-0 week, opening with a career-high 45 points in Wednesday’s home opener against Utah before road wins at Golden State and Sacramento. He finished the week as the league’s leading scorer at 34.7 points in just 31.7 minutes per game, adding 5.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds on .563/.429/.885 shooting.

Maxey filled the box score with averages of 28.8 points, 4.8 assists, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.0 block in 37.8 minutes per game as the Sixers went 3-1 to open the season.

The other nominees in the West were Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, Anthony Edwards, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Amen Thompson. Cade Cunningham, Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson, Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam were nominated in the East.

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