Better late than never: the CelticsBlog Player of the Week is back. After circumstances required a week off last week, weโve now got two full weeks of Boston Celtics basketball to catch up on. That entails a total of seven games: the November 2 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and six subsequent wins against Chicago, New York, Memphis, Detroit (twice) and Denver. Weโll be lumping these weeks together as one, because I think that offers some more fun options for us to discuss here.
Letโs not waste any time and jump right into it. This is a fun one.
Honorable Mentions:
Itโs finally time for Jayson Tatum to sit this one out, but thatโs not in any way due to his performance on the court. The Celticsโ superstar forward continued his torrid start to the season, averaging 31.6 points per game during the 6-1 stretch. Heโs the rising tide that lifts all ships on this roster, and itโs all but certain that his name is going to pop up in here each week if this is the level of play weโre going to continue to see from him.
Elsewhere, it feels like a good time to give Al Horford his first shout-out in this space. He sat out two games for rest purposes (the New York and Detroit wins), but averaged 14.6 points per game on blistering 63% shooting from the field in his five appearances, while remaining his customarily steady self defensively. Marcus Smart also warrants a mention, as the owner of four(!) games with double-digit assists in his past five outings.
That said, I think we can all agree that itโs time to give the role players some shine. And for that reason…
CelticsBlog (Co-)Player(s) of the Week(s) #3 and #4: Sam Hauser and Grant Williams
Hauser: 7 GP, 19 MPG, 9.1 PPG, 49% FG, 41% 3PT, +43
Williams: 7 GP, 30 MPG, 9.4 PPG, 56% FG, 40% 3PT, 5 REB, 2 AST, +58
Thatโs right, itโs a flat-out pair of flamethrowers for us this week. Two of the teamโs best three-point shooters, percentage-wise (Horford being the third), will be sharing the award this time out. The two-week window benefits both players here; Iโm not sure either completely stand out within the context of either individual week, but as a whole, I think itโs hard to tell the story of this win streak without spending quite a bit of time discussing their play.
We can start with Hauser, because the summary is pretty simple: the guy can just flat-out shoot. After missing out on the Max Struses of the world for years now, the Celtics finally found their…
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