Player of the Week: T.J. Warren’s scoring consistantly
This week in November has proven to have been very good for Phoenix Suns small forward T.J. Warren, who has been scoring the ball consistently.
In this fourth edition of the Phoenix Suns player of the week award, a previous winner claims the prize for the last week of November. Even though T.J. Warren has problems passing the ball, he’s still more than deserving of the player of the week award for the second time in the month of November. He win’s this award based off his ability to score consistently.
On Nov. 22, T.J. Warren had his worst game of the week in a losing effort against the Milwaukee Bucks. Warren shot 7-20 from the floor and 6-7 from the free throw line, while scoring 20 points, 11 rebounds, one assist and three steals. This game is the worst purely because of Warren’s bad field goal percentage for the contest. This was his only double-double for this week’s award.
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Warren’s 18 points, two rebounds, one assist and three blocks were an after thought in the blowout loss against the New Orleans Pelicans. He shot 50 percent from both the field and 3-point line while making all three of this free throw attempts. Interesting fact about this game, this was only the second time this month that Warren made a 3-point shot. The last time was Nov. 1 against the Washington Wizards.
He was able to duplicate his point total and his shooting percentage from the floor in the team’s loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Besides having 18 points and shooting 50 percent from the floor, Warren also had four rebounds, one assist and a steal. He also shot 4-5 from the charity stripe. Even though it would have been nice to see Warren increase his scoring with Devin Booker not playing in this contest, Warren still showed consistent scoring ability.
The Suns were able to snap their three game skid against the Chicago Bulls with a 104-99 win. Warren had the team’s second highest point total with 25 points while shooting 50 percent from the floor, 20 percent from beyond the arc and 100 percent from the free throw line. He also was able to pull down seven rebounds, one assist, a steal and a block.
Honorable Mentions
Booker’s inconsistent shooting and game missed kept him out of this week’s award. Still, Booker had a solid week averaging 23.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.3 blocks, and .7 steals per game. Tyler Ulis almost was this week’s winner, but one bad game was enough to lose the award. Ulis averaged 11.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, .3 blocks and 1.3 steals per game.
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T.J. Warren may not be the flashiest player that the Suns have, but he was the most consistent scorer the club had during this seven day period. Warren averaged 20.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, one assist, one block and 1.3 steals during the span of Nov. 21st-28th. Agree or disagree? Comment below who you believe should be player of the week.