Milwaukee Bucks: Player of the Week (Jan 8 – 14)
Milwaukee Bucks Player of the Week Rankings
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- Jabari Parker
- Malcolm Brogdon
Major Cat played in all three games this week and averaged 36.4 minutes, 24.7 points (on 47.4 percent shooting from the field), 6.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 1.0 steal per game. He led the team in points, was second in rebounds, was third in assists, and tied for third in steals. Additionally, he had the second best plus/minus on the team at +4.3.
Without Giannis, Jabari Parker should have taken the number one spot this week. Parker certainly did his thing but when the dust settled one player was just a bit more worthy than he was. Don’t let that trick you into thinking Jabari underperformed this week though.
Jabari paced the Bucks in both three-pointers per game and three-point percentage with 4.7 and 57.1 percent. He spaced the floor like an elite three-point shooter this week. Only seven NBA players were able to attempt four three-pointers per game and make over 55 percent of their attempts.
Jabari’s hot three-point shooting streak has been going on for two weeks. He is shooting a ridiculous 55.6 percent on 4.5 threes per game in the month of January. Only Tim Hardaway Jr. is shooting a better percentage on a similar number of attempts in the entire league.
Teams finally have to respect Parker’s jump shot wherever he is on the court. We already knew his interior scoring was elite and his midrange game was smooth. Now with his perimeter shooting performance starting to heat up, Parker is starting to fulfill his scoring legacy.
His ability to score from everywhere is impacting his game in a positive way. Parker had one of his best passing weeks of the season, averaging 4.0 assists per game. With Antetokounmpo out of the mix, Parker did his part to keep the ball moving and find the open man.
It was nice to see Parker a bit more active on the boards this week. Averaging just under seven per game at the power forward position isn’t anything to write home about but it is better than some weeks this season for the former Duke Blue Devil. If he can pick up his rebounding even further it would go a long way in helping his overall impact on the court.
Parker was really good this week. It took a monumental effort from our number one Buck to knock him down to the number two spot. If Jabari can continue to play like he did this week than the Bucks will continue to win a lot of games.