Phoenix Suns wing Dillon Brooks was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of January 26th-February 1st, the NBA announced today.
This honor marks the first career Player of the Week for Brooks. A much-deserved recognition of his stellar play.
In 4 games on the week, Brooks averaged 28.8 points on 53.5% shooting (54.3 3PFG%), 4.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.0 steals while guiding the Suns to a 3-1
record. This boost in performance from Brooks was much needed with Devin Booker sidelined.
On the night of a “Dillon The Villain” t-shirt giveaway for Suns fans, he scored a career-high 40 points in a 114-96 win over the Pistons. He followed that performance with a game-high 27 points the next night in a 126-113 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Brooks scored 25-plus points in the first three games of the week, setting a new career-long streak with four straight games scoring at least 25 points. In short, he’s on an absolute heater.
In 44 games this season, Brooks is averaging a career-high 21.1 points per game, 3.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.1 steals, while shooting a career-best 44.6% from the field and 36.0% from three-point range.
Per Suns PR, he became the 5th player in franchise history with 800-plus points and 40-plus steals through the first 40 games with the Suns (Stephon Marbury, Walter Davis, Tom Chambers, Charles Barkley) and recorded his 1,000th-career three-pointer on Feb. 1 against the Clippers.
He may not have been rewarded with an All-Star appearance, but he took home the honors of an award he hadn’t received in his nine-year NBA career. Well deserved for the Villain.
