i saw grabaus performance. how was it not given to him? anyway good to see dj back in some form hope it continues

Daniel Johnsons stats that night were very good but he still does enough to annoy me. IE, forcing himself into contact rather then taking the easy dunk option. has all the potential in the world but still needs to improve the same things we were talking about last year

Johnson or Grabau for me so not a bad choice imo

what about lucas Walker.......

Once again highlights it comes down to who wins when Schensh had more points, double the rebounds and got a runner up just a few weeks ago to someone who had less stats.

Abercrombie should've gotten it...

skud, it's been like that for years and shouldn't winning be a serious factor? NBA seem to do the same. POTW winners tend to come from successful teams.

I don't think winning should be a factor. Its player of the week, not Winning Player of the week.

I think it loses any credibility it had when players who's stats and overall efforts are less than others, but win the award.
DJ's stats are good but I guarantee he didn't do the things in the game that make the players around him better and he was plain lazy during parts of the game.

Consider 7 rebounds for a 7ft player against a team without a genuine centre...really is that all. Holmes pulls in that most games.

Holmes averages eight, so pulling in 7 would be under-achieving somewhat.

I would have given it to Gary Ervin or Aaron Grabau.

Grabau probably more deserving because he got the W and rattled off an amazing clutch performance, while Ervin had an amazing game (perhaps his best for the season) but the rest of his team choked it up for him.

Mick, the clutch performer of the week is definitely Abercrombie...

yes but it isn't who played best in the final quarter it's who played best. Abercrombie couldn't hit squat for all but 2mins of the game so while his performance was great it wasn't the best.

skud, you would've loved the Wethers MVP year then!

It's not as though the award title must encompass everything about it. It favours players on winning teams. That's just how it is.

Otherwise it would be "Best Statistical Performance of the Week" and could be awarded purely by a robot counting and balancing stats.

Exactly Mystro, but even forgetting that line of thinking, Grabau did more than Abercrombie in the clutch anyway.

DJ deserved it...

You guys watch...DJ will be a beast for the rest of the season.

A beast for the rest of the season?

That would involve going to the basket when a shot goes up rather than retreating out over the three point line, wouldn't it?

I actually watched him last weekend. He seldom makes any effort to move towards the board when a team-mate takes a shot. Doesn't even follow his own shot most times. I'm not talking about being held or boxed out, his movement when a shot goes up is almost always away from the basket. It's obviously his instinct to move away from the basket.

I can't believe that is in response to 'team rules' [I don't think he is that disciplined anyway] and if it is I would respectfully but very strongly suggest they should be changed immediately to make his getting to the boards on every possible opportunity a top priority.

Adelaide won their game against Sydney by 18 points. DJ was our top scorer with 24, and our equal top rebounder with 7. His efforts, especially after Big Red thought he was The Undertaker and did a suicide dive over the top of Darnell Lazare, went a long way to seeing the 36ers snap their losing streak.

Well deserved IMO.