It’s hard to be better than Boston Celtics star forward Jaylen Brown was this last week, so it makes sense that former Celtic champion center Kendrick Perkins was confused that the Georgia native wasn’t named East Player of the Week in recent Twitter post.
That honor instead fell to Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris, who averaged an admittedly-impressive 21.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 2.3 steals per game over that stretch, shooting a sizzling 59.1% overall and 55.9%. However, Brown put up 27.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals per game while shooting 66.3% overall and 50% from 3 in the same week.
Jaylen Brown not getting Eastern Conference Player of the week is somewhat disturbing to me! Carry on…
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 4, 2021
Included in that span were two more games for the Cal-Berkeley product than the 76ers played, including a career-high 42-point night vs. the Memphis Grizzlies.
Harris did indeed have an impressive week, but we’re with Perk when he said, “Jaylen Brown not getting Eastern Conference Player of the week is somewhat disturbing to me!”
