Play Fantasy Basketball on Yahoo! > Last week in the NBA featured some great basketball for the New Year, but that wasn’t the only time players stepped up their games. We had four players average over 60 fantasy points last week,

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić has been named the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week for his standout play from December 30th to January 5th. This marks Jokić’s second Player of the Week award this season and the 16th of his career, the most by any player in Denver Nuggets history.

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum have been named the NBA Players of the Week for Week 11 of the 2024-25 season. NBA Players of the Week for Week 11.

Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo is the early leader in fan balloting for the NBA All-Star Game, and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers seems well on his way toward extending his record and getting picked for a 21st time.

With a game against the Denver Nuggets coming down to the final possession, Wembanyama was tasked with guarding three-time MVP Nikola Jokić with a one-point lead. Jokić, perhaps the most offensively effective player of a generation, turned to his signature Sombor Shuffle move for a potential game-winning basket.

And by this, I mean the historic season Victor Wembanayama is putting up. Wembanayama went bonkers last month and he keeps rising in odds to win MVP. He would be the youngest player in league history to win the award.

The San Antonio Spurs split a two-game series with the Denver Nuggets on back-to-back nights, but while they won one and took the other to overtime, they don't find solace in any moral victories. Rather,