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Tyrese Maxey and Ty Jerome named NBA Players of the Week
The NBA named Tyrese Maxey and Ty Jerome its conference Players of the Week to open the new season.
Maxey, a guard for the Philadelphia 76ers, won in the Eastern Conference.
He averaged 28.8 points, 4.8 assists and 4 rebounds as Philadelphia went 3-1 in its first week.
Jerome, a guard for the Memphis Grizzlies, won in the Western Conference.
He averaged 34.7 points and helped Memphis finish the week with a 3-0 record.
The awards recognize strong performances in each conference during the week, and the league named other players as nominees.
Ty Jerome and Tyrese Maxey were named NBA Players of the Week for their respective conferences.
Jerome received the Western Conference award, while Maxey won in the East.
Jerome led the Grizzlies to a 3-0 record last week, including a career-high 45 points in Wednesday’s home opener against Utah.
Maxey averaged 28.8 points, 4.8 assists and 4.0 rebounds as the 76ers went 3-1 in the first week of the season.
- Who
- Grizzlies guard Ty Jerome and 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey.
- What
- They were named NBA Players of the Week for the Western and Eastern conferences, respectively.
- When
- The NBA announced the awards on October 26, 2026.
- Where
- Jerome won in the Western Conference, and Maxey won in the Eastern Conference.
- Why
- Jerome led the Grizzlies to a 3-0 week, while Maxey helped the 76ers go 3-1 and averaged 28.8 points per game.
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Jerome led the Grizzlies to a 3-0 record, while Maxey helped the 76ers go 3-1 in the first week of the season.
Jerome scored a career-high 45 points in the Grizzlies’ home opener against Utah.
The NBA announced Jerome and Maxey as Players of the Week for their conferences.
- Western Conference winner
- Ty Jerome
- Eastern Conference winner
- Tyrese Maxey
- Jerome's Grizzlies record
- 3-0 last week
- Jerome's career high
- 45 points against Utah
- Maxey's scoring average
- 28.8 points per game
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Memphis Grizzlies guard Ty Jerome and Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 1 of the 2026-27 season (Oct. 20-25).
Other nominees: West: Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves (LAL), Anthony Edwards (MIN), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) and Amen Thompson (HOU) East: Cade Cunningham (DET), Dyson Daniels and Jalen Johnson (ATL), and Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam (IND)