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Curry, Tatum Scoop Week 2 NBA Players Of The Week Award

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum late Monday night were named the NBA Players of the Week for Week 2 of the new 2023-24 season.

The two-time Kia NBA MVP led Golden State to a 3-1 week with averages of 30.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists.

The NBA’s all-time leader in 3-pointers made has hit 40 3s over his first seven games, the most in the league. Curry’s week was highlighted by a 42-point, 5-assist, 5-rebound performance in a win against the Pelicans.

Tatum powered the Celtics to a 3-0 week as the team remains undefeated to begin the season.

The 25-year-old forward is averaging 30.2 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists over the first five games. The Celtics erupted for 155 points in Wednesday’s win over Indiana with Tatum posting 30 points, four assists and a season-high 12 rebounds in the rout.

Tatum scored his 10,000th career point in the second quarter of Saturday’s 124-114 win over the Brooklyn Nets.

The 25-year-old Tatum is the youngest player in franchise history to score 10,000 points. The previous record holder was Antoine Walker, who was 26.

Drafted No. 3 overall in 2017, Tatum is averaging 29.8 points per game this season. He finished the game with 32 points and 11 rebounds, one of five Celtics to finish in double-figure scoring for Boston, which improved to 5-0 this season.

Tatum is the 10th player in NBA history to reach 10,000 career points before his 26th birthday, joining LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady, Devin Booker, Bob McAdoo, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Dwight Howard.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.