Isaac
Years ago
Penney nabs second POTW award
Kirk Penney has picked up his second Player of the Week honour of the 2008/09 National Basketball League (NBL) season after the New Zealand Breakers star was named as the Round Eight award winner.Runner-up was new Blaze import Justin Bowen who had 26/8/3 on debut against top side South.
Penney, who also took out the NBL's weekly honours in Round One and is an early favourite for League Most Valuable Player honours, led his team to a 1-1 record for the week. The former NBA player averaged 24.5 points per game, 7.0 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in his two games - an upset 86-84 road victory against reigning champions, the Melbourne Tigers, and a tough 96-86 loss at home to Adelaide.
A couple of 36ers feature in the honourable mentions:
Others in consideration for Player of the Week included Adam Ballinger (Adelaide), Mark Tyndale (Adelaide), Rosell Ellis (Townsville), Chris Anstey (Melbourne), Shane Heal (Gold Coast), Shawn Redhage (Perth), Mark Worthington (South), Ian Crosswhite (Cairns), Aaron Grabau (Cairns), and Julian Khazzouh (Sydney).
Any thoughts on perhaps the top five candidates for MVP at this stage?
I'm thinking Anstey, Penney, Worthington, Bruton and then maybe Ballinger or Redhage.