Luka Doncic wins honor a Mavericks’ player hasn’t won in a decade
Luka Doncic was named the Western Conference Player of the Month after averaging 30.6 points, 9.9 rebounds and 9.6 assists during the Dallas Mavericks’ 13-6 start to the season.
Doncic is the first Mavs’ player to earn the award sine Dirk Nowitzki in April 2009. He’s also the youngest player to ever win the award in the Western Conference.
Doncic, 20, has a league-high seven triple-doubles and ranks third in the league in scoring, second in assists, 15th in rebounding and is tied for 12th in steals.
It’s the eighth time Mavs player has won the honor, including five by Nowitzki. Doncic is the first Mavs player under 24 to win the award (Aguirre and Nowitzki were both 24 when they first won it).
Doncic has scored at least 20 points in 18 of Dallas’ first 19 games this season, including 25-plus points 16 times, 30-plus points 10 times and 40-plus points three times.
Doncic became the third player in NBA history to average at least 32.4 points, 10.3 rebounds and 10.4 assists a game over any calendar month with a minimum of 10 games played during a 14-game stretch in November. He joins Oscar Robertson (5 times) and Russell Westbrook (twice).
He became only the fifth player in league history to average a triple-double during any calendar month, along with Westbrook (8 times), Robertson (7 times), Wilt Chamberlain (twice) and LeBron James (once).
