Los Angeles' Vander Blue Named NBA Development League Performer of the Week
February 22, 2016 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK - Vander Blue of the Los Angeles D-Fenders was today named NBA Development League Performer of the Week for games played Monday, Feb. 15 through Sunday, Feb. 21. The honor is the first of Blue's career.
Blue (6-4, 200, Marquette) helped Los Angeles to a 3-0 week, averaging 29.7 points (second in the league) on 46.7 percent shooting (28-for-60) to go with 7.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.0 steals. He connected on 28-of-31free throw attempts, good for 90.3 percent.
On Feb. 20, he scored 30 points on 11-for-19 shooting to go with eight rebounds in a 135-118 victory over the Reno Bighorns. On Feb. 21, he recorded 31 points, six rebounds and three assists in a 121-106 win over the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.
Blue is averaging 25.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists, and has tallied 17 consecutive games of at least 20 or more points. He also has scored at least 30 points in five of his last six games.
Other top performers considered include Austin's Keifer Sykes, Erie's Tyler Harvey, Idaho's J.J. O'Brien, Iowa's Andrew Harrison, Maine's Coty Clarke and Malcolm Miller, Reno's Ricky Ledo, Rio Grande Valley's Will Cummings, Texas' Brandon Ashley and Westchester's Gani Lawal.
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