{"id":593290,"date":"2026-02-09T21:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/593290\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:39:19","slug":"stephon-castle-jalen-johnson-named-nba-players-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/593290\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephon Castle, Jalen Johnson named NBA Players of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2048475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Castle-and-Johnson-players-of-the-week-784x490.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"490\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle and Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson have been named the NBA Players of the Week for Week 16 of the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NBA Players of the Week for Week 16.   <\/p>\n<p>West: Stephon Castle (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spurs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@spurs<\/a>) <br \/>East: Jalen Johnson (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLHawks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ATLHawks<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TMP9lzvcln\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TMP9lzvcln<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2020961041690263565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Western Conference<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephonCastle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@StephonCastle<\/a> on being named Western Conference Player of the Week \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>Averaged 24.0 PTS, 7.3 REB, 7.3 AST and 3.00 STL in 26.7 minutes per game, while shooting 63.0% from the field and 36.4% from three! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rRHVU4L8oH\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/rRHVU4L8oH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spurs\/status\/2020961012237861169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jalen Johnson named Player of the Week for the second time this season! \u2b50\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VqFVv5Q4AW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/VqFVv5Q4AW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLHawks\/status\/2020958739189350710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Past 2025-26 Winners<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-dillon-brooks-brandon-miller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 15<\/a>: Dillon Brooks (West), Brandon Miller (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-luka-doncic-immanuel-quickley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 14<\/a>: Luka Don\u010di\u0107 (West), Immanuel Quickley (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-shai-gilgeous-alexander-bam-adebayo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 13<\/a>: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (West), Bam Adebayo (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-peyton-watson-scottie-barnes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 12<\/a>: Peyton Watson (West), Scottie Barnes (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-deni-avdija-tyrese-maxey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 11<\/a>: Deni Avdija (West), Tyrese Maxey (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-kawhi-leonard-jaylen-brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 10<\/a>: Kawhi Leonard (West), Jaylen Brown (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-jalen-brunson-jaren-jackson-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 9<\/a>: Jaren Jackson Jr. (West), Jalen Brunson (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-jamal-murray-jaylen-brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 7<\/a>: Jamal Murray (West), Jaylen Brown (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-luka-doncic-jalen-brunson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 6<\/a>: Luka Don\u010di\u0107 (West), Jalen Brunson (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-shai-gilgeous-alexander-donovan-mitchell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 5<\/a>: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (West), Donovan Mitchell (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-nikola-jokic-jalen-johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 4<\/a>: Nikola Joki\u0107 (West), Jalen Johnson (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nikola-jokic-cade-cunningham-named-nba-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 3<\/a>: Nikola Joki\u0107 (West), Cade Cunningham (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-week-shai-gilgeous-alexander-tyrese-maxey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 2<\/a>: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (West), Tyrese Maxey (East)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-players-of-the-week-1-victor-wembanyama-giannis-antetokounmpo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 1<\/a>: Victor Wembanyama (West), Giannis Antetokounmpo (East)<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle and Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson have been named the NBA 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