MVN: Most Valuable Network

MVN's NBA Outsider presents to you the NBA's "Ballers of the Week."  Since this is a team game, major bonus points are award to players who lead their teams to undeafeated records in any given week.  Individual stats are nice, but it's wins and losses that matter most.  Here's who had the greatest impact on the bottom line for the week November 7th to November 13th...

Western Conference: Brandon Roy, G (Portland)

The Trail Blazers uberguard led the way to a 3-0 record following the big win on November 6th against the Houston Rockets.  In the three games this week, Roy averaged 24.3 points, five assists and 4.3 rebounds in wins over the Timberwolves, Magic in Orlando and Heat in Miami.   His main help so far is front running candidate for sixth man of the year, Rudy Fernandez.  He's averaging a consistent Manu Ginobiliesque 16 points a game in 28 minutes so far this season.  Greg Oden and Jerryd Bayless haven't really shown up yet and French rookie Nicolas Batum is starting.  Roy is the guy that holds it all together.  The Blazers are riding on Roy and this week, Roy delivered.

Honorable Mention: Andres Biedrins 17.3 points and 16 rebounds per game, Kobe Bryant leading the Lakers to the league's only undefeated record so far

Eastern Conference - LeBron James, F (Cleveland)

LeBron figures to hold this spot a lot this season.  King James averaged 32.8 points and posted two 41 point games this week in leading the Cavs to a 4-0 record.  So what if he's beating up on the Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks of the world?  His numbers for the week were impressive, but just slightly higher than or equal to his regular season output of  8.3 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 28.9 points per game.  This is the second coming of Oscar Robertson in his Cincinnati Royals days.  Rounding out the competition was the win in Chicago and defeat of Carmelo Anthony and the visiting Denver Nuggets.  They were all games the Cavs should have won, and win they did. 

Honorable Mention - Jamal Crawford (27 points and 5 assists per game in leading the Knicks to a 3-1 record), Dwight Howard (30 points and 18 boards per game in leading the Magic to a 2-1 record) and Ben Gordon (26.5 points per game for the Bulls 2-2 week that included losses to the Hawks and Cavs - two teams near the top of the conference)