Serbian Center Nikola Milutinov (213-C-1994, agency: Octagon Europe) had a great game in the last round for second-ranked Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 14.
The 29-year old player had a double-double of 18 points and 15 rebounds, while his team crushed Kolossos HH (#9, 5-9) with 19-point margin 71-52. Olympiacos maintains the 2nd position in Greek GBL. Olympiacos has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 13-1. Milutinov turned to be Olympiacos‘ top player in his first season with the team. Nikola Milutinov has solid league stats. He leads league in rebounds with 8.1rpg. Milutinov is in league’s top in and averages impressive 63.2% FGP.
The second best player in last round’s games was young American Shaq Buchanan (190-G-1997) of AS Karditsas. Buchanan had a very good evening with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Of course Karditsas cruised to a 80-71 relatively comfortable win over the higher-ranked Aris (#5, 7-7). This victory allowed Karditsas to move up to 10th position in the standings. 10 lost games are too many comparing to just four victories Karditsas managed to get this year. Buchanan is a newcomer at Karditsas and despite he is not a team leader yet, every game he becomes more reliable player. Hopefully performances like the last one will happen more often.
Third on the list of top players last round was American center Chad Brown (206-C-1996) of AS Apollon Patras (#12). Brown scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Apollon Patras, leading his team to a 83-75 win against the higher-ranked AEK (#6, 6-8). Apollon can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have extremely bad season and 3-11 record places them at the very bottom of the standings. Brown has individually a great season in Greece. After 12 games, he made it on the list of the league’s leaders in rebounds with 7.8rpg (2nd best). He also has 1.3bpg and a FGP of 58.4%. Brown attended one of camps at Eurobasket Summer League on his way to pro basketball.
Other top performing players last week:
4. Kostas Antetokounmpo (208-C-1998) of Panathinaikos – 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Kris Bankston (206-F-1999) of Aris – 13 points and 5 rebounds
6. Chris Coffey (201-F-1997) of Promitheas – 15 points and 6 rebounds
7. Alec Peters (206-PF-1995) of Olympiacos – 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Ioannis Kouzeloglou (206-PF-1995) of AEK – 15 points and 12 rebounds
9. Orlando Coleman (196-F-1992) of Apollon – 20 points and 2 rebounds
10. Hunter Hale (192-G-1997) of Promitheas – 19 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists
The Player of the week is selected based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.
The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it’s accuracy.
The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) – 2*BSAG – 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM – 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) – 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) – (FTA-FTM)
