POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Emilis Bartninkas
Talented Emilis Bartninkas (198-F-04) had a very impressive game in the last round for league’s second-best Zalgiris II and that’s him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 10.
The 17-year old forward had a double-double of 29 points and seventeen rebounds, while his team edged out Panevezio (#8, 4-6) 89-88. Zalgiris II maintains the 2nd position in Lithuanian U18 League. Zalgiris II has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 9-1. Bartninkas turned to be Zalgiris II’s top player in his first season with the team. Bartninkas has impressive league stats. He is in league’s top in points (2nd best: 21.7ppg) and averages solid 56.3% FGP.
The second most remarkable performance in last round’s games was 17-year old forward Danielius Kasparas (198-F-04) of VKM. Kasparas impressed basketball fans with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Bad luck as VKM was edged by league’s leader VKKM (#1, 9-0) 85-83. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. VKM still maintains its place in the top 4 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team’s 5-5 record is not bad at all. Kasparas is well-known by VKM fans and he already established his position as one of team’s most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 19.5ppg (#9). He also registered 10.7 boards per game.
The third best performed player last round was Nojus Vaivada (192-G/F-04) of RasKKSC (#10). Vaivada showcased his all-around game by recording 28 points, sixteen rebounds (!!!) and eleven assists (!!!) in the last round. He was a key player of RasKKSC, leading his team to a 88-85 win against slightly lower-ranked Zalgiris I (#12, 1-8). The chances of RasKKSC not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 7 games, recording just three victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Vaivada could try to bring RasKKSC’s a little bit higher in the standings. Vaivada has individually a great season in Lithuania. After only 5 games, he made it on the list of the league’s leaders in rebounds with 9.2rpg (9th best) and assists with 7.8apg (2nd best).
Other top performing players last week:
4. Nojus Lebskas (197-F-04) of ASRC – 22 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Laurynas Vitosis (192-G/F-04) of KKM I – 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Rytis Neverdauskas (193-F/G-04) of SKM II – 20 points and 5 rebounds
7. Nojus Krulikauskas (174-PG-04) of SKM II – 30 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Arunas Rimkus (193-G-04) of Zalgiris I – 34 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Arnas Strikulys (05) of Panevezio – 18 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists
10. Zilvinas Rusys (170-PG-04) of Tornado KM – 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 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)
Tags : EMILIS BARTNINKAS, ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 2ND TEAM, LITHUANIAN BASKETBALL
