POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Bubu Palo
Burkinabe-American Shooting guard Bubu Palo (185-SG-91) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Naestved, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 13.
The 30-year old player was the main contributor (19 points, seven rebounds and eight assists) to his team’s victory, helping them to outclass Copenhagen (#8, 4-10) with 35-point margin 109-74. Naestved maintains the 3rd position in Danish BasketLigaen. They would have been even better if they hadn’t lost a few games earlier this season. Naestved will need more victories to improve their 8-3 record. Palo turned to be Naestved’s top player in his first season with the team. Former Iowa State University star has very solid stats this year. Palo is in league’s top in assists (4th best: 6.0apg) and averages impressive 60.7% FGP and 46.7% from behind 3-point line.
The second best player in last round’s games was another Naestved’s star – 30-year old American Vincent Bailey (201-C/F-91). Bailey had a very good evening with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Of course together with Palo he helped Naestved with another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Copenhagen (#8, 4-10) 109-74. Naestved’s 3rd position in the standings has not changed. His team’s 8-3 record is not bad at all. Bailey is a newcomer at Naestved, but is already one of team’s top players.
Third on the list of top players last round was American center Travis Taylor (203-C-90, agency: Slash Sports) of league’s top team Bakken. Taylor showcased his all-around game by recording 16 points, twelve rebounds (!!!) and four assists in the last round. He was a key player of Bakken, leading his team to a 100-63 easy win against the lower-ranked BAC (#6, 5-8). Bakken have amazing season winning all 12 games without a single defeat. Taylor turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. Taylor has a great season in Denmark. After 12 games, he made it on the list of the league’s leaders in rebounds with 12.5rpg (#1 in league).
Other top performing players last week:
4. Michel Diouf (208-C-89) of Bakken – 21 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Aaron Levarity (203-PF-97) of Svendborg – 16 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Kameron Williams (188-SG-94) of Naestved – 24 points and 4 rebounds
7. Keane Thomann (211-C-89) of BAC – 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Jonathan Klussmann (190-G-02) of Randers – 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Brandon Randolph (187-G-95) of Randers – 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Darko Jukic (199-F-90) of Bakken – 13 points 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 : BUBU PALO, TEAM FOG NAESTVED, DANISH BASKETBALL
