POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Igor Tratnik
33-year old power forward Igor Tratnik (207-PF-1989) had a great game in the last round for league’s best team Slovan and receives a Hoops Agents 2SKL Player of the Week award for round 4.
He had a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, while his team beat Celje (#12, 0-4), the league’s bottom-ranked team 94-85. It allowed Slovan to consolidate first place in the Slovenian 2SKL. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Slovan already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. In the team’s last game Tratnik had a remarkable 62.5% from 2-point range. It’s his second year at Slovan and it’s hard to imagine this team without him. Tratnik has impressive league stats. He is in league’s top in rebounds (8th best: 8.5rpg), assists (8th best: 5.0apg) and averages solid 3.5bpg and 60.0% from behind 3-point line.
Second best performed player last round was Jan Mocnik (178-PG-1987) of Nova Gorica. He is a guard in his 4th season at Nova Gorica. In the last game Mocnik recorded impressive 33 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists. Bad luck as Nova Gorica was edged by the higher-ranked Jance (#2, 3-1) 83-80. Nova Gorica managed to keep the same 7th spot in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league’s best with a mere 1-2 record. Mocnik is one of the most experienced players at Nova Gorica and has a reputation of one of team’s most reliable players.
Third place about best performers goes to forward Jure Licen (197-F/C-2000) of league’s second-best Jance. Licen scored 20 points and grabbed eighteen rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Jance, leading his team to a 83-80 win against the lower-ranked Nova Gorica (#7, 1-2). Licen has a great season in Slovenia. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league’s leaders in rebounds with 15.3rpg (#1 in league).
Other top performing players last week:
4. Matija Radanovic (203-C-1995) of Sezana – 23 points and 10 rebounds
5. Andraz Rogelja (189-PG-1995) of Portoroz – 33 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Lovro Urbiha (204-F/C-2003) of Triglav – 17 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Tevz Ruzic (193-G-1995) of Jance – 15 points and 13 rebounds
8. Aljaz Bratec (192-PG-1998) of Jezica – 15 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists
9. Jaka Stemberger (201-C-1992) of Litija – 19 points and 9 rebounds
10. Jaka Bovha (2000) of Medvode – 16 points and 5 rebounds
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 : IGOR TRATNIK, GEOPLIN SLOVAN LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIAN BASKETBALL
