POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Bradley Waldow
31-year old center Bradley Waldow (208-C-1991) had a great game in the last round for second-ranked Peja and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
He had a double-double of 22 points and 18 rebounds, while his team beat Milenijum (#6, 1-4) 89-76. Peja is placed at 2nd position in Balkan League. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Peja already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. Waldow turned to be Peja’s top player in his first season with the team. Saint Mary’s College of California graduate has very impressive stats this year. Waldow is in league’s top in points (3rd best: 17.7ppg) and averages solid 76.9% FGP.
Second best performed player last round was Bogdan Bliznyuk (198-G/F-1995) of Budivelnyk. He is a swingman in his 2nd season at Budivelnyk. In the last game Bliznyuk recorded impressive 21 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists. Of course he led Budivelnyk to another comfortable win outscoring slightly lower-ranked Beroe (#4, 2-2) 86-65. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Budivelnyk consolidated its place in top 3 of the standings. His team’s 2-1 record is not bad at all. Bliznyuk is well-known at Budivelnyk and he already established his position as one of the team’s leaders.
Third place about best performers goes to forward TK Edogi (203-F-1994) of Beroe (#4). Edogi scored 15 points and grabbed eleven rebounds (!!!). Despite Edogi’s great performance Beroe lost 65-86 to #3 ranked Budivelnyk. But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. The last thing Beroe needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 2 victories and 2 lost games. Edogi has a great season in Balkan League. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league’s leaders in rebounds with 8.5rpg (2nd best).
Other top performing players last week:
4. Rodney Purvis (193-SG-1994) of Peja – 21 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
5. David Efianayi (188-G-1995) of H.Be’er Sheva – 16 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Cornelius Hudson (200-F-1993) of Beroe – 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Darius Hall (188-G) of Beroe – 14 points and 8 rebounds
8. Aleksandar Bogojevic (189-G-1986) of Milenijum – 15 points and 5 assists
9. Tidjan Keita (207-PF-1996) of H.Be’er Sheva – 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Tomer Porat (201-PF-1999) of H.Be’er Sheva – 11 points, 8 rebounds and 2 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)
