POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Jack Kayil
16-year old guard Jack Kayil (184-G-2006) put on an amazing game in the last round for second-ranked ALBA Berlin and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 2.
He had the game-high 28 points adding five rebounds and three assists for ALBA Berlin in his team’s victory, helping them to crush ratiopharm (#3, 1-2) with 19-point margin 99-80. ALBA Berlin was forced-out from the top positions in Adidas Next Generation Tournament Group A. They would have been even better if they hadn’t lost that single game earlier this season. ALBA Berlin will need more victories to improve their 2-1 record. In the team’s last game Kayil had a remarkable 85.7% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 6 attempts. It’s his second year at ALBA Berlin and it’s hard to imagine this team without him. Kayil has impressive league stats. He is in league’s top in points (3rd best: 19.0ppg) and averages solid 6.0spg,72.7% FGP and 62.5% from behind 3-point line.
Second best performed player last round was Eric Reibe (209-C-2006) of ratiopharm. He is a center in his first season at ratiopharm. In the last game Reibe recorded impressive 27 points and 7 rebounds. Bad luck as ratiopharm lost that game 80-99 to ALBA Berlin (2-1). The season is still at the very beginning and this lost game may not be such crucial, of course if they start win the games. Let’s wait for the next round. Reibe is a newcomer at ratiopharm and quickly became one of team’s most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.5ppg (#5). He also registered 6.0 boards per game.
Third place about best performers goes to center Ismaila Diagne (212-C-2006) of league’s leader Real Madrid. Diagne scored 12 points and grabbed fifteen rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Real Madrid, leading his team to a 92-62 easy win against #4 ranked Milano in a game of the week. Real Madrid started extremely well this year. They recorded 3 victories without losing a single game in Group A. Diagne 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. Diagne has a great season in Adidas Next Generation Tournament. After only 2 games, he made it on the list of the league’s leaders in rebounds with 11.5rpg (#1 in league).
Other top performing players last week:
4. Illan Pietrus (187-G-2005) of NGTM – 24 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Alexandros Samontourov (209-SF-2005) of Panathinaikos – 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Joel Cwik (194-SF-2006) of ratiopharm – 16 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Aleksas Bieliauskas (206-C-2005) of Zalgiris – 10 points and 11 rebounds
8. Mohamed Diawara (203-F/C-2005) of NGTM – 15 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Lucas Giovannetti (201-F-2005) of NGTM – 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Lykourgos Vasilantonakis (201-F-2006) of Panathinaikos – 9 points, 8 rebounds and 3 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)
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