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Artem Oreshnikov
Center Artem Oreshnikov (205-C-2004) had a very impressive game in the last round for Lokomotiv-2, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 25.
The 18-year old player was the main contributor (26 points, eight rebounds) to his team’s victory, helping them to beat Parma-2 (#11, 5-23) 102-87. Lokomotiv-2 maintains the 3rd position in Russian VTB-Youth League. They would have been even better if they hadn’t lost a few games earlier this season. Lokomotiv-2 will need more victories to improve their 21-7 record. It’s Oreshnikov’s second year at Lokomotiv-2 and it’s hard to imagine this team without him. Artem Oreshnikov has solid league stats. He is in league’s top in points (8th best: 13.8ppg), rebounds (2nd best: 8.7rpg) and averages impressive 2.0bpg and 67.6% FGP.
The second best player in last round’s games was young Egor Vanin (215-C-2004, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) of league’s second-best Runa-2. Vanin had a very good evening with a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds. Of course he led Runa-2 to another comfortable win 71-56 over the lower-ranked N.Novgorod-2 (#7, 16-14) being unquestionably team leader. Runa-2’s second position in the standings has not changed. His team’s 23-7 record is not bad at all. Vanin is well-known at Runa-2 and is a proven leader in his second season with the team.
Third on the list of top players last round was center Andrey Pechkin (206-C-2002) of Avtodor-2 (#10). Pechkin scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds. He was a key player of Avtodor-2, leading his team to a 82-53 easy win against slightly higher-ranked Enisey-2 (#9, 7-21). Avtodor-2 can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 7-23 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Pechkin has a very solid season. In 22 games in Russia he scored 12.7ppg. He also has 6.2rpg and FGP: 52.1%.
Other top performing players last week:
4. Maksim Beloshapko (199-F-2002) of Khimki-2 – 15 points and 5 rebounds
5. Mikhail Bokarev (193-G-2002) of Zenit-2 – 22 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Vadim Orekhov (197-G-2002) of N.Novgorod-2 – 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
7. Rostislav Gusev (204-F-2006) of CSKA U23 – 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Andrey Ivanov (199-G-2003) of Avtodor-2 – 14 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Nikita Ryabov (193-F/G-2004) of Lokomotiv-2 – 11 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Pasha Ismailov (196-G-2003) of MBA-2 – 15 points, 6 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)
Tags : ARTEM ORESHNIKOV, LOKOMOTIV KUBAN 2ND TEAM, RUSSIAN BASKETBALL
