POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Saba Saladze
Swingman Saba Saladze (196-G/F-2005) had an amazing evening in the last round for Basco, receiving a Hoops Agents U18 League Player of the Week award for round 11.
The 17-year old player had a double-double of 30 points and 19 rebounds, while his team beat Sokhumi (#6, 2-6) 84-72. Basco maintains the 4th position in their group in Georgian U18 League. They would have been even better if they hadn’t lost a few games earlier this season. Basco will need more victories to improve their 4-3 record. Saladze just recently signed at Basco, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Saba Saladze has solid league stats. He is in league’s top in rebounds (4th best: 12.4rpg).
The second best player in last round’s games was young Sandro Zaridze (193-F-2005) of Gori. Zaridze had a very good evening with a double-double of 35 points and 17 rebounds. Bad luck as Gori lost that game 77-96 to the higher-ranked Tbilisi (#2, 7-2). Gori managed to keep the same 7th spot in Group B. 8 lost games are too many considering they did not win any game. Zaridze is a newcomer at Gori, but is already one of team’s top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 26.1ppg (#2). His other stats are also decent: 14.9rpg and 3.3apg.
Third on the list of top players last round was forward Giorgi Kvirikashvili (180-F-2005) of Dinamo (#3). Kvirikashvili scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds. He was a key player of Dinamo, leading his team to a 90-77 easy win against #4 ranked Basco in a game of the week. Dinamo needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams in Group B. Their record at this point is 5 victories and 2 lost games. Kvirikashvili has a very solid season. In 7 games in Georgia he scored 15.0ppg. He also has 4.9rpg and 2.4spg.
Other top performing players last week:
4. Nikoloz Berdzenishvili (G) of Tbilisi – 21 points and 14 rebounds
5. Nikoloz Gogoberishvili (194-G-2006) of Rustavi – 27 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Davit Gogoladze (183-G-2005) of Rustavi – 19 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists
7. Giorgi Abutidze (188-F-2005) of Brooklyn – 35 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists
8. Gabriel Chiabrishvili (195-C-2006) of Dinamo – 12 points, 23 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Giorgi Chitishvili (185-C-2005) of Dinamo – 29 points and 6 rebounds
10. Giorgi Gabunia (194-F-2006) of Sokhumi – 33 points, 4 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 : SABA SALADZE, BASKETBALL CLUB BATUMI, GEORGIAN BASKETBALL
