Siim-Sander Vene heads to Riga - Feb 3, 2012 (by Eurobasket News )
Siim-Sander Vene (203-F-90) is another newcomer in VEF Riga. Shortly after inking a deal with Donatas Zavackas (203-F-80, college: Pittsburgh) the Latvian powerhouse announced Siim-Sander Vene. The Estonian forward started the season in Lithuania. The youngster played for Baltai Kaunas. He averaged 8.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game in LKL. In Baltic League Siim-Sander Vene notched 11.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 steals per appearance [read more]
Siim-Sander Vene (203-F-90) is another newcomer in VEF Riga. Shortly after inking a deal with Donatas Zavackas (203-F-80, college: Pittsburgh) the Latvian powerhouse announced Siim-Sander Vene. The Estonian forward started the season in Lithuania. The youngster played for Baltai Kaunas. He averaged 8.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game in LKL. In Baltic League Siim-Sander Vene notched 11.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 steals per appearance. Last season Siim-Sander Vene started in Aisciai Kaunas. Later the forward moved to Ludwigsburg in Germany. Siim-Sander Vene has been the member of Estonian National Team since 2009. He also played for U16, U18 and U20 National Teams.
Abdul Hamid returns Krka - Feb 2, 2012 (by Uygar Karaca)
According to stasport (sta.si) and sportando.net; American guard Mustafa Abdul-Hamid(188-G-88, college: UCLA) now returns to Krka Novo Mesto. He was released on December month ago. He is new to Europe though, played for Hemofarm last year at Eurocup. Novo Mesto, the last years' Eurochallange champion is struggling at Last16 stage of this years' Eurocup. They are now winless and on the brink of elimination. They just got 4 wins in Adriatic League and Tyler Hansborough just left the team [read more]
According to stasport (sta.si) and sportando.net; American guard Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (188-G-88, college: UCLA) now returns to Krka Novo Mesto. He was released on December month ago. He is new to Europe though, played for Hemofarm last year at Eurocup. Novo Mesto, the last years' Eurochallange champion is struggling at Last16 stage of this years' Eurocup. They are now winless and on the brink of elimination. They just got 4 wins in Adriatic League and Tyler Hansborough just left the team. Recently, they have added Israeli guard Affik Nissim.
Nando De Colo gets MVP of the Week award for Eurocup (Top 16) - Feb 1, 2012 (by Eurobasket News )
French Nando De Colo (202-G-87) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's leader Valencia and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 3 (Top 16).
The 24-year old guard had the game-high 32 points adding five assists for Valencia in his team's victory, helping them to beat CEZ Nymburk (#2, 2-1) 80-71. It allowed Valencia to consolidate first place in the Eurocup group I. They maintain perfect record without any lost game in the league [read more]
French Nando De Colo (202-G-87) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's leader Valencia and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 3 (Top 16). The 24-year old guard had the game-high 32 points adding five assists for Valencia in his team's victory, helping them to beat CEZ Nymburk (#2, 2-1) 80-71. It allowed Valencia to consolidate first place in the Eurocup group I. They maintain perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Valencia already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. In the team's last game De Colo had a remarkable 87.5% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 6 attempts. He has many years of experience at Valencia, through which he has constantly improved. Nando De Colo averages this season 10.8ppg.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 27-year old Greek center Loukas Mavrokefalidis (208-C-84) of league's best team Spartak SP. Mavrokefalidis impressed basketball fans with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Of course he lead Spartak SP to another comfortable win 81-68 over Krka (0-3) being unquestionably team leader. A very good start of the Top 16 for his team, which won so far all 3 games without any defeat. Mavrokefalidis is a newcomer at Spartak SP and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.
The third best performed player last round was another Valencia's star - American Niklas Caner-Medley (203-F-83, agency: Priority Sports). Caner-Medley scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds. He was another key player of Valencia, helping his team with a 80-71 win against #2 ranked CEZ Nymburk in a game of the week. Valencia started extremely well this Top 16. They recorded 3 victories without losing a single game in group I. Caner-Medley 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. Caner-Medley has a great season in Eurocup. After only 6 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 15.0ppg (5th best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Ali Traore (207-C-85) of Lokomotiv - 22 points and 8 rebounds 5. Antanas Kavaliauskas (208-C-84) of VEF Riga - 23 points and 8 rebounds 6. Baris Ermis (194-G-85) of Banvit BK - 9 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists 7. Hilton Armstrong (208-C/F-84) of ASVEL - 9 points and 11 rebounds 8. Ludovic Vaty (206-C-88) of Gravelines - 14 points and 6 rebounds 9. Viacheslav Kravtsov (211-C-87) of BC Donetsk - 17 points and 8 rebounds 10. Sani Becirovic (196-G-81) of Benetton TV - 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
The Player of the week is chosen 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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