25-year old point guard Souleyman Diabate (183-PG-87, agency: Beo Basket) put on an amazing game in the last round for Nancy and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 7. He had the game-high 24 points adding five rebounds and five assists for Nancy in his team's victory, helping them to edge out Gravelines (#4, 4-3) in overtime 83-79. Nancy is placed at 14th position in French league. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked such low. They already lost 5 games and recorded just two victories. In the team's last game Diabate had a remarkable 62.5% from 2-point range. He turned to be Nancy's top player in his first season with the team. Diabate has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (4th best: 16.3ppg) and averages solid 53.6% FGP.
Second best performed player last round was Uche Nsonwu-Amadi (208-F/C-78, agency: Beo Basket) of league's second-best ASVEL. He is Nigerian forward in his first season at ASVEL. In the last game Nsonwu-Amadi recorded impressive 19 points and 8 rebounds. It was enough for ASVEL to edge the lower-ranked Paris-Levallois (#7, 4-3) by 6 points 82-76. This victory allowed ASVEL to move up to second position in the standings. His team's 5-2 record is not bad at all. Nsonwu-Amadi is a newcomer at ASVEL and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.
Third place about best performers goes to forward Ahmad Nivins (206-F-87) of Poitiers (#16). Nivins scored 17 points and grabbed ten rebounds. Despite Nivins' great performance Poitiers lost 66-67 to the higher-ranked Limoges (#12, 3-4). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Poitiers can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have extremely bad season and 2-5 record places them at the very bottom of the standings. Too bad for Nivins he does not play for a better team. But maybe if he did, his season stats would not be that high. Nivins has individually a great season in France. After only 7 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.4ppg (2nd best) and rebounds with 7.4rpg (6th best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Jahmar Young (196-G-86) of Orleans - 33 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists 5. Darryl Monroe (202-C/F-86) of Boulazac - 21 points and 5 rebounds 6. Terrell Everett (193-G-84) of Cholet - 19 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists 7. Amara Sy (202-F-81) of ASVEL - 14 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists 8. Marc-Antoine Pellin (169-PG-87) of Orleans - 17 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists 9. Marcus Goree (201-F-77) of Cholet - 22 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists 10. Nobel Boungou Colo (202-F-88) of Limoges - 21 points and 6 rebounds
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)
HELLO people!!! its that time again for the second time ADA BLOIS is back in the FINAL FOUR and 2 games away from being the playoff champions. Last year we came up a little short losing in the championship game. We playing very good basketball right now now we gotta focus on the game plan and the little details to make sure we dont come up short again. This season has been very crazy with alot of up's and downs. As a team we got it together at the right time now its time to win it ALL [read more]
HELLO people!!! its that time again for the second time ADA BLOIS is back in the FINAL FOUR and 2 games away from being the playoff champions. Last year we came up a little short losing in the championship game. We playing very good basketball right now now we gotta focus on the game plan and the little details to make sure we dont come up short again. This season has been very crazy with alot of up's and downs. As a team we got it together at the right time now its time to win it ALL...ILL BE BACK SOON TO LET YOU KNOW THE SEASON ENDED......
AS Cherbourg (NM3) landed 25-year old point guard Karim Dahak (180-80kg-88). He started the season at Vitre (NM2). The last season Dahak played at ALM Evreux (ProB). But in 16 games he averaged just 1.6ppg [read more]
AS Cherbourg (NM3) landed 25-year old point guard Karim Dahak (180-80kg-88). He started the season at Vitre (NM2). The last season Dahak played at ALM Evreux (ProB). But in 16 games he averaged just 1.6ppg. He has played previously professionally in France (Longwy and Vendee Challans) and Uruguay (Paysandu).
Orleans bolstered their backcourt. They agreed on terms of contract with Kyle McAlarney (185-PG-87, college: Notre Dame). The deal is meant for the next season. The point guard spent the last two seasons with Limoges. Kyle McAlarney averaged 10.7 points, 1.6 assists and 1.4 rebounds per game in ProA in the current season. Kyle McAlarney participated in ProA All-Star Game. Last season the guard made it into All-French ProB 1st Team. Previously Kyle McAlarney had stints in Greece and D-League [read more]
Orleans bolstered their backcourt. They agreed on terms of contract with Kyle McAlarney (185-PG-87, college: Notre Dame). The deal is meant for the next season. The point guard spent the last two seasons with Limoges. Kyle McAlarney averaged 10.7 points, 1.6 assists and 1.4 rebounds per game in ProA in the current season. Kyle McAlarney participated in ProA All-Star Game. Last season the guard made it into All-French ProB 1st Team. Previously Kyle McAlarney had stints in Greece and D-League. The point guard is the Notre Dame graduate. He was trumped into All-Big East 1st Team in 2008.
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