Abdoulaye Traore claims EYBL U16 weekly honour

- September 24, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Abdoulaye Traore

Abdoulaye Traore

Talented Mali Abdoulaye Traore (205-C-2009) had a great game in the last round for league's leader Lettera 22 Ivrea U16 team and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
The 15-year old center had a double-double of 24 points and 13 rebounds, while his team outclassed Crew Napoli (#7, 1-3) with 32-point margin 101-69. It allowed Ivrea to consolidate first place in the EYBL U16. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Ivrea already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. Traore turned to be Ivrea's top player in his first season with the team. Traore has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (2nd best: 22.0ppg), rebounds (7th best: 9.8rpg) and averages solid 1.5bpg and 88.4% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young forward Leo Muller (193-F-2009) of UBSC-Juniors Graz U16 team. Muller impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds. Bad luck as UBSC Graz lost that game 68-86 to league's leader Dan Dacian (#2, 3-0). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. UBSC Graz still maintains its place in the top 3 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team's 3-1 record is not bad at all. Muller is a newcomer at UBSC Graz and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 26.0ppg (#1). He also registered 12.3 boards per game.

The third best performed player last round was another Ivrea's star - Marco Leonardini (182-G-2009). Leonardini scored 24 points. He was another key player of Lettera 22 Ivrea U16 team, helping his team with a 101-69 easy win against the lower-ranked Crew Napoli (#7, 1-3). Ivrea started extremely well this year. They recorded 4 victories without losing a single game. Leonardini 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. Leonardini has a great season in EYBL U16. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 19.5ppg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Filip Kollenberg) of Stellazzurra - 23 points and 6 rebounds
5. Maciej Boltuc (205-C-2009) of Legia - 10 points and 14 rebounds
6. Paolo Mungai (181-G-2009) of Ivrea - 15 points and 2 assists
7. Horia Danis (188-G-2009) of Dan Dacian - 13 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Soma Szigeti) of MAFC - 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Zoltan Temesvari) of MAFC - 16 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Stefan Bosoanca (193-F-2009) of Dan Dacian - 12 points, 9 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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