Liga Unike round 7 best performance: Julian Hamati

Juljan Hamati

Julian Hamati put on an amazing game in the last round for Tirana, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 7.
The player was the main contributor (35 points, nine rebounds and six assists) to his team's victory, helping them to edge out Kamza (#7, 2-5) 104-102. Tirana is placed at 4th position in Liga Unike. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Tirana will need more victories to improve their 4-3 record. Hamati turned to be Tirana's top player in his first season with the team. Julian Hamati has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (7th best: 19.3ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 10.0rpg) and averages impressive 54.8% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was 31-year old American Tyrone White (201-G-90) of league's second-best Peja. White had a very good evening with 44 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. Of course he led Peja to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Rahoveci (#6, 2-5) 122-88. Peja's second position in the standings has not changed. His team's 5-2 record is not bad at all. White is a newcomer at Peja, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 27.7ppg (#1). He also registered 6.0 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Peja's star - American forward Stephen Maxwell (201-F-93). Maxwell got into 30-points club by scoring 35 points in the last round. He went also for eleven rebounds . He was another key player of Peja, helping his team with a 122-88 easy win against the lower-ranked Rahoveci (#6, 2-5). Peja needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 5 victories and 2 lost games. Maxwell has a great season in Liga Unike. After only 7 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 21.0ppg (4th best) and rebounds with 8.4rpg (7th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Abrian Edwards (196-G-95) of Kamza - 22 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists
5. Tamas Bruce (202-F-95) of Teuta - 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Matthew Eldridge (203-F-96) of Kamza - 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Cavon Baker (185-G-93) of Rahoveci - 24 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Niko Thano (196-F-91) of Kamza - 29 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Robert Shestani (187-G-93) of Vllaznia - 19 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Reece Brooks (178-PG) of Kamza - 22 points, 7 rebounds and 6 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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