Ledlum's 23 points and 7 rebounds give him Player of the Week award

25-year old GHA-USA Christopher Ledlum (198-SF-2001) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Zenit Saint Petersburg and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
He had the game-high 23 points adding seven rebounds for Zenit in his team's victory, helping them to crush Avtodor (#6, 2-3) with 20-point margin 91-71. Zenit maintains the 4th position in VTB United League . They would have been even better if they hadn't lost that single game earlier this season. Zenit will need more victories to improve their 3-1 record. In the team's last game Ledlum had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range. He turned to be Zenit's top player in his first season with the team. St. John's University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Ledlum is in league's top in rebounds (7th best: 6.0rpg) and averages solid 3.0spg,66.7% FGP and 75.0% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Melo Trimble (188-G-1995, agency: Pensack Sports) of top-ranked PBC CSKA Moscow. He is American guard in his 2nd season at CSKA. In the last game Trimble recorded an impressive 24 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. It was enough for CSKA to edge Lokomotiv (3-1) by 3 points 87-84. A very good start of the season for his team, which won so far all 4 games without any defeat. Trimble is well-known at CSKA and he already established his position as one of the team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 18.0ppg (#8). He also recorded 5.8 assists per game.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Jeremiah Martin (191-PG-1996, agency: Slash Sports) of Betcity / Parma-Pari Perm (#5). Martin showcased his all-around game by recording 19 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in the last round. He was a key player of Parma-Pari, leading his team to a 86-71 easy win against Uralmash (#10, 1-4). Parma-Pari needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 2 victories and 2 lost games. Martin has a great season in VTB United League. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 18.8ppg (5th best) and assists with 6.5apg (best passer).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Jalen Reynolds (208-C-1992) of UNICS - 19 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Xavier Rathan-Mayes (193-G-1994) of UNICS - 24 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Livio Jean-Charles (206-PF-1993) of CSKA - 18 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Patrick Miller (185-G-1992) of Lokomotiv - 20 points and 5 assists
8. Samson Ruzhentsev (202-F-2001) of CSKA - 23 points and 3 rebounds
9. Brian Fobbs (196-G-1998) of Parma-Pari - 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Nathaniel Pollard Jr. (196-F-2000) of Dinamo V. - 18 points, 10 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)

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