29-year old center Zvonko Buljan (206-C-87) had a great game in the last round for Kashan and receives a Asia-basket.com Player of the Week award for round 9. He had the game-high 32 points adding six rebounds and six assists for Kashan in his team's victory, helping them to edge out Chemidor (4-5) 81-77. Kashan is placed at 6th position in Iranian league. Kashan is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 4-5 record. In the team's last game Buljan had a remarkable 58.3% from 2-point range. He turned to be Kashan's top player in his first season with the team. Texas Christian University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Buljan is league's best scorer averaging so far 24.0ppg. Buljan is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 11.3rpg) and assists (6th best: 3.3apg).
Second best performed player last round was Arsalan Kazemi (200-SF-90) of Army. He is former international in his first season at Army. In the last game Kazemi recorded impressive double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds. Bad luck as Army lost that game 61-72 to the higher-ranked Arak (#2, 7-2). This loss caused Army to drop to 8th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 3-6 record. Kazemi is a newcomer at Army and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.
Third place about best performers goes to guard Emad Salmani (188-G-90) of Naft Abadan (#3). Salmani scored 21 points and grabbed six rebounds. Despite Salmani's great performance Naft Abadan lost 71-76 to slightly lower-ranked Tabriz (#5, 5-4). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. The last thing Naft Abadan needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 6 victories and 3 lost games. Salmani has a very solid season. In 9 games in Iran he scored 6.4ppg.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Sean Williams (208-F-86) of Tabriz - 14 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists 5. Daequan Cook (195-G-87) of Chemidor - 27 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists 6. Nikola Gacesa (206-F-87) of Tabriz - 19 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists 7. Rawle Marshall (201-SF-82) of Gorgan - 22 points and 2 rebounds 8. J.P. Prince (203-G/F-87) of Azad - 22 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists 9. Sasoon Abramian (208-F/C-87) of Gorgan - 9 points and 15 rebounds 10. Amir Sedighi (203-F-93) of Chemidor - 20 points and 9 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)
Guaros de Lara (LPB) signed 23-year old American center Robert Upshaw (213-116kg-94, college: Washington). He played last season at Chemidor in Iranian Superleague. Upshaw managed to play in four leagues in three countries last year (!!!). In three Superleague games he had 8.3ppg, 4.3rpg and 1.7bpg. He also played that season for Mayrouba in Lebanese Pepsi LBL where in 18 games he recorded very impressive stats: 19.7ppg, 12.3rpg (#3 in the league), 1.3apg and 3.6bpg. Great season as he wa... [read more]
Guaros de Lara (LPB) signed 23-year old American center Robert Upshaw (213-116kg-94, college: Washington). He played last season at Chemidor in Iranian Superleague. Upshaw managed to play in four leagues in three countries last year (!!!). In three Superleague games he had 8.3ppg, 4.3rpg and 1.7bpg. He also played that season for Mayrouba in Lebanese Pepsi LBL where in 18 games he recorded very impressive stats: 19.7ppg, 12.3rpg (#3 in the league), 1.3apg and 3.6bpg. Great season as he was named to Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League 2nd Team. Upshaw also spent pre-season at Kalev/Cramo in Estonian Alexela KML that year. In two games he averaged 5.0ppg, 7.5rpg and 1.0bpg. He also played 3 games in VTB United League where he got 5.0ppg and 2.7rpg. Upshaw has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2015. His team made it to the Baltic League Final Four. Upshaw has played on four different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America and of course North America). He has played previously professionally in NBA (LA Lakers), Dominican Republic (Indios de San Francisco) and NBA G League (South Bay Lakers). Upshaw attended University of Washington until 2015 and it will be his third season as a professional player.
BEIJING, China (FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017) - The Official Draw Ceremony of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017 took place in Beijing, China on Friday. The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017, Asia's premier basketball club competition, will take place in Chenzhou-Hunan, China from 22-30 September. Ten (10) Asian clubs will participate in this event, including teams from China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, India, Thailand, Kazakhstan and UAE. The Group Stage of the tournament... [read more]
BEIJING, China (FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017) - The Official Draw Ceremony of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017 took place in Beijing, China on Friday. The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2017, Asia's premier basketball club competition, will take place in Chenzhou-Hunan, China from 22-30 September. Ten (10) Asian clubs will participate in this event, including teams from China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, India, Thailand, Kazakhstan and UAE.
The Group Stage of the tournament will be played in a round robin format, with the ten (10) teams divided into two (2) groups of five (5) teams. Every team will take on its four (4) opponents in its respective group. The top four (4) teams will advance to the Quarter-Finals, while the bottom placed team will been eliminated. The tournament will be played in a knockout format from the Quarter-Finals onwards (Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Final).
Naft Abadan (Superleague) strengthened their roster with addition of 33-year old guard Steven Burtt (189-84kg-84, college: Iona). He is a dual citizen owning American and Ukrainian passport. Burtt played this summer at Gallitos de Isabela in Puerto Rican BSN league. In three BSN games he recorded 12.7ppg, 1.7rpg, 9.0apg and 1.7spg. Burtt ended the last season at Sagesse in Lebanese Pepsi LBL where in three games he averaged impressive 23.3ppg, 2.7rpg, 4.7apg and 2.0spg. But the most of th... [read more]
Naft Abadan (Superleague) strengthened their roster with addition of 33-year old guard Steven Burtt (189-84kg-84, college: Iona). He is a dual citizen owning American and Ukrainian passport. Burtt played this summer at Gallitos de Isabela in Puerto Rican BSN league. In three BSN games he recorded 12.7ppg, 1.7rpg, 9.0apg and 1.7spg. Burtt ended the last season at Sagesse in Lebanese Pepsi LBL where in three games he averaged impressive 23.3ppg, 2.7rpg, 4.7apg and 2.0spg. But the most of that year he spent at Apollon Patras in Greek A1. In 10 games he had very remarkable stats: 19.1ppg, 2.7rpg and 3.1apg. Burtt is quite experienced player. Thanks to his pro career he managed to play on four different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America and of course North America) in twelve different countries. Burtt has played previously professionally in China (Guizhou), Cyprus, Israel, Italy, Poland (Stelmet), Portugal, Spain (Baloncesto Fuenlabrada), Turkey (Tofas), Russia (Spartak St.Petersburg and Avtodor), Ukraine (Dnipro and Zaporizhya) and Lebanon (Byblos).
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