Montenegrin Point guard Ivan Koljevic (187-PG-84) had a great game in the last round for Kashan, receiving a Asia-basket.com Player of the Week award for round 14. The 32-year old player was the main contributor (23 points, seven rebounds and nine assists) to his team's victory, helping them to beat Army (#8, 4-9) 85-74. Kashan maintains the 7th position in Iranian Superleague. 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 6-7 record. Koljevic turned to be Kashan's top player in his first season with the team. Ivan Koljevic has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (2nd best: 23.0ppg), assists (2nd best: 5.0apg) and averages impressive 59.2% FGP.
The second best player in last round's games was 29-year old American J.P. Prince (203-G/F-87) of Azad. Prince had a very good evening with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Bad luck as Azad lost that game 66-73 to the higher-ranked Petrochimi (#1, 12-1). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Azad still maintains its place in the top 4 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team's 8-5 record is not bad at all. Prince is a newcomer at Azad, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 18.7ppg (#6). His other stats are also decent: 4.2rpg and 3.7apg.
Third on the list of top players last round was American guard Daequan Cook (195-G-87) of Chemidor (#6). Cook got into 30-points club by scoring 31 points in the last round. He went also for five rebounds . He was a key player of Chemidor, leading his team to a 85-79 win against the higher-ranked Arak (#3, 8-5). Chemidor needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 7 victories and 6 lost games. Cook has a great season in Iran. After only 7 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 25.3ppg (best scorer).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Gerald Robinson (185-PG-89) of Petrochimi - 22 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists 5. Povilas Cukinas (210-C/F-83) of Chemidor - 16 points and 13 rebounds 6. Masoud Soleimani (207-C) of Kashan - 23 points and 9 rebounds 7. Doron Perkins (189-G-83) of Naft Abadan - 11 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists 8. Hamzeh Aghajari (185-F-87) of Shiraz a.s Pipe - 26 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists 9. Sean Williams (208-F-86) of Tabriz - 16 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists 10. Zvonko Buljan (206-C-87) of Kashan - 24 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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