Saitama Broncos sign James Porter - Feb 4, 2012 (by Eurobasket News )
Saitama Broncos signed 25-year old American power forward James Porter (208-F/C-87, college: N.Carolina A&T). In his first game he scored 6 points and grabbed 7 rebounds helping his new team beat Chiba Jets 93-79.
Porter played most recently at Guildford Heat (United Kingdom). In 2005-2006 he appeared for N.Carolina A&T (NCAA) and debuted with 0.7pts, 1.2rpg, FGP: 33.3%, FT: 2-8. In his last season there his stats read 4.3pts, 5.7rpg, 1.4bpg, FGP: 43 [read more]
Saitama Broncos signed 25-year old American power forward James Porter (208-F/C-87, college: N.Carolina A&T). In his first game he scored 6 points and grabbed 7 rebounds helping his new team beat Chiba Jets 93-79. Porter played most recently at Guildford Heat (United Kingdom). In 2005-2006 he appeared for N.Carolina A&T (NCAA) and debuted with 0.7pts, 1.2rpg, FGP: 33.3%, FT: 2-8. In his last season there his stats read 4.3pts, 5.7rpg, 1.4bpg, FGP: 43.8%, FT: 38.9%. In 2010-2011 moved to Guildford Heat (United Kingdom-BBL, starting five) and in 19 games averaged 7.3ppg, 6.5rpg, FGP: 50.0%, FT: 42.6%. In his top game Plymouth outscored Guildford Heat 116:106. It looked good early as Guildford Heat took an 3-point lead at the end of first quarter. But then Plymouth Raiders had a 31-19 second period charge getting the lead and Guildford Heat was not able to take back game control losing it eventually 106-116. James Porter collected 15 points and 10 rebounds. The season 2011 appeared for La Salle Guayaquil (ECU-Summer League, starting five) and had 17ppg, 18rpg, FGP: 75.0%, FT: 62.1%.
Chiba Jets strengthened their roster with addition of 33-year old American forward Antoine Broxsie (209-F-79, college: Oklahoma St.). The Forward started the season with TTL Taiwan Beer (Taiwan-SBL, starting five), and in Dec.'11 tested by Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor (Taiwan-SBL, starting five), in Feb.'12 moved to Chiba Jets (Japan-BJ League, starting five).
In his first game he scored 6 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. However his new team lost to Saitama Bron [read more]
Chiba Jets strengthened their roster with addition of 33-year old American forward Antoine Broxsie (209-F-79, college: Oklahoma St.). The Forward started the season with TTL Taiwan Beer (Taiwan-SBL, starting five), and in Dec.'11 tested by Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor (Taiwan-SBL, starting five), in Feb.'12 moved to Chiba Jets (Japan-BJ League, starting five). In his first game he scored 6 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. However his new team lost to Saitama Bron. 79-93. Broxsie played most recently at Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor (Taiwan). While playing 6 games for KKL this season he averaged 18.2ppg, 14.5rpg, 1.8apg and 0.5bpg. In his top game this season Taiwan Mobile lost to KKL 93-98. KKL used 34 points and 16 rebound from Broxsie to overcome Taiwan Mobile. C. Lee and W. Shang added 15 points each for the winners. J. Chang answered with 27 points for Taiwan Mobile in the loss. Broxsie is a very experienced player. He played also pro basketball in Argentina, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Rep., Indonesia, Kuwait, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and Venezuela. Broxsie graduated Oklahoma State University in 2002.
Japanese BJ League round 32 best performance: Michael Parker - Jan 31, 2012 (by Eurobasket News )
American forward Michael Parker (202-F-81) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Shimane SM, receiving a Asia-basket.com BJ League Player of the Week award for round 32. The 30-year old player had a double-double of 29 points and 12 rebounds, while his team edged out Saitama Bron. (#9, 7-18) 71-67. [read more]
American forward Michael Parker (202-F-81) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Shimane SM, receiving a Asia-basket.com BJ League Player of the Week award for round 32. The 30-year old player had a double-double of 29 points and 12 rebounds, while his team edged out Saitama Bron. (#9, 7-18) 71-67. Shimane SM maintains the 6th position in Japanese BJ League. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Shimane SM will need more victories to improve their 17-11 record. In the team's last game Parker had a remarkable 55.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Shimane SM's top player in his first season with the team. Former Evergreen State College star has very solid stats this year. Parker is league's best scorer averaging so far 24.4ppg. Parker is in league's top in and averages impressive 2.7spg and 58.5% FGP.
The second best player in last round's games was 27-year old American Johnny Dukes (203-F-84) of Sendai 89ers. Dukes had a very good evening with a double-double of 28 points and 13 rebounds. Bad luck as Sendai 89ers lost that game 75-85 to slightly lower-ranked Chiba Jets (#7, 11-15). This loss caused Sendai 89ers to drop to 6th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 13-15 record. Dukes is a newcomer at Sendai 89ers, but is already one of team's top players.
Third on the list of top players last round was American center Wayne Marshall (211-C-86) of Osaka Evessa (#3). Marshall scored 20 points and grabbed fourteen rebounds (!!!). Despite Marshall's great performance Osaka Evessa lost 78-82 to slightly lower-ranked Fukuoka Rizing (#5, 18-10). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. The last thing Osaka Evessa needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 18 victories and 8 lost games. Marshall has a very solid season. In 26 games in Japan he scored 10.9ppg. He also has 6.9rpg and 1.3bpg.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Jeff Newton (205-C-81) of Okinawa GK - 14 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists 5. Rick Rickert (211-F-83) of Kyoto Hannar. - 12 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists 6. Brian Harper (206-F/G-85) of Toyama Grouses - 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists 7. Reggie Golson (201-F-81) of Shimane SM - 16 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists 8. John Flowers (200-F-89) of Saitama Bron. - 21 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists 9. Tyler Hughes (213-F-84) of Shinshu BW - 19 points and 12 rebounds 10. Maurice Hargrow (193-G-83) of Chiba Jets - 27 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
The Player of the week is choosen 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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