Hamamatsu-Higashi Mikawa Phoenix (BJ League) agreed terms with 28-year old American guard Wendell White (198-100kg-84, college: UNLV, agency: Top Notch Sports). Its actually his comeback to Hamamatsu Phoenix as he played here before. White just played at Oita H.Devils (BJ League). In 12 games this season he had very impressive stats: 17.4ppg, 14.0rpg, 3.1apg and 1.0spg. The last season White played also at Oita Heat Devils. In 43 BJ League games last year he recorded also great stats: 18.6ppg, 9.8rpg, 2.6apg and 1.4spg. The list of the past achievements is quite long as He won Japanese BJ League championship title in 2010. White was also voted Asia-Basket.com All-Japanese BJ League 2nd Team in 2011. He has played also professionally in Korea (Dongbu Promy), D-League (Los Angeles D-Fenders). White attended University of Nevada - Las Vegas until 2007 and it will be his sixth season as a professional player.
Gardner's double-double lands him Player of the Week award - 3 hours ago
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25-year old power forward Davante Gardner (203-PF-91) put on an amazing game in the last round for Niigata Albirex and receives a Asia-basket.com Player of the Week award for round 2. He had a double-double of 29 points and 12 rebounds, while his team crushed Toyama Grouses (1-1) with 16-point margin 86-70. Thanks to this victory Niigata Albirex moved-up to the 3rd position in their group in Japanese league. Niigata Albirex is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or... [read more]
25-year old power forward Davante Gardner (203-PF-91) put on an amazing game in the last round for Niigata Albirex and receives a Asia-basket.com Player of the Week award for round 2. He had a double-double of 29 points and 12 rebounds, while his team crushed Toyama Grouses (1-1) with 16-point margin 86-70. Thanks to this victory Niigata Albirex moved-up to the 3rd position in their group in Japanese league. Niigata Albirex 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 1-1 record. In the team's last game Gardner had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range. He turned to be Niigata Albirex's top player in his first season with the team. Marquette University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Gardner is in league's top in points (2nd best: 24.0ppg), rebounds (9th best: 10.0rpg) and averages solid 66.7% FGP.
Second best performed player last round was Ryan Rossiter (204-F/C-89) of Tochigi Brex. He is American forward in his 3rd season at Tochigi Brex. In the last game Rossiter recorded impressive double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds. It was enough for Tochigi Brex to edge Akita NH (1-1) by 2 points 61-59. The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Rossiter is one of the most experienced players at Tochigi Brex and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.
Third place about best performers goes to center Jason Washburn (210-C-90, agency: Pensack Sports) of Yokohama BC (#6). Washburn scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Despite Washburn's great performance Yokohama BC lost 67-77 to Hitachi SR (#1, 2-0). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Yokohama BC can only dream about fighting for top spots in Central. They have awful season losing so far all 2 games. Too bad for Washburn he does not play for a better team. But maybe if he did, his season stats would not be that high. Washburn has a very solid season. In 2 games in Japan he scored 13.5ppg.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Robert Dozier (206-F-85) of Sanen - 24 points and 8 rebounds 5. Justin Burrell (207-F-88) of Nagoya DD - 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists 6. Kosuke Kanamaru (193-F/G-89) of SeaHorses - 26 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists 7. Dion Wright (201-F-93) of Sendai 89ers - 27 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists 8. Isaac Butts (208-C-89) of SeaHorses - 12 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists 9. Hilton Armstrong (210-C-84) of Chiba Jets - 10 points and 14 rebounds 10. Kevin Kotzur (203-F-89) of Kyoto Hannar. - 12 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists
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)
Best players of Japanese B League D2 round 2 - 3 hours ago
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American Xavier Ford (201-F-93) put on an amazing game in the last round for Tokyo Z and that's him to receive a Asia-basket.com B League D2 Player of the Week award for round 2. The 23-year old forward had a double-double of 38 points and sixteen rebounds, while his team edged out Tokyo Excel. (1-1) 74-72. Tokyo Z is placed at 5th position in their group in Japanese B League D2. Tokyo Z is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings.... [read more]
American Xavier Ford (201-F-93) put on an amazing game in the last round for Tokyo Z and that's him to receive a Asia-basket.com B League D2 Player of the Week award for round 2. The 23-year old forward had a double-double of 38 points and sixteen rebounds, while his team edged out Tokyo Excel. (1-1) 74-72. Tokyo Z is placed at 5th position in their group in Japanese B League D2. Tokyo Z 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 1-1 record. In the team's last game Ford had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range. He turned to be Tokyo Z's top player in his first season with the team. The University of Buffalo graduate has very impressive stats this year. Ford is league's best scorer averaging so far 25.5ppg. Ford is in league's top in rebounds (3rd best: 11.5rpg).
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 27-year old American center Nigel Spikes (208-C-89) of league's best team Fukushima. Spikes impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 19 points and 17 rebounds. It was enough for Fukushima to edge Iwate Big Bulls (0-2) by 3 points 71-68. His team has extremely good start of the season. They won both games so far. However the season is at the beginning, so everything can happen. They still may lose their high position in the standings. Spikes is a newcomer at Fukushima and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.
The third best performed player last round was American Terrance Shannon (203-F-90) of Shinshu BW (#6). Shannon scored 22 points and grabbed ten rebounds. Despite Shannon's great performance Shinshu BW lost 74-96 to Bambitious Nara (#1, 2-0). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Shinshu BW can only dream about fighting for top spots in Central. Shannon has a very solid season. In 2 games in Japan he scored 12.0ppg.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Luke Evans (203-C-91) of Tokyo Excel. - 22 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists 5. Donald Lawson (208-C-88) of Iwate Big Bulls - 20 points and 16 rebounds 6. Abdullahi Kuso (206-F-84) of Gunma - 22 points and 7 rebounds 7. Daniel Dillon (193-G-86) of Hiroshima D. - 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists 8. Rick Rickert (211-C/F-83) of Cyberdyne IR - 15 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists 9. Solomon Alabi (216-C-88) of Toyotsu FE - 13 points and 14 rebounds 10. Logan Stutz (205-F-88) of Cyberdyne IR - 18 points and 7 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)
Kanazawa Samuraiz (B League D3) confirmed in their roster 26-year old American power forward Andrew Fitzgerald (202-108kg-90, college: Oklahoma). He was a team leader there last season. In 51 BJ League games he recorded very impressive stats: 16.4ppg, 6.6rpg and 1.1apg. A very spectacular season in his career as he was selected All-Japanese BJ League Sixth Man of the Year and voted to Honorable Mention. He attended University of Oklahoma until 2013 and it will be his fourth season as a pr... [read more]
Kanazawa Samuraiz (B League D3) confirmed in their roster 26-year old American power forward Andrew Fitzgerald (202-108kg-90, college: Oklahoma). He was a team leader there last season. In 51 BJ League games he recorded very impressive stats: 16.4ppg, 6.6rpg and 1.1apg. A very spectacular season in his career as he was selected All-Japanese BJ League Sixth Man of the Year and voted to Honorable Mention. He attended University of Oklahoma until 2013 and it will be his fourth season as a professional player.
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