Sullinger's double-double lands him Player of the Week award

- January 1, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Jared Sullinger

Jared Sullinger

33-year old American center Jared Sullinger (206-C-1992) had a great game in the last round for league's best team Guangdong Southern Tigers and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 9.
He had a double-double of 25 points and 13 rebounds, while his team crushed Tianjin P. (#19, 1-7) with 24-point margin 98-74. It allowed Guandong Tigers to take over top position in the Chinese league. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. It's already very far into the season and Guangdong ST keeps a perfect 8-0 record. In the team's last game Sullinger had a remarkable 68.8% from 2-point range. He turned to be Guandong Tigers's top player in his first season with the team. Ohio State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Sullinger leads league in rebounds with 10.8rpg. Sullinger is in league's top in and averages solid 62.8% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Jamile Reynolds (208-F-2002) of Tianjin Pioneers. He is American forward in his first season at Tianjin P.. In the last game Reynolds recorded an impressive 23 points and 6 rebounds. Bad luck as Pioneers lost that game 74-98 to league's leader Guangdong ST (#1, 8-0). Tianjin P. is still in a red zone at 19th spot in the standings. 7 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory Pioneers managed to get this year. Reynolds is a newcomer at Tianjin P. and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to Abudurexiti Abudushalamu (203-SF-1996) of Xinjiang Flying Tigers (#15). Abudushalamu showcased his all-around game by recording 18 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in the last round. He was a key player of Flying Tigers, leading his team to a 94-76 easy win against the higher-ranked Guangzhou LL (#12, 3-4). The chances of Xinjiang not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 5 games, recording just three victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Abudushalamu could try to bring Xinjiang FT's a little bit higher in the standings. Abudushalamu has a very solid season. In 8 games in China he scored 12.0ppg. He also has 5.6rpg and a FGP of 56.9%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Brandon Goodwin (188-SG-1995) of Shanghai S. - 17 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists
5. Edmond Sumner (198-G-1995) of Guangdong ST - 17 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists
6. Gabe York (190-SG-1993) of Zhejiang GB. - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists
7. Xining He (195-SG-1997) of Shenzhen L. - 29 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists
8. Travis Trice II (183-PG-1993) of Fujian S. - 18 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists
9. Quinndary Weatherspoon (190-G-1996) of Qingdao E. - 23 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists
10. Dallas Moore (185-PG-1994) of Jilin NE T. - 24 points, 4 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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