Artino's double-double lands him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- January 21, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Will Artino

Will Artino

32-year old USA-TAIn Will Artino (211-C/F-1992) put on an amazing game in the last round for second-ranked Kesatria Bengawan Solo and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 2.
He had a double-double of 31 points and 17 rebounds, while his team outclassed, the league's bottom-ranked team Bima Perkasa (#14, 0-3) with 29-point margin 95-66. Kesatria BS is placed at 2nd position in Indonesian league. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost that single game earlier this season. Kesatria BS will need more victories to improve their 3-1 record. In the team's last game Artino had a remarkable 58.8% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Kesatria BS, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Creighton University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Artino is in league's top in points (3rd best: 23.5ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 12.5rpg) and averages solid 1.5bpg,66.7% FGP and 45.5% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Aaron Fuller (198-F-1989, agency: Haylett Sports) of RANS Simba Bogor. He is American-Mexican forward in his first season at Simba Bogor. In the last game Fuller recorded an impressive double-double of 38 points and 11 rebounds. It was enough for Simba Bogor to edge Dewa United (1-2) by 2 points 82-80. The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Fuller is one of the most experienced players at Simba Bogor and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Stephaun Branch (196-G-1995) of Tangerang Hawks (#8). Branch got into 30-points club by scoring 31 points in the last round. He went also for eight rebounds . He was a key player of Tangerang, leading his team to a 78-70 win against Simba Bogor (#5, 2-2). Tangerang needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 1 victory and 1 lost game. Branch has a great season in Indonesia. After only 2 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 26.0ppg (2nd best) and assists with 5.0apg (8th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Jordan Adams (194-F-1994) of Dewa United - 32 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Devondrick Walker (194-G/F-1992) of Borneo - 29 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists
6. Brandon McCoy (213-F-1998) of Borneo - 23 points and 16 rebounds
7. Alioune Tew (204-C-1992) of Pacific Caesar - 19 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Samuel Adewunmi (1999) of Hangtuah - 18 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Travin Thibodeaux (203-F-1996) of Kesatria BS - 25 points, 17 rebounds and 7 assists
10. Jarred Shaw (211-C-1990) of Tangerang - 22 points, 9 rebounds and 3 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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