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

- May 20, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

KJ McDaniels

KJ McDaniels

31-year old American forward KJ McDaniels (197-F-1993, agency: JCK Sports Group) put on an amazing game in the last round for league's best team Pelita Jaya Bakrie Jakarta and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 17.
He had a double-double of 29 points and 18 rebounds, while his team outclassed Rajawali (#14, 2-18) with 33-point margin 92-59. It allowed Pelita Jaya to consolidate first place in the Indonesian league. Pelita Jaya have a solid 17-3 record. In the team's last game McDaniels had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Pelita Jaya's top player in his first season with the team. Clemson University graduate has very impressive stats this year. McDaniels is in league's top in rebounds (8th best: 11.1rpg) and averages solid 1.9bpg and 56.2% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was AJ Bramah (201-F-1999) of Elang Pacific Caesar Surabaya. He is American-Dominican Rep. forward in his first season at Pacific Caesar. In the last game Bramah recorded an impressive double-double of 26 points and 13 rebounds. Of course Pacific Caesar cruised to a 90-78 relatively comfortable win over the higher-ranked Prawira (#7, 11-7). Pacific Caesar's 10th position in the standings has not changed. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 7-14 record. Bramah is one of the most experienced players at Pacific Caesar and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 26.9ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 14.5rpg and 4.4apg.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Isaiah Briscoe (190-PG-1996) of Borneo Hornbills (#9). Briscoe showcased his all-around game by recording 28 points, 15 rebounds (!!!) and 9 assists in the last round. Despite Briscoe's great performance the Borneo lost 83-85 to the higher-ranked Kesatria BS (#6, 12-7). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. The chances of Borneo ranking at the top of the league, however are very questionable as they have already lost 11 games, recording just ten victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Briscoe could help Borneo to bring them higher in the standings. Briscoe has a very solid season. In 5 games in Indonesia he scored 23.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Brandis Raley-Ross (189-SG-1987) of Prawira - 37 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Randy Bell (193-PG-1998) of Satria Muda - 29 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists
6. Le'Bryan Nash (198-SF-1992) of Satria Muda - 28 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
7. Jaquori McLaughlin (193-G-1998) of Pelita Jaya - 27 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists
8. Will Artino (211-C/F-1992) of Kesatria BS - 22 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Maxie Esho (206-F/C-1991) of Tangerang - 24 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Abraham Wenas (174-PG-1996) of Kesatria BS - 23 points, 5 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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