POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Amirhossein Khandanpour
23-year old power forward Amirhossein Khandanpour (203-F/C-98) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's best team Mahram and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 6.
He had the game-high 13 points adding seven rebounds for Mahram in his team's victory, helping them to crush Parsa (#5, 1-2) with 16-point margin 71-55. It allowed Mahram to take over top position in the Iranian league. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Mahram already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. Khandanpour has many years of experience at Mahram, through which he has constantly improved. Amirhossein Khandanpour averages just after two games 6.5ppg.
Second best performed player last round was Hossien Makarian of Raad. He is a in his 2nd season at Raad. In the last game Makarian recorded impressive double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. Of course Raad cruised to a 70-61 relatively comfortable win over the lower-ranked Exxon SC (#6, 1-3). This victory allowed Raad to move up to 3rd position in Group B. His team's 2-2 record is not bad at all. Makarian is well-known at Raad and he already established his position as one of the team's leaders.
Third place about best performers goes to forward Dion Wright (201-F-93, agency: BIG) of league's second-best Chemidor. Wright scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds. He was a key player of Chemidor, leading his team to a 87-42 easy win against Sanaye (#8, 0-3). Chemidor started extremely well this year. They recorded 3 victories without losing a single game in Group B. Wright turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. Wright has a great season in Iran. After only 3 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 18.3ppg (9th best).
Other top performing players last week:
4. Behshad Arabzadeh (195-G) of Exxon SC - 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Saeid Davarpanah (190-G/F-87) of Mahram - 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Amirhossein Azari (193-SF-98) of Chemidor - 12 points and 3 rebounds
7. Mohammadamin Darvishnejhad) of Raad - 12 points and 6 rebounds
8. Mohammadsina Vahedi (185-PG-01) of Chemidor - 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Mohammad Hoseinpour (186-G/F) of Exxon SC - 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Mohammad Hassanzadeh (203-PF-90) of Mahram - 10 points, 7 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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AMIRHOSSEIN KHANDANPOUR,
MAHRAM TEHRAN,
IRANIAN BASKETBALL