Soleimani's 26 points and 9 rebounds give him Player of the Week award

- December 31, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Jordan Hamilton

Erfan Soleimani had a great game in the last round for Naft Zagros Jonoubi and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 14.
He had the game-high 26 points adding nine rebounds and three assists for Naft Zagros in his team's victory, helping them to crush Alborz (#10, 3-10) with 16-point margin 88-72. Naft Zagros maintains the 7th position in Iranian league. Naft Zagros 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 7-7 record. In the team's last game Soleimani had a remarkable four three-pointers out of 8 attempts. He turned to be Naft Zagros' top player in his first season with the team. Erfan Soleimani averages this season 15.1ppg.

Second best performed player last round was Jordan Hamilton (201-F-1990) of top-ranked Shahrdari Gorgan. He is American forward in his first season at Gorgan. In the last game Hamilton recorded an impressive double-double of 27 points and 11 assists. Bad luck as Gorgan was edged by the lower-ranked Golnoor (#6, 7-7) 83-82. Gorgan managed to keep the same 1st spot in the standings. It was just his team's 2nd loss this season, while they won 11 other games. Hamilton is a newcomer at Gorgan and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 19.7ppg (#6). His other stats are also decent: 7.3rpg and 3.8apg.

Third place about best performers goes to center Djordje Gagic (210-C-1990, agency: Alti Sport) of Kalleh Mazandaran Amol (#3). Gagic showcased his all-around game by recording 17 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists in the last round. Despite Gagic's great performance the Kalleh lost 70-73 to #4 ranked Tabiat. But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. The last thing Kalleh needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 10 victories and 3 lost games. Gagic has a great season in Iran. After 13 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.5ppg (9th best) and rebounds with 9.8rpg (#1 in league).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Matin Aghajanpour (198-PF-2001) of Kalleh - 24 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Mohammad Heydari (198-G-2006) of Esteghlal - 20 points and 4 rebounds
6. Amir Gholamzadeh) of Mahshahr - 14 points and 12 rebounds
7. Jy'Lan Washington (206-F-1997) of Tabiat - 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Evan Shadkami (185-G) of Pas Kordestan - 26 points and 5 rebounds
9. Rasoul Mozafari (188-SG-1994) of Naft Abadan - 13 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists
10. Marko Perovic (204-C-1992) of Golnoor - 19 points, 2 rebounds and 4 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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Tags : ERFAN SOLEIMANI, NAFT ZAGROS JONOUBI, IRANIAN BASKETBALL,