Best players of Japanese B1 League round 29

- January 5, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Nassir Little

Nassir Little

American Nassir Little (199-F-2000, agency: Pensack Sports) had a great game in the last round for league's second-best Chiba Jets and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 29.
The 25-year old forward had a double-double of 29 points and 10 rebounds, while his team beat Toyama G. (#12, 9-21) 79-72. Jets is placed at 2nd position in Japanese B1 League. They are still close to the very top. Chiba Jets would have been even better if they kept winning the games like in the last round. They have a solid 24-6 record. In the team's last game Little had a remarkable 87.5% from 2-point range. He turned to be Jets' top player in his first season with the team. Nassir Little averages this season 14.5ppg and 7.6rpg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young American guard Christopher Smith (193-G-1994) of Hiroshima Dragonflies. Smith impressed basketball fans with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Of course Dragonflies cruised to a 87-79 relatively comfortable win over slightly higher-ranked Alvark Tokyo (#4, 19-11). Hiroshima D.'s 6th position in West has not changed. His team lost some distance to top teams. But a 17-13 record is not bad and everything may still change. Smith is a newcomer at Hiroshima D. and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 19.1ppg (#7). His other stats are also decent: 4.6rpg and 3.1apg.

The third best performed player last round was American Dererk Pardon (203-C-1996) of Altiri Chiba (#11). Pardon scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds (!!!). Despite Pardon's great performance the Chiba lost 65-82 to the higher-ranked Shimane SM (#5, 17-13). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Pardon has a very solid season. In 29 games in Japan he scored 12.3ppg. He also has 8.2rpg and a FGP of 63.6%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Josh Hawkinson (208-F-1995) of Sunrockers Sh. - 30 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Keisei Tominaga (188-G-2001) of Hokkaido L. - 31 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Eric Jacobsen (208-PF-1994) of Ibaraki R. - 19 points and 13 rebounds
7. Trey Kell III (193-G-1996) of Toyama G. - 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Jarrett Culver (198-G-1999) of Sendai 89ers - 31 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Kerry Blackshear Jr. (208-F-1997) of Gunma CT - 19 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists
10. Kaleb Tarczewski (212-C-1993) of Yokohama BC - 14 points, 15 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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