Best players of Japanese B2 League round 47 (by Hoops Agents)

- March 21, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Mitchell Watt

Mitchell Watt

Experienced American Mitchell Watt (208-C-1989, agency: Octagon Europe) put on an amazing game in the last round for league's second-best Ehime Orange Vikings and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents B2 League Player of the Week award for round 47.
The 36-year old center had the game-high 37 points adding five rebounds and three assists for Ehime OV in his team's victory, helping them to edge out Shizuoka (#7, 10-37) 97-96. Orange Vikings maintains the 2nd position in their group in the Japanese B2 League. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Ehime will need more victories to improve their 31-16 record. In the team's last game Watt had a remarkable 68.4% from 2-point range. He turned to be Orange Vikings's top player in his first season with the team. Mitchell Watt averages this season 15.6ppg and 7.6rpg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young American power forward Yoeli Childs (203-PF-1998) of league's best team Kobe Storks. Childs impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 27 points and 13 rebounds. Of course he led Storks to another comfortable win 89-74 over the lower-ranked Bambitious N. (#6, 15-32) being unquestionably team leader. Of course Kobe S. still keep West's top spot. His team lost just five games this season, while they won 42 matches. Childs is a newcomer at Kobe S. 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 21.2ppg (#3). His other stats are also decent: 11.3rpg and 3.2apg.

The third best performed player last round was American Jack Nunge (213-C/F-1999) of second-ranked Fukushima Firebonds. Nunge scored 26 points and grabbed 18 rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Firebonds, leading his team to a 85-76 win against #4 ranked Fukui B. in a game of the week. Fukushima needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in East. Their record at this point is 34 victories and 13 lost games. Nunge has a great season in Japan. After 47 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.2ppg (9th best) and rebounds with 9.9rpg (5th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Shaquille Hines (201-PF-1993) of Ehime OV - 25 points, 6 rebounds and 13 assists
5. Noah Waterman (211-C-2000) of Yamagata - 34 points and 9 rebounds
6. Jaemyn Brakefield (203-F-2000) of Bambitious N. - 27 points and 3 rebounds
7. Tray Boyd III (193-G-1998) of Yokohama EX - 30 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists
8. Patrik Auda (206-PF-1989) of Kagoshima - 17 points and 8 rebounds
9. Gregory Echenique (208-C-1990) of Kumamoto V. - 16 points and 17 rebounds
10. Elyjah Williams (201-F-1998) of Yokohama EX - 13 points, 14 rebounds and 6 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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