Childs' double-double lands him B2 League Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- April 20, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Yoeli Childs

Yoeli Childs

27-year old American power forward Yoeli Childs (203-PF-1998) put on an amazing game in the last round for league's best team Kobe Storks and receives a Hoops Agents B2 League Player of the Week award for round 57.
He had a double-double of 38 points and 17 rebounds, while his team edged out Kumamoto V. (#3, 35-23) 95-91. It allowed Storks to consolidate first place in the Japanese B2 League. Kobe S. has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 53-5. In the team's last game Childs had a remarkable 71.4% from 2-point range. He turned to be Storks's top player in his first season with the team. Brigham Young University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Childs is in league's top in points (3rd best: 21.5ppg) and averages solid 55.6% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Rawle Alkins (197-SG-1997) of Kumamoto Volters. He is American guard in his first season at Kumamoto V.. In the last game Alkins recorded an impressive double-double of 28 points and 10 rebounds. Bad luck as Volters was edged by slightly higher-ranked Kobe S. (#1, 53-5) 95-91. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the top position in West. Kumamoto V. still maintains its place in the top 3 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team's 35-23 record is not bad at all. Alkins is a newcomer at Kumamoto V. and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 19.0ppg (#6). His other stats are also decent: 8.8rpg and 5.7apg.

Third place about best performers goes to James Bell (196-SF-1992, agency: Slash Sports) of Pass lab Yamagata Wyverns (#5). Bell got into 30-points club by scoring 37 points in the last round. He went also for eight rebounds . He was a key player of Wyverns, leading his team to a 89-86 win against slightly lower-ranked Shizuoka (#7, 14-44). Yamagata can only dream about fighting for top spots in West. They have rather bad season and 15-43 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Bell has a very solid season. In 53 games in Japan he scored 16.5ppg. He also has 6.4rpg and 4.2apg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Patrick Gardner (211-C-1999) of Fukushima - 27 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists
5. Rapolas Ivanauskas (208-F-1998) of Fukui B. - 20 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Patrik Auda (206-PF-1989) of Kagoshima - 16 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Gregory Echenique (208-C-1990) of Kumamoto V. - 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Tray Boyd III (193-G-1998) of Yokohama EX - 22 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists
9. Tim Dalger (201-F-2000) of Aomori W. - 23 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Rashard Kelly (203-PF-1995) of Aomori W. - 28 points, 9 rebounds and 5 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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