Kazakhstan Higher League round 7 best performance: Baynazar Omarov (by Hoops Agents)

Baynazar Omarov

Guard Baynazar Omarov (185-G-2004) put on an amazing game in the last round for Aktobe, receiving a Hoops Agents Higher League Player of the Week award for round 7.
The 21-year old player had a double-double of 29 points and 16 rebounds, while his team outclassed AiRom (#11, 1-6) with 40-point margin 103-63. Aktobe is placed at 5th position in Kazakhstan Higher League. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Aktobe already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Omarov had a remarkable 84.6% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Aktobe, through which he has constantly improved. Baynazar Omarov averages this season 16.3ppg, 8.5rpg and 4.5apg.

The second best player in last round's games was young Platon Gritchin (190-G-2004) of Almaty Legion. Gritchin had a very good evening with a double-double of 28 points and 13 rebounds. Of course he led Almaty L. to another comfortable win outscoring the higher-ranked Barsy 2 (#2, 8-2) 78-56. This victory allowed Almaty L. to move up to 7th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 4-6 record. Gritchin is one of the most experienced players at Almaty L. and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third on the list of top players last round was guard Victor Yuldashev (190-G-2002) of MBK Kazygurt Shymkent (#3). Yuldashev scored 24 points and passed 4 assists. He was a key player of Shymkent, leading his team to a 112-68 easy win against Tobyl (#15, 0-8). Shymkent is closer and closer to top of the standings. They will still need more victories. But 7-1 record is not that bad... Yuldashev has a great season in Kazakhstan. After only 8 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 21.1ppg (4th best). He also has 3.1spg, a FGP of 68.6% and 3PT: 55.1%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Alexander Papshiv (191-G-1991) of Shymkent - 26 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Damir Nursiitov (195-F/G-2002) of Aktobe - 17 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Arsen Askaruly (186-PG-2007) of Barsy 2 - 26 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Timur Gorbach (197-F-2006) of Kaspiy-2 - 12 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists
8. Nursultan Zhappar) of Aktobe - 32 points and 4 rebounds
9. Malik Aldamzharov (189-F-2007) of Almaty-2 - 20 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Amir Bekbergen (187-F-2007) of Almaty-2 - 15 points, 6 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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