Jackson's double-double lands him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- April 1, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Marty Jackson

Marty Jackson

25-year old American forward Marty Jackson (198-F-2000) had a very impressive game in the last round for BK Barsy Atyrau and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 15.
He had a double-double of 35 points and 12 rebounds, while his team beat Tobol (#5, 3-29) 97-82. Barsy Atyrau maintains the 4th position in Kazakhstan league. Barsy Atyrau 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 15-17 record. In the team's last game Jackson had a remarkable 62.5% from 2-point range. He turned to be Barsy Atyrau's top player in his first season with the team. Saint Leo University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Jackson is in league's top in points (2nd best: 20.3ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 10.3rpg) and averages solid 1.1bpg and 54.2% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Anton Bykov (200-F-1989) of MBK Tobol Kostanay. He is international forward in his 11th season at Tobol. In the last game Bykov recorded an impressive double-double of 33 points and 19 rebounds. Bad luck as Tobol lost that game 82-97 to slightly higher-ranked Barsy Atyrau (#4, 15-17). Tobol are still at the very bottom. 29 lost games are too many comparing to just three victories Tobol managed to get this year. Bykov is one of the most experienced players at Tobol and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 18.6ppg (#4). He also registered 11.5 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to center Vladimir Ivanov (208-C-1994) of league's second-best BK Caspiy Aktau. Ivanov showcased his all-around game by recording 24 points, 14 rebounds (!!!) and 6 assists in the last round. He was a key player of Caspiy Aktau, leading his team to a 86-81 win against #4 ranked Barsy Atyrau in a game of the week. Caspiy Aktau needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 17 victories and 13 lost games. Ivanov has a great season in Kazakhstan. After 27 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 16.5ppg (6th best), rebounds with 10.8rpg (2nd best) and assists with 3.4apg (9th best). He also has 1.2bpg and a FGP of 65.9%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Eric McGill (190-G-1996) of Caspiy Aktau - 20 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists
5. EJ Day (180-PG-1999) of Astana - 31 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Michael Mays (178-PG-1999) of Barsy Atyrau - 33 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Robert Pan (202-C-1995) of Astana - 28 points and 7 rebounds
8. Bogdan Rabchenyuk (188-SG-2003) of Barsy Atyrau - 17 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
9. JP Moorman II (201-G/F-1998) of Caspiy Aktau - 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Askar Maydekin (203-F-1997) of Astana - 12 points and 6 rebounds

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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