GERON JOHNSON Al Rayyan Doha (D1) tabbed 26-year old American (holds also Lebanese passport) guard Geron Johnson (190-92kg-92, college: Memphis). Johnson already started the season at Hoops in Lebanese LBL league, but left the team in Dec.'18. In two games he averaged 9.5ppg, 3.0rpg, 2.5apg and 1.5spg this season. Geron spent summer in Mexico playing at CIBACOPA tournament with Halcones. In 25 games he averaged 15.8ppg, 5.8rpg and 5.7apg. His team made it to CIBACOPA Final. Part of last... [read more]
GERON JOHNSON
Al Rayyan Doha (D1) tabbed 26-year old American (holds also Lebanese passport) guard Geron Johnson (190-92kg-92, college: Memphis). Johnson already started the season at Hoops in Lebanese LBL league, but left the team in Dec.'18. In two games he averaged 9.5ppg, 3.0rpg, 2.5apg and 1.5spg this season. Geron spent summer in Mexico playing at CIBACOPA tournament with Halcones. In 25 games he averaged 15.8ppg, 5.8rpg and 5.7apg. His team made it to CIBACOPA Final. Part of last season Johnson spent at Byblos Sporting Club (LBL) in Lebanon where in three games he had very impressive stats: 23.0ppg, 7.7rpg, 5.0apg and 3.0spg. Johnson also spent pre-season at Sioux Falls Skyforce in U.S. NBA G League. In two games he recorded 7.0ppg, 1.5rpg, 1.0apg and 1.5spg. Among other achievements he received Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League 2nd Team award in 2017. He attended University of Memphis until 2014 and it is his fifth season in pro basketball.
J'MISON MORGAN Hoops Club (LBL) signed 29-year old American power forward J'Mison Morgan (211-113kg-89, college: Baylor). He already started the season at Santos in Mexican LNBP. In four games he had just 2.8ppg and 1.8rpg this season. The last summer Morgan played at Tijuana Zonkeys (CIBACOPA) in Mexican league where in 6 games he recorded 4.5ppg, 3.8rpg and 1.2bpg. Three years ago (two years after he left the college) Morgan was drafted by Westchester Knicks (D-League) in second round... [read more]
J'MISON MORGAN
Hoops Club (LBL) signed 29-year old American power forward J'Mison Morgan (211-113kg-89, college: Baylor). He already started the season at Santos in Mexican LNBP. In four games he had just 2.8ppg and 1.8rpg this season. The last summer Morgan played at Tijuana Zonkeys (CIBACOPA) in Mexican league where in 6 games he recorded 4.5ppg, 3.8rpg and 1.2bpg. Three years ago (two years after he left the college) Morgan was drafted by Westchester Knicks (D-League) in second round (23rd overall). He attended Baylor University until 2013 and it is his sixth season in pro basketball. Morgan won Mexican CIBACOPA championship title. He is quite experienced player. Morgan has played in six different countries on five different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and of course North America). He has played previously professionally in China, Japan (Fukuoka Rizing), Qatar (Al Rayyan), Tunisia (Ezzahra), Ukraine (SoyuzBasket) and ABA (N.Dallas V.).
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KYLE HUNT 29-year old power forward Kyle Hunt (208-F/C-89, agency: Octagon Europe) had a great game in the last round for league's best team Beirut Club and receives a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 4. He had a double-double of 24 points and 13 rebounds, while his team beat Byblos (#8, 1-4) 82-72. It allowed Beirut Club to take over top position in the Lebanese league. Beirut Club have a solid 4-1 record. Hunt turned to be Beirut Club's top player in his first seas... [read more]
KYLE HUNT
29-year old power forward Kyle Hunt (208-F/C-89, agency: Octagon Europe) had a great game in the last round for league's best team Beirut Club and receives a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 4. He had a double-double of 24 points and 13 rebounds, while his team beat Byblos (#8, 1-4) 82-72. It allowed Beirut Club to take over top position in the Lebanese league. Beirut Club have a solid 4-1 record. Hunt turned to be Beirut Club's top player in his first season with the team. Kyle Hunt averages this season 17.4ppg and 7.2rpg.
Second best performed player last round was Ali Haidar (201-F-90). He is former international forward in his first season at Beirut Club. In the last game Haidar recorded impressive double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds. Of course Beirut Club cruised to a 82-72 relatively comfortable win over the lower-ranked Byblos (#8, 1-4). This victory allowed Beirut Club to move up to 1st position in the standings. His team lost just one game this season, while they won 4 matches. Haidar is a newcomer at Beirut Club and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.
Third place about best performers goes to forward Dewayne Jackson (203-F-90, agency: Higher Vision Sports) of league's second-best Champville. Jackson got into 30-points club by scoring 33 points in the last round. He went also for eight rebounds . He was a key player of Champville, leading his team to a 90-71 easy win against Hoops (#9, 0-5). Champville is closer and closer to top of the standings. They will still need more victories. But 4-1 record is not that bad... Jackson has a great season in Lebanon. After only 5 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 25.6ppg (2nd best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Darian Townes (208-F/C-84) of Atlas F. - 25 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists 5. Keanau Post (211-C/F-92) of Sagesse - 22 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists 6. Jimmy Salem (190-G-95) of Moutahed - 15 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists 7. Fadi El Khatib (198-F-79) of Champville - 32 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists 8. Ghassan Nehme (190-G) of Atlas F. - 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists 9. Youssef Ghantous (188-G) of Sagesse - 20 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists 10. Aaron Nelson (205-F-91) of Byblos - 21 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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