Best players of Saudi Arabian SBL round 11

- January 4, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

PJ Hardy

PJ Hardy

American PJ Hardy (185-G-1998) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's leader Al Nassr Riyadh and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 11.
The 25-year old guard got a double-double of 32 points and 12 assists, while his team outclassed Al Hilal (#4, 8-3) with 29-point margin 112-83. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Al Nassr to jump to the first place in the Saudi Arabian SBL. Al Nassr has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 10-1. In the team's last game Hardy had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 6 attempts. He turned to be Al Nassr's top player in his first season with the team. University Louisiana at Lafayette graduate has very impressive stats this year. Hardy is in league's top in points (6th best: 22.7ppg), assists (4th best: 6.4apg) and averages solid 2.3spg,60.0% FGP and 41.3% from behind 3-point line.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young Congolese forward Nobel Boungou-Colo (202-F-1988) of Al Khaleej. Boungou-Colo impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 38 points and 10 rebounds. It was enough for Al Khaleej to edge slightly lower-ranked Al Safa (#9, 3-8) by 3 points 91-88. Al Khaleej's 8th position in the standings has not changed. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 4-7 record. Boungou-Colo is a newcomer at Al Khaleej and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.

The third best performed player last round was international center Mohammed Alsuwailem (211-C-1998) of Al Hilal Riyadh (#4). Alsuwailem scored 22 points and grabbed 20 rebounds (!!!). Despite Alsuwailem's great performance the Al Hilal lost 83-112 to #1 ranked Al Nassr. But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. The last thing Al Hilal needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 8 victories and 3 lost games. Alsuwailem has a great season in Saudi Arabia. After 11 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 14.6rpg (#1 in league).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Henry Sims (208-C-1990) of Ohod - 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Jonathon Simmons (198-G-1989) of Ohod - 37 points and 6 rebounds
6. Mohammed Al-Saquer) of Al Fateh - 23 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists
7. Anthony Fairley (203-F-1999) of Al Fateh - 26 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists
8. Edgar Sosa (189-F-1988) of Al Fateh - 30 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Mohammed Almutairi (193-F-1992) of Al Khaleej - 29 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Carlton Bragg Jr. (208-PF-1995) of Al Nassr - 19 points, 13 rebounds and 3 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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