Best players of Saudi Arabian SBL round 13

- February 4, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Erik McCree

Erik McCree

Experienced American Erik McCree (202-SG-1993) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Al Nasr Riyadh and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 13.
The 31-year old shooting guard had a double-double of 45 points and 13 rebounds, while his team outclassed Ohod (#8, 3-11) with 38-point margin 108-70. Al Nasr maintains the 4th position in Saudi Arabian SBL. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Al Nasr will need more victories to improve their 10-4 record. In the team's last game McCree had a remarkable 80.0% from 2-point range and got three three-pointers out of 7 attempts. He turned to be Al Nasr's top player in his first season with the team. Louisiana Tech University graduate has very impressive stats this year. McCree is in league's top in points (4th best: 26.4ppg), rebounds (9th best: 9.4rpg) and averages solid 60.3% FGP and 42.3% from behind 3-point line.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young Canadian forward Richard Amardi (206-F-1990, agency: BIG) of Al Khaleej. Amardi impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 31 points and 14 rebounds. Bad luck as Al Khaleej lost that game 77-82 to slightly higher-ranked Al Fateh (#5, 6-7). Despite lost game Al Khaleej moved up to 7th position in the standings. 10 lost games are too many comparing to just four victories Al Khaleej managed to get this year. Amardi 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 American Keron DeShields (190-PG-1992, agency: Diamond Sports) of top-ranked Al Ittihad Jeddah. DeShields scored 25 points and passed 11 assists (!!!). He was a key player of Al Ittihad, leading his team to a 102-53 easy win against the lower-ranked Al Khewaildia (#10, 1-13). Al Ittihad have amazing season winning all 13 games without a single defeat. DeShields turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. DeShields has a great season in Saudi Arabia. After only 7 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 22.6ppg (8th best) and assists with 6.4apg (best passer). He also has a FGP of 60.3% and 3PT: 45.5%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Mohammed Alsuwailem (211-C-1998) of Al-Ula - 19 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Jonathan Gibson (188-PG-1987) of Al-Ula - 35 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Dhieu Abwok (196-G-2001) of Al Safa - 30 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists
7. Nick Stover (198-F-1993) of Al Fateh - 23 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Junior MBida (206-C-1990) of Al Fateh - 19 points and 13 rebounds
9. Khalid Abdel-Gabar (188-G-1990) of Al Ahli - 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Devin Ebanks (206-F-1989) of Al Ahli - 21 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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