Best players of South Korean KBL round 21

- December 25, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Rayshaun Hammonds

Rayshaun Hammonds

American Rayshaun Hammonds (206-C-1998) had an amazing evening in the last round for Hyundai Mobis Phoebus and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 21.
The 27-year old center had the game-high 36 points adding seven rebounds and four assists for Mobis Phoebus in his team's victory, helping them to beat Seoul Knights (#5, 13-11) 87-74. Mobis Phoebus is placed at 8th position in South Korean KBL. Mobis Phoebus is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 8-15 record. In the team's last game Hammonds had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 8 attempts. He turned to be Mobis Phoebus' top player in his first season with the team. University of Georgia graduate has very impressive stats this year. Hammonds is in league's top in points (3rd best: 21.3ppg), rebounds (6th best: 9.5rpg) and averages solid 51.5% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young American forward Derrick Williams (203-F-1991) of Suwon KT Sonicboom. Williams impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 41 points and 10 rebounds. Bad luck as Sonicboom lost that game 87-94 to the higher-ranked KCC Egis (#2, 16-8). Suwon KT managed to keep the same 6th spot in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 11-13 record. Williams is a newcomer at Suwon KT 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 Filipino William Navarro (199-F-1997) of second-ranked Busan KCC Egis. Navarro showcased his all-around game by recording 17 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists in the last round. He was a key player of Egis, leading his team to a 94-87 win against the lower-ranked Suwon KT (#6, 11-13). KCC Egis needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 16 victories and 8 lost games. Navarro has a very solid season. In 19 games in South Korea he scored 4.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Nakhyeon Kim (180-G-1995) of Seoul Knights - 29 points and 5 assists
5. Jameel Warney (203-C-1994) of Seoul Knights - 25 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists
6. Henry Ellenson (208-C-1997) of Wonju DB - 25 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Carl Tamayo (200-F-2001) of LG Sakers - 30 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Shawn Long (208-F-1993) of KCC Egis - 20 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Andrew Nicholson (206-PF-1989) of Seoul Thunders - 26 points and 7 rebounds
10. Jongkyu Kim (184-G-1988) of Anyang - 9 points and 12 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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