South Korean KBL round 45 best performance: Nathan Knight (by Hoops Agents)

- March 28, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Nathan Knight

Nathan Knight

American Power forward Nathan Knight (208-F/C-1997) had a very impressive game in the last round for Sono Skygunners, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 45.
The 28-year old player had a double-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds, while his team edged out Seoul Knights (#3, 30-18) 78-77. Skygunners maintains the 5th position in South Korean KBL. Sono SG 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 27-23 record. Knight turned to be Skygunners's top player in his first season with the team. Former College of William & Mary star has very solid stats this year. Knight is in league's top in points (6th best: 18.4ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 11.3rpg) and averages impressive 55.7% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Jameel Warney (203-C-1994) of Seoul SK Knights. Warney had a very good evening with a double-double of 25 points and 13 rebounds. Bad luck as Knights was edged by slightly lower-ranked Sono SG (#5, 27-23) 78-77. Seoul Knights managed to keep the same 3rd spot in the standings. His team's 30-18 record is not bad at all. Warney is one of the most experienced players at Seoul Knights and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 23.8ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 10.9rpg and 4.8apg.

Third on the list of top players last round was Turkish forward Kerem Kanter (208-F/C-1995) of Seoul Samsung Thunders (#10). Kanter scored 24 points and grabbed 19 rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Samsung Thunders, leading his team to a 76-73 win against slightly higher-ranked Mobis Phoebus (#8, 17-32). Seoul Thunders can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have extremely bad season and 14-35 record places them at the very bottom of the standings. Kanter has individually a great season in South Korea. After 49 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 16.8ppg (9th best) and rebounds with 8.5rpg (8th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Johnny O'Bryant III (207-F/C-1993) of Anyang - 28 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Rayshaun Hammonds (206-C-1998) of Mobis Phoebus - 18 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Jeonghyeon Moon (195-F-2001) of Suwon KT - 19 points and 12 rebounds
7. Junhyeong Byeon (186-G-1996) of Anyang - 19 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists
8. Ricardo Ratliffe (203-F-1989) of Daegu - 17 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Ethan Alvano (185-G-1996) of Wonju DB - 25 points and 8 assists
10. Henry Ellenson (208-C-1997) of Wonju DB - 13 points, 17 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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