Franklin Session gets MVP of the Week award for Taiwanese SBL

American Franklin Session (187-G-89) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Jutai Techn. and that's him to receive a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 30-year old guard had a double-double of 41 points and fifteen rebounds, while his team beat Bank of Taiwan (#3, 2-3) 89-81. Jutai Techn. maintains the 5th position in Taiwanese SBL. The season is still in it's early stage, so the team may have a chance to improve their current position in the standings. They lost 4 games and had just one victory. In the team's last game Session had a remarkable 61.5% from 2-point range and got five three-pointers out of 11 attempts. He turned to be Jutai Techn.'s top player in his first season with the team. California State University Los Angeles graduate has very impressive stats this year. Session is league's best scorer averaging so far 26.6ppg, leads league in rebounds with 13.6rpg and is league's best passer with 9.0apg. Session is in league's top in and averages solid 2.0bpg and 58.8% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 25-year old American guard Matt Jones (196-G-94) of Bank of Taiwan. Jones impressed basketball fans with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Bad luck as Bank of Taiwan lost that game 76-89 to Taiwan Beer (5-0). The season is still at the very beginning and this lost game may not be such crucial, of course if they start win the games. Let's wait for the next round. Jones is a newcomer at Bank of Taiwan and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 21.0ppg (#4). He also registered 5.0 boards per game.

The third best performed player last round was American Kentrell Barkley (195-G/F-96, agency: Haylett Sports) of top-ranked Taiwan Beer. Barkley showcased his all-around game by recording 24 points, ten rebounds and four assists in the last round. He was a key player of Taiwan Beer, leading his team to a 89-76 easy win against #3 ranked Bank of Taiwan in a game of the week. Taiwan Beer started extremely well this year. They recorded 5 victories without losing a single game. Barkley 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. Barkley has a great season in Taiwan. After only 5 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 24.0ppg (2nd best), rebounds with 10.2rpg (4th best) and assists with 4.6apg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Igor Zaytsev (210-C/F-89) of Taiwan Beer - 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Marcus Keene (180-PG-95) of Yulon Luxgen - 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Charles Mitchell (203-F/C-93) of Bank of Taiwan - 20 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Po-Chen Chou (196-SG-90) of Yulon Luxgen - 13 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Douglas Creighton (196-F-85) of Yulon Luxgen - 18 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Guan-Quan Chen (197-C/F-93) of Pauian - 15 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Yi-Jin Su (195-F-93) of Jutai Techn. - 19 points, 5 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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Tags : FRANKLIN SESSION, JUTAI TECHNOLOGY, TAIWANESE BASKETBALL