Brickman's double-double lands him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- December 12, 2023

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Jason Brickman

Jason Brickman

32-year old USA-PHIn guard Jason Brickman (183-G-1991, agency: Interperformances) had a great game in the last round for Kaohsiung Aquas and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
He got a double-double of 25 points and 20 assists, while his team crushed Taiwan Beer L. (#2, 4-3) with 18-point margin 122-104. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Aquas is placed at 3rd position in Taiwanese league. Kaohsiung A. 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 3-4 record. In the team's last game Brickman had a remarkable 72.7% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Aquas, through which he has constantly improved. Long Island University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Brickman is league's best passer with 13.1apg. Brickman is in league's top in and averages solid 2.4spg.

Second best performed player last round was Sim Bhullar (226-C-1992) of Tainan GhostHawks. He is Indian-Canadian center in his 2nd season at Tainan GH. In the last game Bhullar recorded impressive double-double of 27 points and 13 rebounds. Bad luck as GhostHawks was edged by the higher-ranked N.Taipei CTBC (#1, 6-2) 88-85. Tainan are still at the very bottom. 4 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory GhostHawks managed to get this year. Bhullar is well-known at Tainan and he already established his position as one of the team's leaders.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Erik McCree (202-PF-1993) of Taipei Taishin Mars (#4). McCree got into 30-points club by scoring 36 points in the last round. He went also for fifteen rebounds and four assists. Despite McCree's great performance Taipei TM lost 85-86 to #1 ranked N.Taipei CTBC. But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. McCree has a very solid season. In 3 games in Taiwan he scored 28.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Devin Williams (206-C-1994) of Taiwan Beer L. - 24 points and 25 rebounds
5. Long-Mao Hu (195-SF-1992) of Kaohsiung A. - 33 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Kristijan Krajina (208-C-1990) of N.Taipei CTBC - 17 points, 20 rebounds and 5 assists
7. Lasan Kromah (198-SG-1991) of Taiwan Beer L. - 30 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists
8. Mohammad Gadiaga (188-F-1998) of N.Taipei CTBC - 34 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Viktor Gaddefors (201-F-1992) of N.Taipei CTBC - 20 points and 14 rebounds
10. Samuel Deguara (230-C-1991) of Tainan GH - 17 points and 8 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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