Isaiah Briscoe gets MVP of the Week award for Taiwanese PLeague+

- January 6, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Isaiah Briscoe

Isaiah Briscoe

American Isaiah Briscoe (190-PG-1996) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Kaohsiung Steelers and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents PLeague+ Player of the Week award for round 8.
The 28-year old playmaker got a double-double of 32 points and 13 assists, while his team outclassed Fubon Braves (#2, 5-7) with 31-point margin 107-76. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Steelers maintains the 4th position in Taiwanese PLeague+. 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 7 games and had just one victory. In the team's last game Briscoe had a remarkable 63.2% from 2-point range. He turned to be Steelers' top player in his first season with the team. University of Kentucky graduate has very impressive stats this year. Briscoe is league's best scorer averaging so far 28.5ppg and is league's best passer with 10.7apg. Briscoe is in league's top in rebounds (5th best: 9.7rpg).

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young American forward Julian Boyd (203-F-1990) of league's best team Taoyuan Pilots. Boyd impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 28 points and 10 rebounds. Of course Pilots cruised to a 105-93 relatively comfortable win over the lower-ranked Steelers (#4, 1-7). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Pilots consolidated its place in the very top position of the standings. His team has currently 10-3 record. Boyd is a newcomer at Pilots 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 17.4ppg (#6). He also registered 10.7 boards per game.

The third best performed player last round was another Pilots' star - Hungarian Jarrod Jones (206-F/C-1990). Jones scored 27 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. He was another key player of Taoyuan Pilots, helping his team with a 105-93 win against #4 ranked Steelers. Pilots confirms their top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 10 victories and 3 lost games. Jones has a great season in Taiwan. After only 8 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 19.6ppg (4th best) and rebounds with 8.6rpg (9th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Jeff Withey (213-C-1990) of Fubon Braves - 20 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Jordy Tshimanga (211-C-1996) of Steelers - 16 points and 18 rebounds
6. Will Davis II (203-F-1992) of Steelers - 15 points and 5 rebounds
7. Alec Brown (216-C-1992) of Pilots - 11 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Chia-Kang Li (185-G-1998) of Pilots - 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Fan Po-Yen Chen (195-C-2000) of Steelers - 23 points and 4 rebounds
10. Nick King (201-F-1995) of Fubon Braves - 12 points, 10 rebounds and 7 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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