Scharer number one in Thailand TBL for round 3 (by Hoops Agents)

American Point guard Avery Scharer (185-PG-1986) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Dunkin' Raptors, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 36-year old player had a double-double of 42 points and 15 rebounds, while his team edged out SWU (#6, 1-2) 97-93. Dunkin' Raptors maintains the 4th position in Thailand TBL. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost that single game earlier this season. Dunkin' Raptors will need more victories to improve their 2-1 record. In the team's last game Scharer had a remarkable 53.8% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Dunkin' Raptors, through which he has constantly improved. Former Shoreline Community College star has very solid stats this year. Scharer is league's best scorer averaging so far 34.7ppg. Scharer is in league's top in rebounds (4th best: 14.3rpg), assists (3rd best: 6.0apg) and averages impressive 4.3spg. Worth to mention Scharer played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which helped him get the job in pro basketball.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Taishaun Johnson (183-PG-1994) of league's second-best Devil Rays. Johnson had a very good evening with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Of course he led Devil Rays to another comfortable win outscoring T-REX (0-3) 121-51. A very good start of the season for his team, which won so far all 3 games without any defeat. Johnson is one of the most experienced players at Devil Rays and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. Former Prairie View A&M University star Johnson is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market.

Third on the list of top players last round was Kittitep Lane Dasom of Thunders (#7). Dasom showcased his all-around game by recording 26 points, seventeen rebounds (!!!) and five assists in the last round. Despite Dasom's great performance Thunders lost 72-80 to Bangkok Tigers (#1, 3-0). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. The chances of Thunders not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 2 games, recording just one victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Dasom could try to bring Thunders' a little bit higher in the standings. Dasom has individually a great season in Thailand. After only 3 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 24.7ppg (5th best), rebounds with 11.3rpg (8th best) and assists with 5.7apg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Natthaworn Banjathon (179-G) of SWU - 34 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Jarron Crump (183-PG-1992) of TGE - 20 points, 9 rebounds and 13 assists
6. Gabriel Yeumo (200-F-1988) of Bangkok Tigers - 17 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Jittaphon Towaroj (186-G-1991) of Devil Rays - 24 points and 6 rebounds
8. Manatsawee Booddoung ) of TGE - 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Adam Stanford (193-F-1995) of Hitech - 15 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists
10. Robert Kowalczyk (202-PF-1995) of Mad Goat - 16 points and 14 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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Tags : AVERY SCHARER, DUNKIN' RAPTORS, THAILAND BASKETBALL