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

Robert Kowalczyk

27-year old power forward Robert Kowalczyk (202-PF-1995) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Mad Goat and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 8.
He had a double-double of 37 points and 28 rebounds, while his team edged out SWU (#6, 3-5) 84-81. Mad Goat maintains the 8th position in Thailand league. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked such low. They already lost 6 games and recorded just two victories. Kowalczyk has many years of experience at Mad Goat, through which he has constantly improved. Kowalczyk has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 15.6rpg) and averages solid 55.6% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Frederick Jones-Goldstein (178-PG-1988) of Shoot it Dragon. He is naturalized American guard in his first season at Shoot it Dragon. In the last game Jones-Goldstein recorded impressive double-double of 38 points and 11 rebounds. Bad luck as Shoot it Dragon lost that game 60-82 to the higher-ranked Hitech (#2, 7-1). Shoot it Dragon managed to keep the same 9th spot in the standings. 7 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory Shoot it Dragon managed to get this year. Jones-Goldstein is one of the most experienced players at Shoot it Dragon and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Joe Mvuezolo (197-F-1996) of TGE (#4). Mvuezolo got into 30-points club by scoring 31 points in the last round. He went also for nine rebounds and four assists. He was a key player of TGE, leading his team to a 82-73 win against #1 ranked Devil Rays in a game of the week. TGE needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 6 victories and 2 lost games. Mvuezolo has a great season in Thailand. After only 7 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 27.9ppg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Alex Smith (201-F-1988) of T-REX - 14 points and 13 rebounds
5. Taishaun Johnson (183-PG-1994) of Devil Rays - 27 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Anasawee Klaewnarong (199-C-1993) of TGE - 9 points and 25 rebounds
7. Danai Kongkum (193-PF-1985) of Mad Goat - 21 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Chatchon Kamchoo (176-G) of SWU - 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Takamin Sirijariyaporn) of Bangkok Tigers - 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Lex Galgame (G) of SWU - 19 points, 2 rebounds and 6 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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