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

- July 28, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Eric Freeman

Eric Freeman

28-year old American Eric Freeman (201-SF-1997) put on an amazing game in the last round for second-ranked Shoot it Dragons and receives a Hoops Agents BTL Player of the Week award for round 7.
He had a double-double of 26 points and 25 rebounds, while his team beat Pythons (#7, 3-5) 86-71. Shoot it Dragons maintains the 2nd position in Thailand BTL. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. It's already very far into the season and Shoot it Dragons keeps a perfect 8-0 record. In the team's last game Freeman had a remarkable 81.3% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Shoot it Dragons, through which he has constantly improved. Brunswick Community College graduate has very impressive stats this year. Freeman is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 19.1rpg) and averages solid 2.5bpg and 69.2% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Daisone Hughes (189-G-2000) of Thailand Gorillas. He is American guard in his first season at Th.Gorillas. In the last game Hughes recorded an impressive double-double of 38 points and 13 rebounds. Bad luck as Gorillas lost that game 71-97 to the higher-ranked White Lions (#6, 4-4). Th.Gorillas are still at the very bottom. 8 lost games are too many considering they did not win any game. Hughes is one of the most experienced players at Th.Gorillas and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 33.9ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 13.3rpg and 5.0apg. Former Western Oregon University star Hughes is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Afnan Charansarn (186-F-1997) of White Lions Basketball Club (#6). Charansarn showcased his all-around game by recording 22 points, 19 rebounds (!!!) and 6 assists in the last round. He was a key player of White Lions, leading his team to a 97-71 easy win against Th.Gorillas (#10, 0-8). White Lions needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 4 victories and 4 lost games. Charansarn has a great season in Thailand. After only 8 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 13.0rpg (7th best) and assists with 5.1apg (9th best). He also has 1.1bpg and a FGP of 56.6%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Morakinyo Williams (209-C-1988) of Crypto Cobra - 31 points and 15 rebounds
5. Omar Thielemans (203-SF-1999) of White Lions - 19 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Marcus Hammond (191-G-2000) of Banvas - 31 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
7. Bobby Arthur-Williams (201-F-1997) of TGE - 25 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Emmanuel Ejesu (203-C-2004) of Hitech - 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Accheaus Fields (187-G-1997) of Shoot it Dragons - 23 points and 9 rebounds
10. Donald Vaughn (195-F-1990) of Air Force - 22 points, 12 rebounds and 4 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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