Liga-Sorocabana-de-Basquete (NBB) inked 20-year old guard Felipe Cortes (195-97) from the junior team of Paschoalotto/Bauru. In three NBB games he averaged 4.7ppg, 5.7rpg and 1.3spg last season. Cortes helped them to make it to the InterContinental Cup final in 2016.
Minas (NBB) signed 25-year old American guard Evan Roquemore (190-82kg-92, college: Santa Clara). He played last season at Nidaros Jets in Norwegian BLNO. In 13 games he had very impressive stats: 25.6ppg, 6.1rpg, 4.8apg and 2.5spg. Great season as he was named to Eurobasket.com All-Norwegian BLNO Honorable Mention. Part of previous (2015-16) season Roquemore spent at Koopspor (North League) in Cyprus. He also spent pre-season at Phoenix Galati (Liga Nationala) in Romanian league that yea... [read more]
Minas (NBB) signed 25-year old American guard Evan Roquemore (190-82kg-92, college: Santa Clara). He played last season at Nidaros Jets in Norwegian BLNO. In 13 games he had very impressive stats: 25.6ppg, 6.1rpg, 4.8apg and 2.5spg. Great season as he was named to Eurobasket.com All-Norwegian BLNO Honorable Mention. Part of previous (2015-16) season Roquemore spent at Koopspor (North League) in Cyprus. He also spent pre-season at Phoenix Galati (Liga Nationala) in Romanian league that year. Roquemore's team made it to the WCC Tournament Semifinals in 2011. He graduated from Santa Clara University in 2014 and it will be his fourth season as a professional player.
America/Unirp/Rodobens/Smel/Abzil (Paulista) signed 24-year old Brazilian guard Gabriel Andrade (185-78kg-93). He just graduated from BYU-Hawaii (NCAA2). Andrade has played there for the last four years. In 20 games he had 8.0ppg, 1.7rpg, 1.8apg and 1.5spg last season. The previous (15-16) season he played also at another team Seasiders in U.S. semi-pro league NCAA2. But in 23 games he recorded only 1.3ppg. Andrade helped them to make it to the semifinals. As mentioned above he is just ou... [read more]
America/Unirp/Rodobens/Smel/Abzil (Paulista) signed 24-year old Brazilian guard Gabriel Andrade (185-78kg-93). He just graduated from BYU-Hawaii (NCAA2). Andrade has played there for the last four years. In 20 games he had 8.0ppg, 1.7rpg, 1.8apg and 1.5spg last season. The previous (15-16) season he played also at another team Seasiders in U.S. semi-pro league NCAA2. But in 23 games he recorded only 1.3ppg. Andrade helped them to make it to the semifinals. As mentioned above he is just out of the college and it will be his first full season as a pro. Andrade's college team won PacWest Tournament in 2015. He has played previously for Flamengo.
Brazilian Paulista round 2 best performance: Dontrell Brite - 1 day ago
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American Point guard Dontrell Brite (175-PG) put on an amazing game in the last round for L.Sorocaba, receiving a Latinbasket.com Paulista Player of the Week award for round 2. The player was the main contributor (13 points, eight rebounds and eight assists) to his team's victory, helping them to crush America (#5, 1-2) with 17-point margin 76-59. Thanks to this victory L.Sorocaba moved-up to the 4th position in Brazilian Paulista. L.Sorocaba is a typical solid league team placed somewher... [read more]
American Point guard Dontrell Brite (175-PG) put on an amazing game in the last round for L.Sorocaba, receiving a Latinbasket.com Paulista Player of the Week award for round 2. The player was the main contributor (13 points, eight rebounds and eight assists) to his team's victory, helping them to crush America (#5, 1-2) with 17-point margin 76-59. Thanks to this victory L.Sorocaba moved-up to the 4th position in Brazilian Paulista. L.Sorocaba 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 2-2 record. Brite turned to be L.Sorocaba's top player in his first season with the team. Former Mount Olive College star has very solid stats this year. Brite is in league's top in points (2nd best: 16.8ppg), rebounds (5th best: 7.0rpg) and assists (8th best: 4.0apg).
The second best player in last round's games was young Michael Uchendu (206-F/C-98) of Bauru. Uchendu had a very good evening with a double-double of 18 points and 15 rebounds. Of course Bauru cruised to a 62-55 relatively comfortable win over L.Sorocaba (2-2). The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Uchendu is one of the most experienced players at Bauru and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.0ppg (#3). He also registered 15.0 boards per game.
Third on the list of top players last round was guard Vithor Lersch (184-PG-95) of league's second-best Mogi. Lersch scored 15 points and passed seven assists. He was a key player of Mogi, leading his team to a 100-80 easy win against Osasco B. (#7, 0-2). Mogi needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 1 lost games. Lersch has a great season in Brazil. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in assists with 5.5apg (4th best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Guilherme Hubner (208-C-87) of Paulistano - 20 points and 7 rebounds 5. Felipe Ruivo (189-G-98) of Pinheiros - 16 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists 6. Lucas Farina (185-PG-95) of L.Sorocaba - 17 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists 7. Jose Carlos (200-PF-97) of Mogi - 16 points and 4 rebounds 8. Rafael Rodrigues (213-C-87) of L.Sorocaba - 9 points and 16 rebounds 9. Fabricio Russo (196-SF-85) of Mogi - 16 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists 10. Cesar Araujo (201-F-81) of L.Sorocaba - 19 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
The Player of the week is chosen 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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