Payne's 22 points and 7 rebounds give him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

Kwame Payne

Kwame Payne had a very impressive game in the last round for Ottos and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 5.
He had the game-high 22 points adding seven rebounds and six assists for Ottos in his team's victory, helping them to outclass Slam (#6, 2-4) with 31-point margin 81-50. Ottos is placed at 5th position in Antiguan league. Ottos 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 3-4 record. In the team's last game Payne had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Ottos, through which he has constantly improved. Payne has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in assists (4th best: 5.0apg) and averages solid 3.8spg and 53.4% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Israel Pulinario of Spanish Heat. He is a in his first season at Spanish Heat. In the last game Pulinario recorded impressive double-double of 30 points and 16 rebounds. Bad luck as Spanish Heat lost that game 74-82 to slightly higher-ranked Baldwin Braves (#7, 1-6). Spanish Heat are still at the very bottom. 7 lost games are too many considering they did not win any game. Pulinario is one of the most experienced players at Spanish Heat and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to Sergio Symister of Baldwin Braves (#7). Symister scored 24 points and grabbed ten rebounds. He was a key player of Baldwin Braves, leading his team to a 82-74 win against Spanish Heat (#8, 0-7). Baldwin Braves can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-6 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Symister has a very solid season. In 7 games in Antigua he scored 8.6ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. T-Shawn Lewis) of Flyers - 27 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
5. David Hernandez) of Flyers - 19 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Ezekiel Francois (2001) of Slam - 14 points and 25 rebounds
7. Selassie Brathwaite) of Flyers - 11 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists
8. Marlon Charles (186-G-1976) of Potters S. - 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Cohen Desouza (G) of Potters S. - 14 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Jamine Charles (211-F) of Stingerz - 13 points and 8 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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