Argentinian La Liga round 28 best performance: Keron DeShields (by Hoops Agents)

- March 12, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Keron DeShields

American Point guard Keron DeShields (190-PG-1992, agency: Diamond Sports) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Comunicaciones Mercedes, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 28.
The 31-year old player was the main contributor (35 points, four rebounds and seven assists) to his team's victory, helping them to beat Riachuelo LR (#12, 11-15) 108-101. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on top of the standings. Comunicaciones maintains the 17th position in Argentinian La Liga. Comunicaciones is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 8-15 record. In the team's last game DeShields had a remarkable 77.8% from 2-point range and got six three-pointers out of 9 attempts. He turned to be Comunicaciones' top player in his first season with the team. Former Tennessee State University star has very solid stats this year. DeShields is in league's top in points (2nd best: 17.5ppg) and averages impressive 40.8% from behind 3-point line.

The second best player in last round's games was another Comunicaciones' star - young American Marcus Thomas (191-G-1995). Thomas had a very good evening with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Of course Comunicaciones Mercedes cruised to a 108-101 relatively comfortable win over the higher-ranked Riachuelo LR (#12, 11-15). The game was between two teams which are definitely not main contenders for the title. Comunicaciones keeps 17th position. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 8-15 record. Thomas is a newcomer at Comunicaciones, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 17.5ppg (#3). He also recorded 3.4 assists per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was American Dominique Morrison (198-SF-1989, agency: Haylett Sports) of Union de Santa Fe (#20). Morrison scored 28 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. He was a key player of Union, leading his team to a 96-82 easy win against the higher-ranked Ferro (#15, 10-15). Union can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have extremely bad season and 4-19 record places them at the very bottom of the standings. Morrison has a very solid season. In 4 games in Argentina he scored 18.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Luciano Guerra (184-PG-1997) of La Union - 29 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Agustin Perez (192-G-1999) of San Martin - 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Joaquin Valinotti (185-PG-1998) of Penarol - 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists
7. Bautista Lugarini (203-F-2001) of Instituto - 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Andres Ibarguen (200-F-1996) of Riachuelo LR - 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Anyeuri Castillo (201-F-1997) of Riachuelo LR - 23 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Lucas Andujar (185-PG-1996) of Zarate - 14 points, 5 rebounds and 13 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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