Argentinian La Liga Argentina round 5 best performance: Franco Maeso (by Hoops Agents)

- November 14, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Franco Maeso

Forward Franco Maeso (197-F-2000) had a very impressive game in the last round for Tomas de Rocamora, receiving a Hoops Agents La Liga Argentina Player of the Week award for round 5.
The 25-year old player had a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds, while his team edged out U.Mar del Plata (#17, 0-4), the league's bottom-ranked team 85-81. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on top of the standings in Conferencia Sur. Rocamora is placed at 13th position in Argentinian La Liga Argentina. Rocamora is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 1-2 record. In the team's last game Maeso had a remarkable 88.9% from 2-point range. He turned to be Rocamora's top player in his first season with the team. Franco Maeso averages just after three games 15.7ppg and 9.3rpg.

The second best player in last round's games was young Juan Bellozas (195-PF-1993) of Union de Mar del Plata. Bellozas had a very good evening with a double-double of 19 points and 17 rebounds. Bad luck as U.Mar del Plata was edged by the higher-ranked Rocamora (#13, 1-2) 85-81. The game was between two teams which are definitely not main contenders for the top position in Conferencia Sur. U.Mar del Plata keeps 17th position. 4 lost games are too many considering they did not win any game. Bellozas is a newcomer at U.Mar del Plata, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was forward Edgar Merchant (200-PF-2002) of Lanus Buenos Aires (#5). Merchant scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. He was a key player of Lanus, leading his team to a 102-79 easy win against the lower-ranked Centenario VT (#12, 1-2). Lanus needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams in Conferencia Sur. Their record at this point is 2 victories and 1 lost games. Merchant has a very solid season. In 3 games in Argentina he scored 10.3ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Estefano Simondi (201-F/C-1996) of Villa S.Martin - 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Alvaro Yarza) of U.Mar del Plata - 19 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists
6. Jeremias Cardona (188-G-2002) of Centenario VT - 27 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
7. James Jones (193-F-1997) of Dep Norte - 20 points and 7 rebounds
8. Lucio Castellani (196-F-1994) of Centenario VT - 13 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists
9. Matias Carneglia (200-F-2002) of U.Mar del Plata - 26 points and 8 rebounds
10. Raymon Bastardo (202-C-2002) of Comunicaciones - 14 points and 10 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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