Argentinian La Liga round 28 best performance: Franco Vieta (by Hoops Agents)

- January 22, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Franco Vieta

Franco Vieta

Guard Franco Vieta (194-G-1992) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Ciclista Olimpico de La Banda, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 28.
The 33-year old player was the main contributor (25 points, eight rebounds and two assists) to his team's victory, helping them to beat San Martin (#12, 9-10) 77-64. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on top of the standings. Olimpico is placed at 13th position in Argentinian La Liga. Olimpico 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 9-12 record. In the team's last game Vieta had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range. He turned to be Olimpico's top player in his first season with the team. Franco Vieta averages this season 12.7ppg.

The second best player in last round's games was young international Leonardo Lema (203-SF-1998) of Quimsa Santiago del Estero. Lema had a very good evening with a double-double of 13 points and 15 rebounds. Bad luck as Quimsa lost that game 64-79 to slightly lower-ranked San Martin (#12, 9-10). The game was between two teams which are definitely not main contenders for the title. Quimsa keeps 11th position. His team lost some distance to top teams. But a 10-10 record is not bad and everything may still change. Lema is a newcomer at Quimsa, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was American forward Danjel Purifoy (201-F-1995, agency: Helping Ballers) of Atenas Cordoba (#16). Purifoy scored 23 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. He was a key player of Atenas, leading his team to a 109-71 easy win against the lower-ranked Argentino (#19, 3-18). The chances of Atenas not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 14 games, recording just seven victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Purifoy could try to bring Atenas' a little bit higher in the standings. Purifoy has a very solid season. In 3 games in Argentina he scored 16.3ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Windi Graterol (204-C-1986) of La Union - 17 points and 13 rebounds
5. Carlos Rivero (207-PF-2003) of Gimnasia - 13 points and 15 rebounds
6. Kevin Hernandez (205-PF-1991) of San Lorenzo - 17 points and 6 rebounds
7. Carlos Buendia (177-PG-1995) of Atenas - 23 points and 7 rebounds
8. Jerome Meyinsse (208-C-1988) of Quimsa - 12 points and 9 rebounds
9. Nakye Sanders (202-F-1997) of Atenas - 14 points and 9 rebounds
10. Emiliano Basabe (195-F/G-1992) of Union SF - 19 points and 4 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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