Best players of Basketball Champions League Americas round 9 (by Hoops Agents)

Experienced Cuban-Puerto Rican Ismael Romero (205-C-1991, agency: BeoBasket) had a great game in the last round for league's leader Libertadores and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 9.
The 31-year old center had a double-double of 26 points and eleven rebounds, while his team crushed, the league's bottom-ranked team Hamilton (#3, 0-6) with 21-point margin 107-86. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Libertadores to consolidate first place in the Basketball Champions League Americas. Libertadores have a solid 5-1 record. In the team's last game Romero had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Libertadores' top player in his first season with the team. Romero has impressive league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 21.0ppg. Romero is in league's top in rebounds (6th best: 8.7rpg) and averages solid 66.7% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young Puerto Rican guard Jezreel De Jesus (185-G-1991, agency: Interperformances) of second-ranked Real Esteli. De Jesus impressed basketball fans with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. It was enough for Real Esteli to edge Hamilton (#3, 0-6) by 6 points 99-93. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Real Esteli consolidated its place in top 2 of the standings. His team's 4-2 record is not bad at all. De Jesus is a newcomer at Real Esteli and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 20.5ppg (#4). He also recorded 3.7 assists per game.

The third best performed player last round was American Charles Thomas (202-F/C-1986) of second-ranked Penarol. Thomas scored 26 points and grabbed five rebounds. Despite Thomas' great performance Penarol lost 74-92 to #1 ranked Flamengo. But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. The chances of Penarol ranking at the top of the league, however are very questionable as they have already lost 3 games, recording just two victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Thomas could help Penarol to bring them higher in the standings. Thomas has a very solid season. In 6 games in Basketball Champions League Americas he scored 13.8ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Davon Jefferson (203-F-1986) of Real Esteli - 20 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Elijah Lufile (201-F/C-1997) of Hamilton - 19 points and 8 rebounds
6. Thomas Robinson (208-PF-1991) of Real Esteli - 19 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Jose Vildoza (191-PG-1996) of Flamengo - 19 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Branden Frazier (191-G-1992) of Libertadores - 14 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists
9. Rafael Mineiro (208-F-1988) of Flamengo - 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Juan Palacios-Tello (206-F/C-1985) of Libertadores - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 2 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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Tags : ISMAEL ROMERO, LIBERTADORES DE QUERETARO, BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AMERICAS BASKETBALL