Diego Romero claims Bolivian Libobasquet Hoops Agents weekly honour

Experienced Argentinian Diego Romero (206-C-1982) had a great game in the last round for Carl A-Z and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 14.
The 40-year old center had a double-double of 29 points and twenty six rebounds, while his team outclassed La Paz (#10, 2-8) with 65-point margin 121-56. Carl A-Z is placed at 6th position in Bolivian Libobasquet. Carl A-Z 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 5-5 record. In the team's last game Romero had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Carl A-Z, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Florida State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Romero is in league's top in points (8th best: 18.6ppg), assists (5th best: 3.9apg) and averages solid 1.3bpg,64.0% FGP and 55.3% from behind 3-point line.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young Argentinian Rolando Vallejos (195-SF-2000) of San Simon. Vallejos impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 29 points and 10 rebounds. Of course San Simon cruised to a 81-74 relatively comfortable win over slightly lower-ranked CAN Oruro (#5, 5-5). San Simon's 3rd position in the standings has not changed. His team's 6-4 record is not bad at all. Vallejos is one of the most experienced players at San Simon and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was American Haylen Washington (196-G-1994) of Univ.Sucre (#4). Washington scored 29 points and grabbed sixteen rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Univ.Sucre, leading his team to a 90-83 win against the lower-ranked Saracho (#7, 5-6). Univ.Sucre needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 6 victories and 5 lost games. Washington has a great season in Bolivia. After 11 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 21.3ppg (2nd best) and rebounds with 9.5rpg (6th best). Washington attended one of camps at Eurobasket Summer League on his way to pro basketball.

Other top performing players last week:
4. D'Monta Harris (196-G-1997) of Atletico Nacional - 23 points and 19 rebounds
5. Samuel Valverde (SG-1999) of Carl A-Z - 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Eric Lovett (196-G/F) of Pichincha - 24 points and 7 rebounds
7. Felipe De Paula (202-PF-1991) of Calero - 12 points, 19 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Daniel Simon (185-G-1996) of Saracho - 15 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Sidney Umude (201-F-1995) of Carl A-Z - 19 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Luis Mercado (205-C-1997) of Atletico Nacional - 17 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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Tags : DIEGO ROMERO, CA RAMALLO LAFUENTE A-Z ORURO, BOLIVIAN BASKETBALL