Vinicius dos Santos claims Brazilian LDB U20 weekly honour

- July 31, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Vinicius dos Santos

Talented Vinicius dos Santos (187-G-2006) had a great game in the last round for SESI - SP / Franca Basquete U20 team and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 14.
The 20-year old guard had the game-high 29 points adding seven rebounds and two assists for SESI Franca as his team lost the game against the league's best team Sao Jose (#2, 9-0) 79-87. Franca moved-up to the 8th position in Brazilian LDB U20. They would have been even better if they did not have these two lost games earlier in Regular Season. SESI Franca will need to avoid more loses keep or improve their 7-2 record. In the team's last game dos Santos had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 6 attempts. He has many years of experience at Franca, through which he has constantly improved. Vinicius dos Santos averages this season 14.3ppg and 5.8rpg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was guard Vitor Silva (188-G) of league's best team Basket Osasco U20 team. Silva impressed basketball fans with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Of course he led Osasco to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Mogi (#15, 4-5) 90-64. This victory allowed Osasco to move up to 1st position in the standings. He plays for the best team in the league and Osasco managed to win all 9 games keeping a perfect record. Silva is one of the most experienced players at Osasco and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was Isaque Duarte (204-C-2006) of second-ranked Sao Jose Basketball U20 team. Duarte scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Sao Jose, leading his team to a 87-79 win against the lower-ranked SESI Franca (#8, 7-2). Sao Jose have amazing season winning all 9 games without a single defeat. Duarte turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. Duarte has a very solid season. In 9 games in Brazil he scored 12.3ppg. He also has 8.0rpg, 2.1bpg and a FGP of 58.1%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Josue Marinho (2008) of Pinheiros - 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists
5. Thaylor Fagundes (190-G-2006) of Pato - 18 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists
6. Gabriel Pereira (201-F-2006) of Paulistano - 13 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Jonathan Moreira (186-PG-2006) of Sao Jose - 17 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists
8. Kelwin Abreu (200-F-2008) of SESI Franca - 16 points and 7 rebounds
9. Richard Sampaio (200-F-2007) of Mogi - 17 points and 12 rebounds
10. Hugo Nicolini (186-G-2007) of SESI Franca - 9 points, 10 rebounds and 10 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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