Bonfim's 19 points and 7 rebounds give him Paulista Player of the Week award

- September 20, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Matheus Bonfim

26-year old power forward Matheus Bonfim (206-F/C-1999) had a great game in the last round for Rio Claro Basquete and receives a Hoops Agents Paulista Player of the Week award for round 14.
He had the game-high 19 points adding seven rebounds and two assists for Rio Claro in his team's victory, helping them to beat Paulistano (#4, 9-6) 109-96. Rio Claro maintains the 7th position in Brazilian Paulista. Rio Claro 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 8-7 record. In the team's last game Bonfim had a remarkable 80.0% from 2-point range. It was one of impressive evenings for him as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Bonfim has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in rebounds (6th best: 7.1rpg) and averages solid 1.8bpg and 64.3% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Leonardo Demetrio (208-F/C-1994) of Paulistano/Corpore Sao Paolo. He is naturalized Italian forward in his first season at Paulistano. In the last game Demetrio recorded an impressive double-double of 23 points and 16 rebounds. Bad luck as Paulistano lost that game 96-109 to the lower-ranked Rio Claro (#7, 8-7). This loss caused Paulistano to drop to 4th position in the standings. His team's 9-6 record is not bad at all. Demetrio is a newcomer at Paulistano and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Victor Silva (197-PF-2001) of Liga Sorocabana de Basquete (#11). Silva showcased his all-around game by recording 24 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in the last round. Despite Silva's great performance the Sorocabana lost 77-82 to slightly higher-ranked Osasco (#9, 4-11). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Sorocabana can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have extremely bad season and 3-12 record places them at the very bottom of the standings. Silva has individually a great season in Brazil. After 11 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 11.7ppg (9th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Alex Rodrigues (206-F-1998) of Mandic Basket - 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Lucca Boracina (182-PG-2005) of Pinheiros - 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Elio Corazza (195-PG-1989) of Corinthians - 19 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists
7. Carlos Manaus) of Osasco - 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Stan Scott (193-G-1998) of Mandic Basket - 13 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists
9. Leonardo Jacon (199-SF-1996) of Mandic Basket - 22 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Georginho de Paula (197-PG-1996) of Sesi/Franca - 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 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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