Poisson's double-double lands him (Second Stage) Player of the Week award

- June 26, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Juan Poisson

Juan Poisson

26-year old center Juan Poisson (198-C-1998) had a great game in the last round for Colonias Gold and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4 (Second Stage).
He had a double-double of 17 points and 13 rebounds, while his team edged out Felix Perez (#4, 7-6) 68-64. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Colonias maintains the 3rd position in Paraguayan league. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier in Second Stage. Colonias will need more victories to improve their 11-4 record. In the team's last game Poisson had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range. It was one of impressive evenings for him as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Juan Poisson averages this season 10.7ppg and 5.8rpg.

Second best performed player last round was Eduardo Rios (198-PF-1988) of Atletico Ciudad Nueva. He is Venezuelan forward in his first season at Ciudad N.. In the last game Rios recorded an impressive double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds. Of course he led Ciudad N. to another comfortable win 69-55 over the lower-ranked Luqueno (#9, 3-13) being unquestionably team leader. Ciudad N.'s 3rd position in the standings has not changed. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 6-8 record. Rios is one of the most experienced players at Ciudad N. and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 17.4ppg (#4). His other stats are also decent: 9.5rpg and 3.4apg.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Daviyon Draper (200-F-1994) of league's leader Olimpia Kings. Draper scored 24 points. He was a key player of Olimpia K., leading his team to a 103-77 easy win against #2 ranked San Jose in a game of the week. Olimpia K. have amazing season winning all 15 games without a single defeat. Draper 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. Draper has a great season in Paraguay. After 10 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 20.7ppg (best scorer). He also has a FGP of 58.1% and 3PT: 48.3%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Elias Martinez) of Ciudad N. - 16 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Silvio Moura) of San Alfonso - 19 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Carlos Dos Santos) of Campo Alto - 18 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Vincenzo Ochipinti (191-G/F-1999) of Olimpia K. - 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Jorge Martinez (178-PG-1998) of Olimpia K. - 19 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Aron Tiecher) of Campo Alto - 14 points and 6 rebounds
10. Kal Godans) of Campo Alto - 17 points and 3 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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