Purifoy's double-double lands him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- September 1, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Danjel Purifoy

Danjel Purifoy

30-year old American forward Danjel Purifoy (201-F-1995, agency: Helping Ballers) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for second-ranked Olimpia Kings and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
He had a double-double of 26 points and 11 rebounds, while his team beat Amambay (#8, 0-3), the league's bottom-ranked team 83-75. Olimpia K. is placed at 2nd position in Paraguayan league. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Olimpia K. already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Purifoy had a remarkable 77.8% from 2-point range. He turned to be Olimpia K.'s top player in his first season with the team. Auburn University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Purifoy is in league's top in points (9th best: 16.0ppg) and averages solid 61.1% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Alen Juarez (201-C-2000) of top-ranked Colonias Gold. He is international center in his first season at Colonias. In the last game Juarez recorded an impressive 27 points and 9 rebounds. It was enough for Colonias to edge Felix Perez (1-1) by 3 points 75-72. A very good start of the season for his team, which won so far all 3 games without any defeat. Juarez is a newcomer at Colonias and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to center Guillermo Araujo (204-C-1982) of Deportivo Campo Alto Asuncion (#6). Araujo scored 21 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. He was a key player of Campo Alto, leading his team to a 74-58 easy win against Luqueno (#7, 0-2). Araujo has a very solid season. In 3 games in Paraguay he scored 12.7ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Diego Ortega) of Ciudad N. - 23 points and 3 rebounds
5. Osmar Ventura (190-G-2004) of Amambay - 19 points and 9 rebounds
6. Alejandro Peralta (195-F-1991) of Olimpia K. - 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Diego Silva) of Colonias - 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Franco Benitez (199-F-1994) of San Jose - 15 points and 7 rebounds
9. Fabio Gauto (190-SG-2002) of Felix Perez - 17 points and 6 rebounds
10. Guillermo Aliende (178-PG-1997) of San Jose - 13 points, 4 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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