Ventura's double-double lands him Player of the Week award

- September 10, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Osmar Ventura

21-year old Brazilian guard Osmar Ventura (190-G-2004) had an amazing evening in the last round for Deportivo Amambay and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 6.
He had a double-double of 20 points and 17 rebounds, while his team crushed Campo Alto (#7, 2-4) with 16-point margin 91-75. Amambay is placed at 4th position in Paraguayan league. Amambay 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 3-3 record. In the team's last game Ventura had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Amambay's top player in his first season with the team. Ventura has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (8th best: 16.3ppg), rebounds (2nd best: 9.7rpg) and averages solid 68.1% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Charles Hinkle (198-G-1988) of top-ranked Olimpia Kings. He is American guard in his first season at Olimpia K.. In the last game Hinkle recorded an impressive 31 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. It was enough for Olimpia K. to edge slightly lower-ranked Colonias (#2, 5-1) by 4 points 104-100. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Olimpia K. consolidated its place in the very top position of the standings. He plays for the best team in the league and Olimpia K. managed to win all 7 games keeping a perfect record. Hinkle is a newcomer at Olimpia K. and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 25.3ppg (#1). He also registered 5.5 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to Dominique Morrison (198-SF-1989, agency: Haylett Sports) of Felix Perez Cardozo Asuncion (#5). Morrison scored 26 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. He was a key player of Felix Perez, leading his team to a 89-36 easy win against Luqueno (#9, 0-6). Felix Perez needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 3 lost games. Morrison has a very solid season. In 2 games in Paraguay he scored 24.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Diego Silva) of Colonias - 21 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists
5. Samuel Givens (198-F-1989) of Colonias - 28 points and 7 rebounds
6. Danjel Purifoy (201-F-1995) of Olimpia K. - 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Gabriel Riveiro) of Amambay - 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Juan Poisson (198-C-1998) of Colonias - 17 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Desmond Holloway (194-SF-1990) of San Alfonso - 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Vincenzo Ochipinti (191-G/F-1999) of Olimpia K. - 26 points and 2 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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