Mitchell’s 29 points and 7 assists give him Player of the Week award – Feb 15, 2014

 Mitchell’s 29 points and 7 assists give him Player of the Week award – Feb 15, 2014

POSTED BY:  EUROBASKET NEWS

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Kwamain Mitchell

24-year old point guard Kwamain Mitchell (178-PG-89) had a very impressive game in the last round for Usti n/Labem and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 30.
He had the game-high 29 points adding five rebounds and seven assists for Usti n/Labem in his team’s victory, helping them to beat BK Kolin (#8, 11-16) 93-81. Usti n/Labem maintains the 5th position in Czech Republic league. They would have been even better if they hadn’t lost a few games earlier this season. Usti n/Labem will need more victories to improve their 17-12 record. In the team’s last game Mitchell had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Usti n/Labem’s top player in his first season with the team. Saint Louis University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Mitchell is league’s best scorer averaging so far 21.9ppg and is league’s best passer with 5.0apg. Mitchell is in league’s top in and averages solid 2.9spg.

Second best performed player last round was Ashton Mitchell (183-G-88, agency: 011 Sports) of BK Kolin. He is American guard in his first season at BK Kolin. In the last game Mitchell recorded impressive double-double of 44 points and 10 rebounds. Bad luck as BK Kolin lost that game 81-93 to the higher-ranked Usti n/Labem (#5, 17-12). BK Kolin is still in a red zone at 8th spot in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league’s best with a mere 11-16 record. Mitchell is a newcomer at BK Kolin and quickly became one of team’s most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.7ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 4.2rpg and 5.5apg.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Martin Gniadek (201-F/C-90) of BK Opava (#3). Gniadek scored 24 points and grabbed ten rebounds. He was a key player of BK Opava, leading his team to a 77-63 easy win against #1 ranked Orli Prostejov in a game of the week. BK Opava needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 17 victories and 11 lost games. Gniadek has a very solid season. In 28 games in Czech Republic he scored 10.3ppg. He also has 6.2rpg and FGP: 62.8%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Kenny Kornowski (205-F-91) of Svitavy – 29 points and 8 rebounds
5. Vernon Lewis (198-F-83) of Usti n/Labem – 19 points and 13 rebounds
6. Deremy Geiger (180-PG-90) of MMCITE Brno – 26 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Anthony McClain (213-C-88) of MMCITE Brno – 13 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Jaromir Bohacik (197-G/F-92) of Orli Prostejov – 17 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Hernst Laroche (185-PG-89) of J.Hradec – 26 points and 2 rebounds
10. Keith Steffeck (201-F-89) of Usti n/Labem – 10 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists

The Player of the week is chosen 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)