American Keith Wright (203-F-89) had a very impressive game in the last round for league's second-best Uppsala and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 30. The 23-year old forward had a double-double of 17 points and twenty rebounds, while his team beat Eagles (#11, 5-25) 89-77. Uppsala is placed at 2nd position in Swedish Basketligan. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Uppsala will need more victories to improve their 22-8 record. Wright turned to be Uppsala's top player in his first season with the team. Harvard University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Wright is in league's top in rebounds (4th best: 8.9rpg) and averages solid 1.5bpg and 61.3% FGP.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 23-year old American forward Isiah Brown (203-F-89) of 08. Brown impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 29 points and 10 rebounds. Of course he lead 08 to another comfortable win 93-75 over the lower-ranked Eco Orebro (#12, 5-25) being unquestionably team leader. 08's 7th position in has not changed. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 14-16 record. Brown is a newcomer at 08 and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.
The third best performed player last round was American Michael Cuffee (195-G-83) of top-ranked Sundsvall. Cuffee got into 30-points club by scoring 36 points in the last round. Despite Cuffee's great performance Sundsvall lost 94-100 to #3 ranked Sodertalje. But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. Sundsvall had another "accident". It may be a crucial gamestill good, but 5th lost game is hopefully really an accident. Cuffee's teammates are also very good. That's why having such high stats is even more impressive. Cuffee has a great season in Sweden. After 29 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.8ppg (7th best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Stavros Toutziarakis (210-C-87) of Solna - 24 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists 5. Terell Castle (182-PG-72) of Eco Orebro - 32 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists 6. Justin Sedlak (205-F/C-87) of Solna - 13 points and 11 rebounds 7. John Roberson (180-PG-88) of Sodertalje - 28 points and 4 assists 8. Urule Igbavboa (203-C-87) of LF Basket - 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists 9. Christian Maraker (206-PF-82) of Norrkoping - 19 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists 10. William Walker (200-F-87) of Nassjo - 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 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)
Sweden clinched 4th place at the Nordic Championship Men U16 - May 20, 2013
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Sweden clinched 4th place at the Nordic Championship Men U16.
In Day 1 Sweden U16 overcame Norway U16 69:65. The hosts led 8 points at the halftime, but managed to save only 4-point victory. Craig Lecesne top-scored for the winners with 16 points and Tobias Sjoberg delivered 12. Harald Eika Frey erupted with 30 points in the losing effort, whilst Flemming Ravndal added 14.
In Day 2 Denmark U16 beat Sweden U16 88:61 [read more]
Sweden clinched 4th place at the Nordic Championship Men U16. In Day 1 Sweden U16 overcame Norway U16 69:65. The hosts led 8 points at the halftime, but managed to save only 4-point victory. Craig Lecesne top-scored for the winners with 16 points and Tobias Sjoberg delivered 12. Harald Eika Frey erupted with 30 points in the losing effort, whilst Flemming Ravndal added 14. In Day 2 Denmark U16 beat Sweden U16 88:61. The favorites grabbed a 29-13 lead in the first period and never looked behind after. Jacob Glarbjerg Larsen led the way with 17 points as five players scored in double digits for the winners. Theodore Ovrebo replied with 12 and Tobias Sjoberg had 10. Sweden U16 beat Estonia U16 72:69. In that game the teams exchanged the lead several times and only due to the third quarter 26-19 push the hosts managed to seal the victory. Craig Lecesne paced all the winners with 12 points while Henrik Sjolin, John Brndmark and Samuel Berkelund had 11 each. Iceland U16 closed Day 4 defeating Sweden U16 81:53. Although the teams exchanged the victories in the first two quarters, Iceland pushed the tempo in the second half and added 26-8 and 22-17 respectively in the third and the last quarters. Hilmir Kristjansson stepped up with 16 points for the winners and Kristinn Palsson followed him with 14 points. Craig Lecesne and Tobias Sjoberg poured in 10 points each in defeat. Finland U16 outscored Sweden U16 62:51. Vili Nyman paced all the winners with 13 points and Matias Suvanto added 11. Tobias Sjoberg replied with 11 points in defeat, whilst Nils Johansson notched 8.
Swedish National Player Thomas Massamba(185-PG-85) helped his team Lukoil Academik to win in the semifinals over Rilski Sportist with 86-84 (3-2). Lukoil Academik forced 21 Rilski Sportist turnovers. In the finals, Lukoil Academik will face Levski from Sofia. In just 19 min, Massamba had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 ass and he saved his team by hitting 2 points in the last 2 seconds. Earlier this season, Massamba won the Bulgarian Cup and has played 6 games in EuroCup: 2 [read more]
Swedish National Player Thomas Massamba (185-PG-85) helped his team Lukoil Academik to win in the semifinals over Rilski Sportist with 86-84 (3-2). Lukoil Academik forced 21 Rilski Sportist turnovers. In the finals, Lukoil Academik will face Levski from Sofia. In just 19 min, Massamba had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 ass and he saved his team by hitting 2 points in the last 2 seconds. Earlier this season, Massamba won the Bulgarian Cup and has played 6 games in EuroCup: 2.7ppg, 1.5rpg, 1.2apg, 1reb, 1steal. Last two seasons, Massamba has spent two season in Cyprus with InterCollege Etha Engomis where he won the Cup 11 and Cyprus League Champion -11, 12.. He also played in Sodertalje Kings, Solna Vikings and 08 Stockholm . He was member of Swedish U20 NT and part of the Swedish National Team 06, 08-09-12. Qualifications to European Championships 2013 -12: 8 games: 6.1ppg, 2.8rpg, 5.0apg, 1.4spg, FGP: 50.0%, 3PT: 31.6%, FT: 72.2%
Danilo Sibalic signed one-season deal with LF Basket - May 17, 2013
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Danilo Sibalic (204-F/C-88, agency: Beo Basket) signed one-season deal with ambitious Swedish team LF Basket (former Plannja Basket, Swedish champ 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007). The combo forward had 17.3 ppg and 4.3 rpg in Serbian league this season with Smederevo. He had 46.7% for 3-pts (49/105), No.1 in the league. The player started the season with Bosnian Servitium collecting 17.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg for 5 games. He also has experience from Austrian UBC St [read more]
Danilo Sibalic (204-F/C-88, agency: Beo Basket) signed one-season deal with ambitious Swedish team LF Basket (former Plannja Basket, Swedish champ 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007). The combo forward had 17.3 ppg and 4.3 rpg in Serbian league this season with Smederevo. He had 46.7% for 3-pts (49/105), No.1 in the league. The player started the season with Bosnian Servitium collecting 17.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg for 5 games. He also has experience from Austrian UBC St. Polten and Italian Snaidero Udine.
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