35-year old Canadian power forward Andrew Nicholson (206-PF-1989) put on an amazing game in the last round for Korea Gas Corporation and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 27.
He had a double-double of 34 points and 14 rebounds, while his team edged out Suwon KT (#5, 15-14) 76-74. KoGas maintains the 4th position in South Korean league. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. KoGas will need more victories to improve their 17-13 record. In the team's last game Nicholson had a remarkable 57.1% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 7 attempts. It's his second year at KoGas and it's hard to imagine this team without him. St. Bonaventure University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Nicholson is in league's top in points (2nd best: 21.0ppg), rebounds (8th best: 8.7rpg) and averages solid 50.6% FGP and 44.7% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Jameel Warney (203-C-1994) of top-ranked

Seoul SK Knights. He is American center in his 6th season at Seoul Knights. In the last game Warney recorded an impressive triple-double of 29 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. Of course he led Knights to another comfortable win 84-69 over the lower-ranked Anyang (#10, 8-22) being unquestionably team leader. Of course Seoul Knights still keep the league's top spot. His team lost just six games this season, while they won 24 matches. Warney is one of the most experienced players at Seoul Knights and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 24.5ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 12.7rpg and 4.4apg.

Third place about best performers goes to Darryl Monroe (202-C/F-1986) of

Changwon LG Sakers (#3). Monroe showcased his all-around game by recording 18 points, 16 rebounds (!!!) and 5 assists in the last round. He was a key player of Sakers, leading his team to a 78-70 win against slightly lower-ranked Suwon KT (#5, 15-14). LG Sakers needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 17 victories and 13 lost games. Monroe has a very solid season. In 30 games in South Korea he scored 8.1ppg. He also has 7.5rpg, 3.1apg and a FGP of 55.4%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Ismael Romero (205-C-1991) of Suwon KT - 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Jae-Do Lee (180-PG-1991) of Sono SG - 18 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
6. In-Woong Park (186-G-2000) of Wonju DB - 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Kofi Cockburn (213-C-1999) of Seoul Thunders - 20 points and 8 rebounds
8. Junseok Yang (179-G-2001) of LG Sakers - 16 points, 3 rebounds and 12 assists
9. Carl Tamayo (200-F-2001) of LG Sakers - 24 points and 7 rebounds
10. Jin-Yu Kim (188-G-1994) of Sono SG - 18 points and 7 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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