Changwon LG Sakers (KBL) agreed terms with 32-year old Central African ex-international power forward James Mays (205-104kg-86, college: Clemson). It is actually his comeback to Changwon as he has played here before. Mays played last season at SK Knights in South Korean KBL league. In 10 games he had very impressive stats: 21.6ppg, 7.6rpg, 2.1apg and 1.4spg. Mays also played for Eagles (CBA) in league where in 13 games he recorded also remarkable stats: 25.9ppg, 11.5rpg, 2.8apg and 1.5spg. In 2008 Mays was drafted by Colorado 14ers (D-League) as #2 pick overall. The former Clemson University standoutis in his eleventh (!!!) season in pro basketball. Mays has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2013. He won Korean KBL championship title. The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others Mays was voted Asia-Basket.com All-PBA Commissioner's Cup Defensive Player of the Year back in 2014. Strangely he also played for Central African National Team in 2013. Mays played at the Arab Club Championships Quarterfinals three years ago. He is quite experienced player. Mays' career allowed him to visit three different continents, while he played in eight different countries. Mays tasted the life as pro basketball player in Asia, Latin America and of course North America. He has played previously professionally in Dominican Rep., Italy, Philippines, Puerto Rico (Capitanes), Turkey, NBA G League (Sioux Falls Skyforce and Maine Red Claws), D-League (Springfield A.) and China (Guizhou and Shaanxi Xinda). On Mays:
Showed an improved ability to find open looks for teammates; one of the quickest post players in the conference and maybe in the entire countryhas the ability to create crowd enthusiasm by turning in exciting playshe's also a very good defender, sees well the court and passes the ball well.
James Mays' double-double lands him Player of the Week award among Central Africans playing currently abroad: - 6 days ago
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We bring you last week's top performances from Central Africans who are playing abroad and who all have had prior experience of national team duties at youth or senior level. This week's number one is an experienced former international power forward James Mays (205-86). He led LG Sakers to a victory over the closely-ranked KT Sonicboom in the South Korean KBL in Wednesday night's game.
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JAMES MAYS
We bring you last week's top performances from Central Africans who are playing abroad and who all have had prior experience of national team duties at youth or senior level.
#1. This week's number one is an experienced former international power forward James Mays (205-86, college: Clemson, currently plays in South Korea). He led LG Sakers to a 2-point victory over the closely-ranked KT Sonicboom (23-19) 95-93 in the South Korean KBL in Wednesday night's game.
Mays was MVP of the game. He had a double-double by scoring 43 points and getting 30 rebounds (made all of his nine free throws !!!) in 42 minutes on the court.
It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Changwon LG Sakers (22-20) are placed fourth in the KBL.
Mays has individually a very good year with high stats. He averages: 26.5ppg, 14.1rpg, 1.8apg, 1.5spg, 2FGP: 54.1%, 3FGP: 25.0% and FT: 55.6% in 42 games he played so far.
Mays is a naturalized American.
He played for the Central African senior national team six years ago.
Strangely Mays has never played in Central Africa.
#2. Second place goes to an international small forward Max Kouguere (198-87, currently plays in France). He could not help Olympique Antibes (5-13) in their last game on Friday. Despite Kouguere's good performance Olympique Antibes was defeated 91-80 on the road by the much higher-ranked Chalons-Reims (#5).
He was the second best scorer with 14 points.
Kouguere's overall stats this season are: 5.6ppg, 2.6rpg, 1.1apg, 2FGP: 38.5%, 3FGP: 34.8% and FT: 56.5%.
He has a dual citizenship: Congolese and Central African.
Kouguere is in the roster of the Central African senior national team.
#3. The Central African player who performed third best last week abroad was an international power forward Jimmy Djimrabaye (202-92, currently plays in France). He was not able to help Quimper UJAP in their game against Nantes (5-10) in the French ProB (second division).
Djimrabaye scored 6 points in 24 minutes.
Quimper UJAP lost 79-87 on the opponent's court to the higher-ranked (#10) Nantes.
It's Djimrabaye's first season with the team.
This year his overall stats are: 7.0ppg, 3.5rpg, 1.2apg, 2FGP: 45.8%, 3FGP: 46.7%(7-15) and FT: 82.1% in 17 games.
Djimrabaye is also a member of the Central African senior national team.
#4. Forward Steven Perriere (203-95, currently plays in NCAA2) managed to help Lincoln Memorial University to win against the Wingate University 67-64 in the NCAA2 in Saturday night's game.
He recorded only 2 points.
It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. The Lincoln Memorial University has 4-1 record this season.
This year Perriere averages just 0.4ppg.
He is another player who holds two passports: French and Central African.
Perriere is also Central African national team player.
#5. Former international forward Saladine Ganda (203, currently plays in NAIA) was not able to secure a victory for the La Sierra University in their game against the Benedictine University at Mesa in the CalPac.
He recorded 8 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in 21 minutes.
his team lost 71-86 in Mesa to the Benedictine University at.
This year Ganda averages only 0.4ppg in five games.
He used to play for the Central African national team
two years ago.
Other top Central African players, who play abroad:
Johndre Jefferson selected the top Central African playing abroad in last week's games - 20 days ago
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Here is the weekly review of the top performing Central African players, who play currently abroad. This week's number one is an international power forward Johndre Jefferson (207-88, agency: Inception Sports). Heto an easy victory against the eighth-ranked BK Opava in the Basketball Champions League in Wednesday night's game.
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JOHNDRE JEFFERSON
Here is the weekly review of the top performing Central African players, who play currently abroad.
#1. This week's number one is an international power forward Johndre Jefferson (207-88, agency: Inception Sports, college: S.Carolina, currently plays in Basketball Champions League). He led his Greek team PAOK to an easy victory against the eighth-ranked BK Opava (1-11) crushing them 93-43 in the Basketball Champions League in Wednesday night's game.
Jefferson scored 11 points, had 8 boards, handed out 4 passes and blocked 2 shots in 26 minutes on the court. It was his first game for PAOK this season.
His team is placed third in group B.
There are only two games left until the end of the Basketball Champions League Regular Season. So now every game will be critical.
Jefferson is a naturalized American.
He is currently a member of the Central African senior national team. Strangely Jefferson has never played in Central Africa.
#2. Second place goes to an experienced former international power forward James Mays (205-86, college: Clemson, currently plays in South Korea). He led LG Sakers to a victory over one of league's weakest teams SK Knights (11-26) 86-76 in the South Korean KBL last Friday.
Mays was MVP of the game. He recorded a double-double by scoring 26 points and getting 14 rebounds. Mays also added and 3 steals.
Changwon LG Sakers (19-18) are placed fourth in the KBL.
It was his team's fourth consecutive victory in a row.
Mays has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages: 26.2ppg, 13.4rpg, 1.8apg, 1.5spg, 2FGP: 54.7%, 3FGP: 25.0% and FT: 56.6%.
Mays is a naturalized American.
He played for the Central African national team in 2013.
Apparently Mays has never played in Central Africa.
#3. The Central African player who performed third best last week abroad was an international small forward Max Kouguere (198-87, currently plays in France). He could not help Olympique Antibes (5-11) to beat Limoges CSP Elite (11-7).
Kouguere scored 7 points in 29 minutes.
Olympique Antibes was crushed 86-63 on the road by the much higher-ranked (#6) Limoges CSP Elite.
This year Kouguere's overall stats are: 5.4ppg, 2.4rpg, 1.1spg, 2FGP: 38.2%, 3FGP: 35.1% and FT: 57.9% in 18 games he played so far.
He has a dual citizenship: Congolese and Central African.
Kouguere is also a member of the Central African senior national team.
#4. Power forward Jimmy Djimrabaye (202-92, currently plays in France) contributed to a Quimper UJAP's victory against the closely-ranked Poitiers (6-10) 90-85 in the French ProB (second division) in Saturday night's game.
He recorded 10 points.
Quimper UJAP (6-9) is placed 12th in the ProB.
It's Djimrabaye's first season with the team.
Djimrabaye's total stats this year are: 7.1ppg, 3.7rpg and 1.2apg.
He is also Central African national team player.
#5. Former international point guard Anthony Gouzhy (180-93, currently plays in France) was not able to help Feurs EF in their game against Saint-Quentin (19-1) in the French NM1 (third division). Gouzhy did not have that impressive stats last Saturday.
He scored only 2 points in 13 minutes.
The tenth-placed Feurs EF (8-13) lost 57-69 at home to the second-ranked Saint-Quentin in the Group A.
It was Feurs EF's sixth consecutive loss in a row.
This year Gouzhy averages just 2.0ppg in two games.
He used to play for the Central African national team
six years ago.
Other top Central African players, who play abroad:
JOHNDRE JEFFERSON PAOK Thessaloniki (A1) strengthened their roster with addition of 30-year old Central African international power forward Johndre Jefferson (207-102kg-88, college: S.Carolina, agency: Inception Sports). He supposed to play at Cibona in Croatian Premijer Liga, but left the team in Dec.'18. In 9 games he recorded 9.2ppg, 5.2rpg, 1.3spg and 1.0bpg this season. Jefferson also played 8 games in ABA League where he averaged 8.0ppg, 5.5rpg and 1.0bpg. The last summer he played... [read more]
JOHNDRE JEFFERSON
PAOK Thessaloniki (A1) strengthened their roster with addition of 30-year old Central African international power forward Johndre Jefferson (207-102kg-88, college: S.Carolina, agency: Inception Sports). He supposed to play at Cibona in Croatian Premijer Liga, but left the team in Dec.'18. In 9 games he recorded 9.2ppg, 5.2rpg, 1.3spg and 1.0bpg this season. Jefferson also played 8 games in ABA League where he averaged 8.0ppg, 5.5rpg and 1.0bpg. The last summer he played at Overseas Elite in U.S. semi-pro league The Basketball Tournament. Jefferson helped them to win the league title. Among other achievements he received Eurobasket.com All-Italian LNP Gold 2nd Team award back in 2015. Jefferson has been regularly called to Central African Senior National Team since 2018. He is a very experienced player. Thanks to Jefferson's pro career he managed to play on three different continents (Europe, Asia and of course North America) in six different countries. Jefferson has played previously professionally in Israel (Maccabi Kiryat Gat and Elitzur Ramla), Lebanon (Champville), Slovakia (Iskra Svit), Turkey (Konyaspor and Afyon Bld), Italy (Dolomiti Energia Trento) and IBL (Salem S.). He attended University of South Carolina until 2011 and it is his eighth season in pro basketball.
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