Shine's double-double lands him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

Emmanuel Shine

27-year old power forward Emmanuel Shine (199-F/C-94) put on an amazing game in the last round for league's best team T.Suns and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 7.
He had a double-double of 28 points and 14 rebounds, while his team beat EC Windbreakers (#6, 0-4), the league's bottom-ranked team 67-53. It allowed T.Suns to consolidate first place in the South African league. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but T.Suns already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. Shine has many years of experience at T.Suns, through which he has constantly improved. Shine has impressive league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 19.5ppg. Shine is in league's top in rebounds (8th best: 7.0rpg) and averages solid 3.5spg and 75.0% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Thomas Rutsito (202-F/C-97) of NC Zebras. He is Zimbabwean forward in his first season at NC Zebras. In the last game Rutsito recorded impressive double-double of 14 points and 18 rebounds. Of course he led NC Zebras to another comfortable win outscoring slightly lower-ranked L.Pride (#5, 1-4) 71-49. This victory allowed NC Zebras to move up to 4th position in Group A. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 2-3 record. Rutsito is a newcomer at NC Zebras and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to swingman Nkosinathi Sibanyoni (G/F) of league's second-best Egoli MagicMAG. Sibanyoni scored 17 points and grabbed twenty one rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Egoli Magic, leading his team to a 69-44 easy win against #3 ranked M.Rhinos in a game of the week. Egoli Magic needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in Group A. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 1 lost game. Sibanyoni has a great season in South Africa. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 17.8rpg (#1 in league).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Marcus Mokoena) of M.Rhinos - 14 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Bantaleka Josias) of M.Rhinos - 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Sphelele Mdlalose (G) of M.Rhinos - 17 points and 4 rebounds
7. Julian Wright (196-G/F-90) of EC Windbreakers - 17 points and 9 rebounds
8. Ludwig Gerdes (191-SF-94) of Tshwane S. - 8 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Vusi Sibeko (G) of M.Rhinos - 8 points and 12 rebounds
10. Lwazi Mapititza (191-G/F-90) of EC Windbreakers - 10 points and 6 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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