Drileba's 14 points and 6 rebounds give him Player of the Week award

- July 25, 2023
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30-year old shooting guard Tony Drileba (183-SG-1993) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's best team City Oilers and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 21.
He had the game-high 14 points adding six rebounds and three assists for City Oilers in his team's victory, helping them to crush UPDF (#11, 5-14) with 25-point margin 75-50. It allowed City Oilers to consolidate first place in the Ugandan league. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. It's already very far into the season and City Oilers keeps a perfect 17-0 record. Drileba has many years of experience at City Oilers, through which he has constantly improved. Tony Drileba averages this season 7.9ppg, 6.1rpg and 4.9apg.

Second best performed player last round was Moses Mugisha (C/F-1984) of Our Saviour. He is a in his first (recently joined) season at Our Saviour. In the last game Mugisha recorded impressive double-double of 21 points and 16 rebounds. Bad luck as Our Saviour was edged by the lower-ranked JKL Dolphins (#10, 5-12) 80-79. Our Saviour managed to keep the same 6th spot in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 8-9 record. Mugisha is one of the most experienced players at Our Saviour and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Chuma Fadhili (F-1995) of JKL Dolphins (#10). Fadhili showcased his all-around game by recording 17 points, nine rebounds and six assists in the last round. He was a key player of JKL Dolphins, leading his team to a 80-79 win against the higher-ranked Our Saviour (#6, 8-9). JKL Dolphins can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 5-12 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Fadhili has a very solid season. In 6 games in Uganda he scored 11.5ppg. He also has 10.3rpg and 6.3apg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Joseph Wacha (G-1991) of Our Saviour - 15 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists
5. Jimmy Enabu (187-PG) of City Oilers - 14 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Felix Mukunzi (193-SF-1995) of UPDF - 20 points and 3 rebounds
7. Amisi Saidi (200-C) of KIU Titans - 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Denis Omara) of JKL Dolphins - 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Henry Ssebagala) of Our Saviour - 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Davis Assimwe (G) of Our Saviour - 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists

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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Tags : TONY DRILEBA, CITY OILERS KAMPALA, UGANDAN BASKETBALL

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