By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
There is no better way for a player to make sure all eyes will be on him during the new season than to step into the spotlight the very moment it is switched on for the first time.
Several players delivered excellent performances in the opening week of the 2019-20 Basketball Champions League season to achieve just that.
Trevis Simpson of RASTA Vechta, Keith Langford of AEK, Deividas Gailius of Neptunas Klaipeda, Dyshawn Pierre of Dinamo Sassari and Giorgi Shermadini of Iberostar Tenerife nonetheless carved out a bigger area for themselves under the spotlight in the opening week of action.
Here is the very first Team of the Week this season, as made known by championsleague.basketball:
Trevis Simpson, Guard
The RASTA Vechta guard became on Tuesday night only the fourth player in Basketball Champions League history to score 30 points in the opening week of the season, as he led his team to a victorious debut in European competitions, 89-76 over Anwil Wloclawek.
Simpson poured in his 30 points on 10 of 19 shooting from the floor and 4 of 6 free-throws, brought down 5 rebounds and added one assist and one steal to sign off an individual display with an efficiency rating of 26.
The 28-year-old American spent 36 minutes on the floor, and while there is no Iron Man award for the season, this level of stamina might indicate that it’s not the last time we see Simpson on the Team of the Week.