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We evaluated the players in five different areas that can reveal the competitive value of each of them so far this season. The highest score in each area is 10.
Honorable mentions: Sergio Rodriguez, Tornike Shengelia, Alexey Shved, Anthony Randolph
#7 FACUNDO CAMPAZZO (new entry)
Real Madrid | Guard | March 23, 1991 | Argentina
11.3 pts | 2.1 reb | 6.6 ast | 1.7 stl | 0 blk | 2.5 tov | 24:24 min | 16 PIR | 15 G
Player’s performance: 8
Team’s course: 10
Player’s role: 9
Consistency: 7
Leadership: 9
Total: 43
After a mediocre start – for his standards – Facundo Campazzo revved up the engine and contributed greatly to Real Madrid‘s impressive run of 10 consecutive wins and their rise to the top of the rankings.
He’s now shooting 43.5% from the field and putting up a career-high of 11.3 points per game. Even when he’s not scoring, though, he fills the void with another career-high of 6.6 assists. He recently posted the third-best best passing performance of all time with 17 assists against Valencia Basket. He ranks second in assists in the competition and 12th in the PIR, yet another career high that he’s working on this season.
#6 VASILIJE MICIC (previous ranking: tied 2nd)
Anadolu Efes Istanbul | Guard | January 13, 1994 | Serbia
13.9 pts | 2.6 reb | 6.1 ast | 1.3 stl | 0 blk | 3.4 tov | 31:03 min | 14.7 PIR | 15 G
Player’s performance: 8
Team’s course: 10
Player’s role: 9
Consistency: 8
Leadership: 9
Total: 44
Vasilije Micic’s numbers have dropped but, despite that, he remains incredibly valuable in Anadolu Efes Istanbul’s game. It’s no coincidence that he’s the only player on the team who gets over 30 minutes of playing time per game, ranking second in the EuroLeague.
His last performance was one of his worst this season and this cost his team with an 80-81 home loss vs. CSKA Moscow. But Micic has proven that he has what it takes to bounce back and do so quickly. We’re talking about a player who ranks 13th in points, fourth in assists and 20th in the PIR, all of them his career highs.