Basketball South Australia and the Premier League today announced that James Legan (190-G-87, college: E.Carolina, agency: Court Side) was named Player of the Round for Round 17, following his performance in the West Adelaide Bearcats' 112-83 win over the South Adelaide Panthers.
In 29 minutes, Legan recorded 35 points with nine 3-pointers and eight rebounds, thus earning his first Player of the Round award of the year.
After missing the first game of the season, Legan has played in every game since and has helped the Bearcats sit second on the ladder after seventeen rounds with a 14-3 record.
In 16 games, Legan is averaging 20.3 points (eighth-highest in the league), 5.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.
The Bearcats' regular-season finale occurs this weekend, as they take on the first-placed Southern Tigers (15-2) and look to secure the minor premiership.
See here for the league's Facebook post regarding Legan's Player of the Round award.
JUSTIN KING Al Wakrah (D1) tabbed 29-year old American guard Justin King (196-91kg-89, college: TRU). He joins another USA player Joshua Caldwell which is already in the roster. King played in the summer at Stirling Senators in Australian SBL. In 31 games he averaged impressive 22.7ppg, 7.5rpg and 2.8apg. King helped them to make it to the semifinals. He can count that season as a very successful as was selected to Australiabasket.com All-Australian SBL 1st Team, All-Star Game and Leagu... [read more]
JUSTIN KING
Al Wakrah (D1) tabbed 29-year old American guard Justin King (196-91kg-89, college: TRU). He joins another USA player Joshua Caldwell which is already in the roster. King played in the summer at Stirling Senators in Australian SBL. In 31 games he averaged impressive 22.7ppg, 7.5rpg and 2.8apg. King helped them to make it to the semifinals. He can count that season as a very successful as was selected to Australiabasket.com All-Australian SBL 1st Team, All-Star Game and League Player of the Week. His team won Pac-West Conference Tournament in 2015. King is a very experienced player. He graduated from Thompson Rivers University in 2014 and it will be his fifth season in pro basketball.
JOSH CHILDRESS San-en NeoPhoenix (B League) landed experienced 35-year old American swingman Josh Childress (203-95kg-83, college: Stanford). It is actually his comeback to San en NeoPhoenix as he has played here before. Childress played most recently at 36ers in Australian NBL league. In 27 games he averaged 12.5ppg, 6.6rpg (#5 in the league), 2.1apg and 1.1spg last season. Childress helped them to make it to the final after they ended regular season as second best team. In 2004 Childre... [read more]
JOSH CHILDRESS
San-en NeoPhoenix (B League) landed experienced 35-year old American swingman Josh Childress (203-95kg-83, college: Stanford). It is actually his comeback to San en NeoPhoenix as he has played here before. Childress played most recently at 36ers in Australian NBL league. In 27 games he averaged 12.5ppg, 6.6rpg (#5 in the league), 2.1apg and 1.1spg last season. Childress helped them to make it to the final after they ended regular season as second best team. In 2004 Childress was drafted by Atlanta Hawks (NBA) in first round (6th overall). He attended Stanford University and it is his 15th (!!!) season in pro basketball.
JEREMEE DAVIS Cleveland Havok added to their roster 28-year old point guard Jeremee Davis (191-93kg-90, college: Georgia & State). It is actually his comeback to Havok as he has played here before (2016 Mitchell Cup). Davis played last summer at Somerset Heat in Australian league. In 24 games he was fifth best scorer with impressive 19.6ppg and had 1.0rpg. The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others he won El Salvador Liga Mayor Apertura championship title in 2016. D... [read more]
JEREMEE DAVIS
Cleveland Havok added to their roster 28-year old point guard Jeremee Davis (191-93kg-90, college: Georgia & State). It is actually his comeback to Havok as he has played here before (2016 Mitchell Cup). Davis played last summer at Somerset Heat in Australian league. In 24 games he was fifth best scorer with impressive 19.6ppg and had 1.0rpg.
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others he won El Salvador Liga Mayor Apertura championship title in 2016. Davis was also voted Latinbasket.com All-El Salvador Liga Mayor Rookie of the Year in 2016.
He is quite experienced player. Thanks to Davis' pro career he managed to play on four different continents (Europe, Latin America, Australia and of course North America) in five different countries. Davis has played previously professionally in Germany, United Kingdom (Dragons), El Salvador (Denver-FAS San Salvador, Halcones and Brujos Izalco), other UBA team (GIE Maile Matrix) and PBL (Holland Dream).
In 2016 Davis was named Copa Mitchell Cup 2nd Team after averaging 15 points and 6 assists.
He is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top summer league for players who want to play basketball overseas.
Davis attended Georgia & State until 2012 and it will be his seventh season as a professional player.
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