Okwera's double-double lands him NBL One Player of the Week award

- April 7, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

David Okwera

David Okwera

23-year old forward David Okwera (208-F-2002) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for East Perth Eagles and receives a Hoops Agents NBL One Player of the Week award for round 3.
He had a double-double of 33 points and 11 rebounds, while his team beat Mandurah M. (#13, 0-2), the league's bottom-ranked team 113-98. Eagles is placed at 5th position in Australian NBL One. East Perth E. is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 1-1 record. In the team's last game Okwera had a remarkable 90.9% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Eagles and just after two games he already turned to be a very valuable addition to the team. Okwera has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (5th best: 29.0ppg) and averages solid 3.5bpg,74.1% FGP and 50.0% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was BJ Symons (F-1998) of Eastern Mavericks. He is a forward in his first season at Eastern M.. In the last game Symons recorded an impressive 26 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Of course he led Eastern Mavericks to another comfortable win outscoring C.District L. (1-2) 114-92. The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Symons is one of the most experienced players at Eastern M. and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Sharif Black (185-G-1996, agency: Crossover Management) of league's leader Joondalup City Wanneroo Wolves. Black got into 30-points club by scoring 33 points in the last round. He went also for six rebounds . He was a key player of Wanneroo, leading his team to a 106-78 easy win against Perry Lakes H. (#14, 0-2). Joondalup W. has a very good start of the season. But there were just 2 games played, so it's too early to judge them at this stage. Black also has a very good start of the season with very strong stats. Black has a great season in Australia. After only 2 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 31.5ppg (best scorer) and rebounds with 7.0rpg (7th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. George Blagojevic (203-F-1997) of Melbourne T. - 27 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Marshawn Blackmon (196-G-1997) of Warwick S. - 40 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Machar Machar) of N.Adelaide R. - 29 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Lachlan Bertram (183-PG-2001) of Mandurah M. - 32 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
8. Che Brogan (198-F-2006) of Southern T. - 31 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists
9. Curtis Scott (190-G-2003) of Eastern M. - 29 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Brandon Slater (203-F-1999) of Knox R. - 26 points, 7 rebounds and 3 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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