Withers number one in New Zealand NBL for round 4

- March 29, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Todd Withers

Todd Withers

American Forward Todd Withers (202-F-1996) had a great game in the last round for Otago Nuggets, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
The 28-year old player had a double-double of 27 points and 17 rebounds, while his team edged out Jets (#5, 3-2) 108-104. Nuggets is placed at 8th position in New Zealand NBL. Nuggets 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 2-2 record. In the team's last game Withers had a remarkable five three-pointers out of 7 attempts. He just recently signed at Nuggets, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Former Queens University star has very solid stats this year. Withers is in league's top in rebounds (5th best: 10.0rpg) and averages impressive 1.7bpg,52.6% FGP and 47.8% from behind 3-point line.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Chris Jones (178-PG-1991, agency: Haylett Sports) of league's second-best Tauranga Whai. Jones had a very good evening with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. It was enough for Tauranga to edge Tuatara (#11, 0-3) 78-76. This victory allowed Whai to move up to second position in the standings. His team lost just one game this season, while they won 4 matches. Jones is one of the most experienced players at Whai and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third on the list of top players last round was Australian swingman Nick Marshall (198-F/G-1999) of Wellington Saints (#7). Marshall got into 30-points club by scoring 35 points in the last round. He went also for six rebounds . He was a key player of Saints, leading his team to a 122-83 easy win against slightly lower-ranked Sharks (#9, 1-3). Saints needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 2 victories and 1 lost games. Marshall has a great season in New Zealand. After only 3 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 24.0ppg (8th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Buay Tuach (198-G/F-1995) of Tuatara - 31 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Hyrum Harris (204-F-1996) of Saints - 12 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists
6. Miles Gibson (198-F-1998) of Jets - 30 points and 7 rebounds
7. Josiah Allick (203-F-2001) of Sharks - 22 points and 9 rebounds
8. Kenny Goins (201-PF-1996) of Jets - 24 points and 13 rebounds
9. Jose Perez (196-F-1998) of Nuggets - 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
10. David Okwera (208-F-2002) of Bulls - 21 points, 6 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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