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In an absolutely historic start to the season for Nikola Mirotic , only Giorgi Shermadini can keep up with him. Following in the footsteps of Podgorica (25.5), the Iberostar Tenerife center is the second most valued player in the Endesa League, with an average of 24.3. Shermadini still does not know what it means to go below double digits in this section, with 9 of the 12 matches reaching the score of twenty Annotation: The 4th player with the most points Shermadini is showing his highest scoring version seen in the Endesa League, with 18.2 points per game. As in rating, his consistency is total, with only one game under ten points and extreme consistency, with 8 games between 18 and 25 in his scoring tally. Only Prepelic (21.6), Booker (20.5) and Mirotic (20.2) guarantee more points than him in this league start.
The king of painting The aurinegro is the player Email Data who secures the most baskets of 2 per game, with an average of 6.9, clearly surpassing Kravic (6) and with a lot of margin over the third-placed player, Shengelia (4.9). A total of 83 baskets in only 12 games to be the leader in this statistic with a peculiarity: in addition to scoring a lot... he does it with high percentages. His reliability is close to 70% (69.7%), the sixth best mark in the entire competition, only behind Bearán, Fall, Cate, Shurna and Tavares . A magnet for rebound As if that were not enough, Shermadini once again puts his name among the best rebounders in the competition this season, with an average of 6.6 catches per game, the 6th highest in the Endesa League. Only Omic, Balvin, Clark, Tavares and Lima surpass him in this aspect. And the one from Georgia appears in both the Top 10 of best defensive rebounders (7th) and in the top 10 of offensive rebounders (8th).
acb Photo / E. Cobos And also… Apart from his already mentioned great streak that allows him to not have failed in any of the 12 games played, Shermadini appears as an outstanding leader on his team, almost doubling the next one in rating (Huertas, with 14.1), and appears both in the absolute ranking of fouls received (the 3rd most causing) as well as in dunks: it is the 5th that has hung on the rim the most times. Performance multiplied by two Giorgi Shermadini can boast of having improved all his numbers compared to his last season at Unicaja. The center has gone from scoring 9.5 points per game to 18.2, a progression almost identical to his rating: from 12.3 dressed in green to 24.3 on average as a black and white. Able to improve his already good percentages in free throws (from 82.8% to 83.8%) and 2-point shots With perspective, it is not only that it improves any previous record in Malaga. Also his best season in acb, that 2016-17 defending the MoraBanc Andorra team, Shermadini scored 15.7 points and 21.5 rating per shock, numbers that he today seems capable of surpassing in La Laguna.
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