Spain – Whittington’s double-double lands him Player of the Week award

ShayneWhittington 25-year old center Shayne Whittington (211-C-91) put on an amazing game in the last round for Obradoiro and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 2.He had a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds, while his team lost the game against the league’s best team Iberostar Tener. (#3, 2-0) 55-70. Obradoiro already lost 2 games and recorded no victories. Whittington turned to be Obradoiro’s top player in his first season with the team. Western Michigan University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Whittington is in league’s top in rebounds (5th best: 9.0rpg) and averages solid 75.0% from behind 3-point line.Second best performed player last round was Patrik Auda (206-PF-89, agency: Octagon Europe) of Manresa. He is Czech Republic forward in his first season at Manresa. In the last game Auda recorded impressive 19 points and 9 rebounds. It was enough for Manresa to edge Sevilla (1-1) by 5 points 80-75. The season is still at the very …

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