France – Tim Blue claims French ProA weekly honour

Tim Blue Experienced American Tim Blue (205-PF-84) had a great game in the last round for Antibes and that’s him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 4.The 32-year old power forward had a double-double of 23 points and thirteen rebounds, while his team beat Orleans (#17, 1-3) 76-70. Antibes is placed at 3rd position in French ProA. They would have been even better if they hadn’t lost that single game earlier this season. Antibes will need more victories to improve their 3-1 record. In the team’s last game Blue had a remarkable 72.7% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Antibes, through which he has constantly improved. Middle Tennessee State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Blue is in league’s top in assists (6th best: 7.0apg) and averages solid 55.3% FGP.The second most remarkable performance in last round’s games was 26-year old American point guard D.J. Cooper (183-PG-90) of Pau-Lacq-Orthez. Cooper impressed basketball fans with a triple-double of 13 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. Of course he led Pau-Lacq-Orthez to another comfortable win 78-65 over the lower-ranked Gravelines (#13, 1-3) being unquestionably team …

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