RUSSIA: “American Derrick
Brown
(203-F-87) had an amazing evening in the last round for league’s
leader Lokomotiv and that’s him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week
award for round 1.
The 26-year old forward had a double-double of 23 points
and eleven rebounds, while his team beat Enisey (#9, 0-1), the league’s
bottom-ranked team 93-87. Thanks to this victory Lokomotiv moved-up to the 1st
position in the VTB United League. It’s Brown’s second year at Lokomotiv and it’s hard to imagine this team without
him. Xavier University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Brown is
league’s best scorer averaging so far 21.5ppg. Brown is in league’s top in
rebounds (2nd best: 7.5rpg), assists (2nd best: 3.5apg) and averages solid 77.3%
FGP. “