JAPAN: “American Deshawn Stephens (203-F-89) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Akita NH and that’s him to receive a Asia-basket.com BJ League Player of the Week award for round 8. The 25-year old forward had the game-high 24 points adding eight rebounds and three assists for Akita NH in his team’s victory, helping them to crush, the league’s bottom-ranked team Gunma (#11, 0-6) with 16-point margin 98-82. Stephens turned to be Akita NH’s top player in his first season with the team. Deshawn Stephens averages this season 12.3ppg and 6.7rpg.”Read more…
