Greek A1 round 13 best performance: Deon Thompson.
American forward Deon Thompson (203-F-88) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Ikaros Kallitheas, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 13.
The 22-year old player had a double-double of 21 points and 15 rebounds, while his team edged out Aris (#6, 7-6) 64-62. Ikaros maintains the 9th position in Greek A1. Ikaros is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 6-7 record. Thompson turned to be Ikaros’ top player in his first season with the team. Former University of North Carolina star has very solid stats this year. Thompson is in league’s top in rebounds (2nd best: 9.6rpg), assists (3rd best: 0.6apg) and averages impressive 1.5bpg.