By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
With Galatasaray among the entries to the Final Four of the 2024-25 edition of the Basketball Champions League, the success extended to James Palmer Jr. getting the Player of the Week nod for Game 2 of the Quarterfinals.
The 28-year-old guard outlasted Marcelinho Huertas and Giorgi Shermadini of La Laguna Tenerife, Kendrick Perry of Unicaja, and William Howard of Nanterre 92 in a fan vote to become the Player of the Week on Friday, on the heels of being named Most Valuable Player of the Round of 16.
Helping the Istanbul-based club complete a two-game sweep on Tuesday, Palmer delivered a game-high 24 points with 7/13 field goals, including six three-pointers. Over 33 minutes in Basketball Development Center, he added seven rebounds, five assists, and two steals en route to an efficiency rating of 27.
2024-25 Players of the Week
Regular Season
1. Zoltan Perl (Falco Vulcano Szombathely)
2. Zac Seljaas (FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets)
3. Zoltan Perl (Falco Vulcano Szombathely)
4. Jaromir Bohacik (ERA Nymburk)
5. R.J. Cole (Rytas)
6. Paul Lacombe (Nanterre 92)
7. Steven Enoch (Rytas)
8. Gytis Radzevicius (Rytas)
9. Kendale McCullum (Maccabi Ramat Gan)
10. Daron Russell (Karsiyaka)
Play-Ins
1. Chase Audige (Filou Oostende)
2. Desi Rodriguez (Nanterre 92)
Round of 16
1. Jaromir Bohacik (ERA Nymburk)
2. Prentiss Hubb (AEK Betsson)
3. R.J. Cole (Rytas)
4. Justin Gorham (Bertram Derthona Tortona)
5. Nighael Ceaser (ERA Nymburk)
6. Stephen Brown (ERA Nymburk)
Quarterfinals
1. Giorgi Shermadini (La Laguna Tenerife)
Top 5 Plays
More Galatasaray action in the weekly installment of the Top 5 Plays with a powerful dunk by Michael Young placing fifth. On the opposite end of a sweep, ERA Nymburk’s Christian Bishop ranked first, while Kenneth Faried went for second, the latest spectacular combination of Huertas and Shermadini sat third, and Unicaja’s Tyson Carter ranked fourth.
🎬 Four games, three sweeps – here are the Top Plays of this week‘s Quarter-Final games! #BasketballCL pic.twitter.com/aQZYHCYxFQ
— Basketball Champions League (@BasketballCL) April 18, 2025
Photo Credit: FIBA