{"id":1801,"date":"2023-01-06T17:50:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T17:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/former-nba-star-kosta-koufos-scoops-monthly-award-british-basketball-league\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T17:50:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T17:50:26","slug":"former-nba-star-kosta-koufos-scoops-monthly-award-british-basketball-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/former-nba-star-kosta-koufos-scoops-monthly-award-british-basketball-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA Star Kosta Koufos Scoops Monthly Award &#8211; British Basketball League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A perfect month for London Lions has been capped<br \/>\noff with big man Kosta Koufos being recognised as the Molten BBL Player of the<br \/>\nMonth for December, as the former NBA star has firmly established himself in<br \/>\nhis first campaign on these shores.<\/p>\n<p>While Lions went 6-0 in December \u2013 Koufos played<br \/>\nin five of those wins \u2013 and surged back to the summit of the BBL Championship table,<br \/>\nalso reaching the BBL Cup Final, the seven-foot centre averaged a double-double<br \/>\nof 15 points, 11 rebounds, two assists and one block in just 23 minutes per<br \/>\nouting for the month.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"\/>\n<p>As the starting centre for the Lions as they have<br \/>\ngained a reputation for fast starts he has been pivotal in their league leading<br \/>\ndefence, and overall is second in the BBL in rebounding, eighth in blocked<br \/>\nshots and fourth in field goal percentage at 52%.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight in December was his season-high 24<br \/>\npoints on 11-15 (73%) shooting in the BBL Cup semi-final on the road at Bristol<br \/>\nFlyers, as he added seven rebounds, three blocks and two assists in that game,<br \/>\nmeaning he is ninth in scoring and fifth in blocked shots in the Cup<br \/>\ncompetition so far.<\/p>\n<p>Koufos finished the month with consecutive<br \/>\nappearances in the weekly BBL All-Star 5, after closing 2022 with a<br \/>\ndouble-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds on 7-11 (63%) shooting as Lions beat<br \/>\nPlymouth City Patriots at the Copper Box Arena.<\/p>\n<p>In the biggest league victory of December, he had<br \/>\nanother double-double of 17 points and 14 boards in a road win at reigning<br \/>\nchampions Leicester Riders, with eight of those rebounds coming at the<br \/>\noffensive end and leading to eight second chance points \u2013 one of the big<br \/>\ndifference-makers in that contest.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the Lions in the summer, the 33-year-old<br \/>\nNBA veteran of more than 700 games peaked at impressive averages of eight<br \/>\npoints and seven rebounds for the Denver Nuggets in 2012-13, and featured six<br \/>\ntimes in the Play-offs after more recent spells with the Sacramento Kings and<br \/>\nMemphis Grizzlies. He has also played two campaigns in the EuroLeague \u2013 for<br \/>\nOlympiacos and CSKA Moscow \u2013 and represented the formidable Greek National<br \/>\nTeam, including a EuroBasket bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Koufos and his teammates now look forward to four<br \/>\ngames in the BBL Championship in January before finishing the month in the BBL<br \/>\nCup Final at Utilita Arena Birmingham, live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '1011873635634879'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbl.org.uk\/former-nba-star-kosta-koufos-scoops-monthly-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A perfect month for London Lions has been capped off with big man Kosta Koufos being recognised as the Molten BBL Player of the Month for December, as the former NBA star has firmly established himself in his first campaign on these shores. 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