We bring you last week's top former Cavaliers players who are currently playing in pro basketball.
#1. Sylven Landesberg (6'6''-F/G-90, graduated '10, plays pro in Turkey) could not help Turk Telekom (10-7) in their game last Saturday. Despite his very good performance Turk Telekom was badly defeated 85-67 on the road by the lower-ranked Besiktas (#7). Landesberg was the top scorer with 20 points. He also added 6 rebounds and dished 3 assists in 36 minutes. Landesberg has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages 20.6ppg, 3.8rpg, 2.4apg and 1.1spg. Landesberg is a naturalized Austrian.
#2. Mike Tobey (7'0''-C-94, graduated '16, plays in Spain) led his Spanish team Valencia Basket to a victory against the fourth-ranked Limoges CSP Elite (1-5) 91-84 in the Eurocup in Wednesday night's game. Tobey scored 11 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. Valencia Basket (6-0) is placed first in group G. So far his team won all six games in the Top 16. They will play only one more game in the Eurocup Top 16. And that game will be critical. This year Tobey averages 8.2ppg, 4.9rpg and 1.1apg in 15 games he played so far.
#3. Darion Atkins (6'8''-F-92, graduated '15, currently in Israel) contributed to a Hapoel Unet Holon's victory against the closely-ranked Maccabi T-A (12-4) 100-95 in the Israeli Winner League last Sunday. Atkins scored 14 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and made 2 blocks in 27 minutes. It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Hapoel Unet Holon (13-4) is placed first in the Winner League. It was his team's tenth consecutive victory in a row. It's Atkins' first season with the team. He has relatively good stats this year 12.4ppg, 7.3rpg, 1.1apg and 1.1spg.
#4. Malcolm Brogdon (6'5''-G-92, graduated '16, plays pro in the NBA) helped Milwaukee Bucks win their game against the Dallas Mavericks (25-29) 122-107 in the NBA on Friday night. He scored 18 points, had 6 rebounds and dished 3 assists; quite an impressive performance considering it's only Brogdon's third season in pro basketball. The Milwaukee Bucks have a solid 41-14 record this season. It was his team's sixth consecutive victory in a row. Brogdon has very impressive stats this year 15.7ppg, 4.7rpg and 3.3apg in 51 games.
#5. Joe Harris (6'6''-G-91, graduated '14, plays in the NBA) was not able to help the Brooklyn Nets (29-28) in their game last Friday. Despite his very good performance the Brooklyn Nets (29-28) were badly defeated 125-106 in Chicago by the Bulls. Harris was the second best scorer with 19 points. He also added 5 passes in 31 minutes. This season Harris has very high stats. He averages 13.4ppg, 3.7rpg and 2.6apg.
#6. Jerome Meyinsse (6'10''-C-88, graduated '10, currently in Argentina) helped his Argentinian team San Lorenzo win their game against the closely-ranked Las Animas crushing them 93-70 in the Liga Americas last Sunday. Meyinsse scored 9 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. This year Meyinsse averages 6.3ppg and 6.0rpg in three games.
#7. Akil Mitchell (6'9''-F-92, graduated '14, plays pro in France) was not able to secure a victory for Boulazac Basket Dordogne (10-10) in their game last Friday. Despite Mitchell's good performance Boulazac Basket Dordogne was defeated 78-73 in Villeurbanne by the higher-ranked ASVEL Lyon- Basket (#9). He scored 11 points in 25 minutes. This season Mitchell averages 9.2ppg, 5.4rpg, 2.6apg and 1.3spg. He is a naturalized Panamanian.
#8. London Perrantes (6'2''-G-94, graduated '17, plays in France) helped Cholet Basket win their game against the closely-ranked JL Bourg 89-82 in the French Jeep ELITE in Saturday night's game. He scored 16 points and added 7 passes. Perrantes has very impressive stats this year 17.3ppg, 2.4rpg, 6.1apg and 1.2spg in nine games.
#9. Devon Hall (6'5''-G-95, graduated '18, currently in Australia) helped Cairns Taipans win their game against the closely-ranked Bullets 79-68 in the Australian NBL last Saturday. Hall scored 8 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and dished 5 assists in 23 minutes. This season Hall averages 9.5ppg, 4.5rpg and 2.5apg.
#10. Justin Anderson (6'6''-G-93, graduated '15, plays pro in the NBA) couldn't help the Atlanta Hawks in their game against the Orlando Magic in the NBA. Anderson scored 5 points. His team were badly defeated by 16 points 124-108 in the NBA. This year Anderson averages 3.0ppg and 1.5rpg in 27 games.
Notice: The list above includes only some of the The University of Virginia alumni playing currently in pro basketball. Check COMPLETE LIST.