In near-unanimous fashion, Lu “Male Model” Cheng-ju was named last week’s Player of the Week after another outstanding weekend of play in leading his club to a pair of wins before the Lunar New Year holiday.
The Yulon Luxgen small forward easily won the nods from members of the Basketball Writers’ Association for his uncanny display of grace and poise, averaging 26 points, five rebounds and 2.5 steals per game in the Luxgens’ two wins over worthy opponents.
“I’d like to thank my coaches and teammates for drawing up the plays and setting the screens for me; the rest kind of takes care of itself,” Lu said upon learning his selection for the third time in eight weeks.
His continued improvement on both ends of the floor has many thinking of him as the frontrunner for the league’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) honor.
“Of course [being voted League MVP] would be a tremendous honor, but I am not going to worry about that right now; I just want to help our club win as many games as possible and get into the post-season,” Lu said when asked about his chances for being named MVP after having already won the Player of the Week three times and December’s Player of the Month honor.
Lu will not be suiting up in a Yulon uniform this weekend as the league will showcase the fans’ favorites in the annual All-Star Game that is scheduled to start at 3pm on Sunday at the Banciao Gymnasium in New Taipei City. He will be joining fellow Luxgens Chen Chih-chung and Ko Min-hao, as well as Pure Youth Construction’s Doug Creighton and Chen Tzu-wei on the starting lineup for Team White, which will take on a Team Red that will feature a near all-Taiwan Beer starting lineup of Liu Cheng, Lu Chi-min, Patrick O’Bryant and Chiang Yu-an, along with the Dacin Tigers’ Chou Yi-hsiang.
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