By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
When the most well paid player in the Euroleague costs only 59,9 credits in fantasy, when he comes from a rather good start, you simply have to acquire him.
Before moving on to the analysis of players for this round, it might be good to talk about the change in tactics that begins this week.
No more collecting credits, officially now! The tactic of increasing the value of our team yielded results in all these rounds and now the point is to create a team with a fixed body that will be able to change players based on performance and not based on value.
Eurohoops team has 611 credits after the increase by 20,4 last week and now the undervalued players are only a few and… known to everyone (Adams among the point guards, Hanga and Babic along the perimeter, and Bourousis, Claver, Theis, Reyes and Udoh among the big men).
The two first changes will be Singleton (he was disappointing after his excellent start) and Boungou-Colo, who is coming from a very bad game against Olympiacos and someone more consistent is sought.
The pair of guards (Heurtel and Adams) was added last week and they did splendidly. So the third change will involve the big men. Keeping Hendrix in the team is a risk since Malaga are hosted by CSKA, where the opponent big men always have a hard time. However, taking Marcus Slaughter as an example, the last mobile big man that the Russians encountered, we can trust Hendrix in this game.
So the one who is going to depart is Maik Zirbes, who, with the changes taking place in Crvena Zvezda’s roster, is going to get less playing time and a smaller role. With 151,6 credits the choices are not going to be that obvious and will have to be shrewd.
Among the perimeter players the first choice is Alexey Shved, who still hasn’t taken off but who has an important role in all of Khimki’s games, shoots a lot and with an average of 13,3 points, 4 rebounds and 4,3 assists, is an excellent addition for only 59,9 credits. The second choice is Mateusz Ponitka from Zielona Gora. The Polish backcourt player is on the court for 29+ minutes in every game, contributes points from all areas of the game and can help you secure a result.
Among the big men, Udoh would be a good choice (even if he seems a bit… outside our budget for 0,2 credits), but Fenerbahce is playing against Khimki who play really good defense in the post. So it might be better to select him next week. The next choice is going to be Daniel Theis, who, aside from undervalued, is in good shape and plays against Sassari, the team that allows its opponents to drive the score really high.
Eurohoopsnet Team
Point Guards
Thomas Heurtel 75,1 credits (+7,6)
Darius Adams 47,9 credits (+6,3)
Shooting Guards/Small Forwards
Mindaugas Kuzminskas 85,1 credits (-5,9)
Alexey Shved 59,9 credits
Mateusz Ponitka 53,6 credits
Adam Hanga 42,6 credits (+5,6)
Power Forwards/Centers
Ioannis Bourousis 87,5 credits (+11,5)
Richard Hendrix 74,8 credits (+5,9)
Victor Claver 52,5 credits (+6,9)
Daniel Theis 35,3 credits