By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
In fantasy challenge it’s wise to count not only to players who are in good shape but also on teams that win straight games and are on a roll. That’s why we pick this week two players of Unics Kazan, Keith Langford and D’Or Fischer. Daniel Hackett is the third addition to our roster.
It was one of the best fantasy weeks for the majority of the players. So, whoever had a score like 170,1 points like Eurohoopsnet team, got just an average performance. But the leaders of our league (kijoteloco, Lathspell and EVICROCK) had one more productive week.
Let’s see what’s coming next. We trust the duo at point guards, Arroyo and Rodriguez, the two most expensive player in the perimeter, Goudelock and Spanoulis, the most undervalued player in the game, Shane Lawal and also the big guys of Crevna Zvezda, Marjanovic and Mitrovic who impressed so far. But we have to get rid of Batista first of all because he comes from an injury and Panathinaikos plays on road vs Fenerbahce. Mindaugas Kuzminskas seems to be slowing down after his good start in the season and we decide to go on with someone else.
The third player who should leave the team is a tricky decision. Everyone and nobody could be in that position but we decide to sell James Anderson only because of the opponent. Zalgiris faces Efes and the Turkish team forces its rivals to have the lower ranking per game (69). In the second place of total rankings there’s Efes (70,4), so it’s better to avoid players in that game.
Talking about newcomers, we start by picking the duo of Unics Kazan. Keith Langford is a must for every fantasy player every season. His last non double digit game in ranking and scoring was one year ago. He costs a lot but he deserves every credit. Unics plays against the team that allows the biggest ranking per game to its opponents (Sassari’s rivals have 109 ranking pg). So, we chose to buy also D’Or Fischer. He played excellent in the last two games; he’s undervalued and he is maybe the best choice this week.
Moreover we have 57,6 credits available and we pick Daniel Hackett. The leader of Milan is playing better during the last weeks, has big scores and against Bayern he’s expected to continue with even bigger numbers.
Enjoy fantasy!
Point Guards
Carlos Arroyo 52,4 credits (-4,7)
Sergio Rodriguez 45,8 credits (-0,3)
Shooting Guards/Small Forwards
Andrew Goudelock 81,4 credits (-1,1)
Vassilis Spanoulis 80,6 credits (+6,5)
Keith Langford 78,6 credits
Daniel Hackett 55,7 credits
Power Forwards/Centers
Boban Marjanovic 109,7 credits (+8,1)
Luka Mitrovic 70,8 credits (+0,4)
D’or Fischer 57,3 credits
Shane Lawal 42,3 credits (+6,4)