By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
Rudy Fernandez is one of our beloved players and after a couple of weeks of ignoring him, we must admit that he’s in excellent shape and a brilliant choice in the fantasy challenge. We bought also Brian Randle and Justin Doellman.
The battle in the Eurohoops League is tough. Lathspell, EVICROCK and kijoteloco lead the rankings. The Eurohoops team had an average week but we will keep supporting our cornerstone players.
Zoran Erceg is a perfect choice almost every week. But not this one. Galatasaray travels to Belgrade to face Crvena Zvezda and a Serbian player like Zoran is not the most appropriate pick, because of the possible pressure.
Also, Dario Saric is steady but it’s been a while since he had a really excellent game. CSKA is the second best team in Euroleague (after Olympiakos) in keeping their opponents at a low ranking. So, it’s better to sell the Croatian forward of Efes. The third player who must leave was a tough decision. The unlucky one was James Anderson because he will play against Panathinaikos at OAKA and it will be a tough game for Zalgiris.
We have 199,6 credits available and our first pick will be Rudy Fernandez. During the last two weeks we strongly recommended him but eventually we didn’t buy him. This week we will not make this mistake again. Our two choices in the front line are the excellent Brian Randle and Justin Doellman who will face Maccabi. There is no doubt for the player of Maccabi who is great and we pick also his opponent, Doellman, because Maccabi has big problem with the defense on the opposing power forwards. The same stands also for Barcelona.
Apart from them, we recommend you also Sergio Llull, Sergio Rodriguez in the point guard, Matt Lojeski, Reggie Redding, Stratos Perperoglou in the perimeter and Art Parakhouski, Andrey Vorontsevich, Giorgos Printezis and Trey Thompkins in the front line.
Enjoy fantasy!
UPDATE: Sony Weems stayed out the last minute, but we rushed and changed him with James Anderson. So, the American player of Zalgiris stayed in our team.
Point Guards
Milos Teodosic 83,6 credits (-1,5)
He will face his mentor, Dusan Ivkovic, but Milos is in great shape and he’s expected to explode again.
Taylor Rochestie 82,3 credits (-7,3)
He comes from a bad game vs Fenerbahce but it was the exception of the rule of the great performances.
Shooting Guards/Small Forwards
Vassilis Spanoulis 74,4 credits (-1,6)
Last season he scored 28 points against Fenerbahce. He’s in excellent shape and can make a big score.
Nemanja Bjelica 73,2 credits (-1,1)
His rebounding ability lately is amazing. He has always a double digit score and he deserves a place in every team.
Rudy Fernandez 67,7 credits
He had 24 and 21 ranking relatively in the last two games. The game in Berlin is perfect for him.
Sony Weems 63,2 credits (+2,9)
After a bad game he came back to big games. He will be valuable for CSKA against Efes and we support him.
Power Forwards/Centers
Brian Randle 78,7 credits
He’s just amazing and offers score to his teams every week. He will have a tough job vs Barcelona but he’s unstoppable.
Ante Tomic 72,4 credits (-1,4)
The game in Tel Aviv will not be easy for him, but he can score and grab many rebounds without making noise…
Justn Doellman 50,9 credits
Barcelona needs him against Maccabi and he’s expected to score a lot because the Israelis don’t play good defense against stretch fours like he is.
Esteban Batista 50,4 credits (+2,8)
His choice last week was right and we will insist on him. Zalgiris doesn’t play good defense in the paint.