By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
Nemanja Bjelica is having a great season with Fenerbahce and we strongly recommend you to pick him in your fantasy teams. Moreover, Gal Mekel started excellent his season in Nizhny Novgorod and Trey Thompkins is always steady.
The injury of Vassilis Spanoulis will force the majority of the fantasy teams to change a core player and the best choice is someone among De Colo, Rudy and Bjelica. If you have all of them, you can gamble with someone like Redding, Smith or Weems.
Our choice is made without a doubt and it’s Nemanja Bjelica who was missing from our team during the last weeks. The last time he had a non double digit ranking was in the first week of the season, 19 games back. The forward of Fenerbahce is the leading rebounder in the Top 16 (10 per game), scores a lot (12,5 ppg) and he is simply a must for any fantasy player.
After Spanoulis, we will sell Diamantidis because he’s not steady, Real Madrid has enough guards to make his life harder and in addition he doesn’t take a lot shots in every game.
Our big dilemma has to do with the third player who will leave our team. Giorgos Printezis is still the only healthy power forward of Olympiacos. Moreover, Vassilis Spanoulis is injured and the co-captain of the Reds is expected to lead again in the crucial road game vs Laboral. So, we decided to sell Justin Doellman who is in great shape, but earns points only by scoring and in Belgrade things will not be so easy for him.
After Bjelica, we will pick one of our “beloved” players lately. Gal Mekel is doing great in Nizhny and he’s expected to have one more excellent game vs Efes. The Israeli guard is heavily underpriced and will give also a lot of credits. It’s weird to pick two point guards from the same team but Taylor Rochestie is also a ranking machine.
Our last pick, from the players in the front line, will be one more member of Nizhny, Trey Thompkins. The American forward produces usually double-double figures, plays more than 30 minutes and shots great. So, what else would you demand from a player?
Enjoy fantasy!
Point Guards
Taylor Rochestie 88,3 credits (-1,3)
Gal Mekel 39,7 credits
Shooting Guards/Small Forwards
Nando De Colo 80,4 credits (-1,9)
Nemanja Bjelica 78,7 credits
Rudy Fernandez 76,5 credits (+0,4)
Justin Carter 55,5 credits (0)
Power Forwards/Centers
Αnte Tomic 83 credits (+3,7)
Trey Thompkins 67,9 credits
Zoran Erceg 63,9 credits (-0,5)
Giorgos Printezis 42,9 credits (-2,1)