By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
Anyone who watched Andrei Kirilenko in the game against Olympiacos will have noticed that the AK-47 is once again loaded. And in fantasy, acquiring him at this price seems like… a gift.
The last round of the Top 16 holds many surprises as most teams lack any special motivation and it’s uncertain which players will really work hard to play well.
One that will definitely give it his all is Andrei Kirilenko, who’s back for good. Defensively against Olympiacos he was amazing, and he also looks like slowly but steadily he’ll start getting his offensive momentum back as well. At the end of February as we had explained http://www.eurohoops.net/el/2015/02/dribbling-el/74286/ it was still early for the AK-47 who was coming back from a long time off and was worth 70 credits. Now, however, at almost half the value (37,2) he’s worth being a permanent member of your teams because now his value will constantly keep increasing.
However, before we expand on this week’s transfers, let’s take a look at the players that will be leaving from the team. First of these will have to be the injured Rudy Fernandez. Then, the candidates are several. Definitely the two point guards Pargo and Renfroe, who are involved in the final of the year, Alba-Maccabi, will remain on the roster. As will the improved Nenad Krstic and the always “hot” Boban Marjanovic. For the win there’s not a lot of interest in Nemanja Bjelica and Nando De Colo, but they’re in too good shape to be ignored.
Tompkins and Printezis face each other and the dilemma is definitely big. However, we are going to prefer to dismiss the Greek forward, because Petway and Spanoulis are on their way back to action and “Print” is not going to be pressured to turn out another big score line again. The two empty spots then, one along the perimeter and one in the front line. We’ll move towards safe solutions and pick players that are motivated to win. We believe that Maccabi has an advantage against Alba and once again the bigmen will try to make a difference for the champions. So we select Devin Smith and Brian Randle in the hope that they’ll have a game similar to the one they had last week.
Enjoy fantasy!
Point Guards
Alex Renfroe 60,4 credits (+3,5)
Jeremy Pargo 54,4 credits (-0,8)
Shooting Guards/Small Forwards
Nemanja Bjelica 82,9 credits (+0,6)
Nando De Colo 77,3 credits (-3,9)
Devin Smith 72,2 credits
Andrei Kirilenko 37,2 credits
Power Forwards/Centers
Boban Marjanovic 106,7 credits (+0,1)
Trey Thompkins 65,6 credits (-1,9)
Neand Krstic 65,3 credits (+3,5)
Brian Randle 65,5 credits