Fantasy: Melli is on a different level now

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Nicolo Melli is having the best season of his career, he’s ready to take the big leap in his career and he’s consistently the best center in fantasy!

Shortly after the start of the second phase, Bamberg’s Italian big man is the most expensive big man in the EuroLeague fantasy and this is mainly due to his consistency, as he has just two single-digit score lines and only three games with a ranking of less than 14.

Bamberg are in excellent condition and in the next round they will be going up against Unics, who usually face several problems defensively along their front line.

How many points will Melli have in Kazan? 25,5 as the Eurohoops fantasy tool says!

Before we go ahead with the analysis of this round, it’s worth taking a look at the tool’s updated page, where you can make your own tests and choose which players should join your team and which players have to leave.

In order to get a first estimate regarding the players that are recommended as the most reliable for acquisition, take a look at the relevant table containing the appraisal as to the rating that each player is going to have.

Last week’s selections were excellent, with James, Langford and Rudd contributing 74,5 points, all of them increasing their value. The Eurohoops team has taken a tumble, though, in the last few games and is now at 2033rd place with 2.298 points, having 669,8 credits. In the Eurohoops league, EVICROCK is still at the top with 2.821 points, a short way away from winning the prize at the end of the season.

Few teams need credits now. If yours is one of them, it’s worth taking a look at Ante Zizic, who’s had an excellent start to his term in the EuroLeague with Darussafaka and who costs only 45 credits. Aside from him, take a look at which other players can provide you with easy credits.

This week it will be very interesting to see how many managers will choose to acquire Nando De Colo, who now costs only 85,9 credits and who can produce a huge score against Milan and increase his price dramatically.

Let’s start the analysis with the players who are going to be leaving.

Ante Tomic had his first bad game after a long time against Bamberg, but the reason he’s leaving has to do with the next opponent. Olympiacos are the best at containing rival big men, as they force their opponents to collect a small number of rebounds and to have a bad accuracy rate from inside the paint. It’s going to be hard for the Croatian, then, to find room to act in.

Next up, Blake Schilb is extremely inconsistent, as are most of Galatasaray’s players, so he’s going to go, no matter how risky this might be ahead of the home game against Zalgiris. Lastly, Maccabi look like they are changing since Bagatskis’s arrival and Goudelock isn’t consistent enough to stay on ahead of the game in Madrid.

Eurohoops’ advice concerning De Colo is positive, but with 168,5 credits available and only a few cheap quality big men, it’s better to choose Nicolo Melli and go with two cheaper backcourt players.

The first selection is Darussafaka’s James Anderson, who has been in great shape in the last three games, taking on more attempts all the time. The last to be chosen is Baskonia’s in-form Rodrigue Beaubois, who typically has an important role in Sito Alonso’s plans.

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Enjoy fantasy!

Point Guards
Milos Teodosic 77,5 credits (-2,6)
Mike James 40,9 credits (+5,3)
Shooting Guards/Small Forwards
Keith Langford 107,3 credits (+0,6)
Chris Singleton 68,1 credits (-1,3)
Rodrigue Beaubois 43,2 credits
James Anderson 38,8 credits
Power Forwards/Centers
Nicolo Melli 85,3 credits
Ekpe Udoh 84,7 credits (+1,1)
Derrick Brown 79,1 credits (-0,9)
Victor Rudd 43,6 credits (+2,2)