By Lefteris Moutis / moutis@eurohoops.net
Luigi Datome proves to be one of the smartest moves of the summer since he’s the missing link that Zeljko Obradovic was looking for in Fenerbahce. He’s also an excellent addition to your fantasy teams.
The Italian forward has been in form since Christmas, making very good appearances in the Euroleague as well as the Turkish championship. His shooting percentages are good and he can provide many points for your teams in fantasy after the very good last week he had.
Several players performed well and so the 190 points of the Eurohoops.net team didn’t make the difference. In the league however, EVICROCK is still ahead and closer than any other to the prize at the end of the season.
This week is marginal for the Eurohoops team that wants to find unpopular players who can make the difference and once again places its bet on Panathinaikos’s duo. James Gist didn’t score a lot against Malaga, but he can make the difference in Panathinaikos’s game against Crvena Zvezda where they usually have problems with the athletic big men. Something similar happens with Nick Calathes as well, who is not in good shape but who can earn points in many ways, and without Nikos Pappas on the rotation, he’ll have to score even more.
However, the big dilemma has to do with Nando De Colo’s participation in the game against Barcelona. The Frenchman is a must as far as permanent members of your team go, but after his recent injury, having him on your roster is a risk. So we go ahead without him and next week he’ll definitely be back.
Aside from that, Bogdan Bogdanovic will also leave, as he hasn’t really made the difference until now, but also Miro Bilan, who lately has had more bad games than good. With 232,96 credits available (after the 16,86 left from last week) we can choose any player we like.
Datome is the first choice, and then we will bring back Alexey Shved, who “vindicated” our choice to leave him out of the team last week against Barcelona. In the frontline the chosen one is Giannis Bourousis, who wasn’t selected against Olympiacos due to personal affairs. He didn’t have a very good game but he still had a ranking of 22, keeping his price high. Khimki will play without Paul Davis and Bourousis can hold his own against the other big men of the Russian team.
Enjoy fantasy!
Eurohoopsnet team
Point Guards
Milos Teodosic 72,5 credits (+3,8)
Nick Calathes 59,2 credits (-1,4)
Shooting Guards/Small Forwards
Malcolm Delaney 93,6 credits (+3,5)
Alexey Shved 68,8 credits
Luigi Datome 55,8 credits
Vassilis Spanoulis 29,8 credits (+0,9)
Power Forwards/Centers
Giannis Bourousis 94 credits
Ante Tomic 79,4 credits (-3,2)
Jan Vesely 73,4 credits (+3,4)
James Gist 52,2 credits (-2,6)