By Dimitris Mitratzas/ info@eurohoops.net
Thomas Heurtel is in excellent shape in his last games with Efes and his choice in fantasy seems essential for this game day.
The French guard is traditionally one of the best options in the EuroLeague fantasy, with his value being very high. However, he didn’t have a great start to the season this year and his priced has dropped. Now, though, in the last month he’s been in amazing form and is worth adding to your team before he becomes even more expensive.
Heurtel costs only 36,3 credits and in the last four games in the EuroLeague he has an average of 18,5 points, 7,25 assists, and a ranking of 17,25 per game! So, isn’t it imperative that you trade in one of your point guards?
As you can see below in the table, undervalued point guards are scarce and the Frenchman is definitely going to continue to produce good performances.
Before we go on with the rest of the positions, check out the rest of the players that are worth your attention so that you can win easy credits. After all, with this approach paying off in the last few games, the Eurohoops team is now worth 602 credits!
| Underpriced | Price | Average | Score | Difference | |
| players | Pos | credit | score | to keep value | from av |
| OHAYON, YOGEV | PG | 17,8 | 6,6 | -10,8 | 17,46 |
| HEURTEL, THOMAS | PG | 36,3 | 10,9 | -3,3 | 14,18 |
| LARKIN, SHANE | PG | 69,3 | 18,1 | 12,2 | 5,84 |
| GRANGER, JAYSON | PG | 21,7 | 6,0 | 1,5 | 4,51 |
| WESTERMANN, LEO | PG | 60,9 | 15,3 | 14,8 | 0,42 |
| SANDERS, RAKIM | SG/SF | 49,3 | 16,0 | -9,8 | 25,77 |
| SINGLETON, CHRIS | SG/SF | 52,9 | 14,9 | 1,6 | 13,23 |
| NAVARRO, JUAN CARLOS | SG/SF | 55,2 | 17,6 | 10,0 | 7,60 |
| SIMONOVIC, MARKO | SG/SF | 41,0 | 10,9 | 5,4 | 5,51 |
| ANDERSON, JAMES | SG/SF | 37,4 | 9,5 | 8,4 | 1,06 |
| HIGGINS, CORY | SG/SF | 34,4 | 8,7 | 7,8 | 0,92 |
| OSMAN, CEDI | SG/SF | 43,0 | 10,8 | 10,1 | 0,72 |
| CLYBURN, WILL | SG/SF | 42,1 | 10,6 | 10,0 | 0,65 |
| PRELDZIC, EMIR | SG/SF | 33,1 | 8,3 | 8,0 | 0,37 |
| HOLMES, JONATHAN | PF/C | 29,3 | 11,7 | -1,4 | 13,11 |
| DORSEY, JOEY | PF/C | 44,9 | 12,6 | 1,8 | 10,73 |
| BJELICA, MILKO | PF/C | 41,7 | 11,2 | 4,8 | 6,42 |
| DUNSTON, BRYANT | PF/C | 64,5 | 16,7 | 11,9 | 4,86 |
| VESELY, JAN | PF/C | 45,2 | 11,7 | 8,6 | 3,09 |
| PARAKHOUSKI, ARTSIOM | PF/C | 71,8 | 18,2 | 15,9 | 2,31 |
From the point guards, it won’t be easy for Ohayon to have a similar game again, but he’s undoubtedly convenient as a short-term solution. In the backcourt, Sanders, Singleton, and Simonovic can make the difference in credits more easily, while among the big men, aside from the familiar Dorsey and Dunston who have been on the list for the last few weeks, it’s worth taking a risk with the newly-acquired Holmes from Barcelona, who is getting a good amount of playing minutes because of injuries.
The extremely overvalued players that you have to avoid are also worth studying a bit further. Unless you have a really strong feeling about them!
| Overpriced | Price | Average | Keep | Difference | |
| players | Pos | Credit | Score | Score | from average |
| MEKEL, GAL | PG | 18,9 | 0,5 | 24,85 | 24,32 |
| DRAPER, DONTAYE | PG | 15,1 | 0,8 | 17,54 | 16,72 |
| CINCIARINI, ANDREA | PG | 18,4 | 0,1 | 15,36 | 15,26 |
| AKOGNON, JOSH | PG | 14,2 | 1,1 | 12,40 | 11,26 |
| LO, MAODO | PG | 8,7 | 0,6 | 10,41 | 9,80 |
| BOCHORIDIS, ELEFTHERIOS | PG | 6,7 | 0,0 | 8,29 | 8,25 |
| PENO, STEFAN | PG | 9,7 | 0,9 | 8,92 | 8,00 |
| REBIC, NIKOLA | PG | 18,1 | 1,5 | 8,51 | 7,01 |
| UGURLU, BERK | PG | 6,1 | -0,3 | 6,22 | 6,55 |
| LAZIC, BRANKO | PG | 9,0 | 1,3 | 6,06 | 4,75 |
| BALBAY, DOGUS | PG | 11,7 | 1,9 | 5,38 | 3,48 |
| SMITH, RUSS | PG | 18,5 | 3,8 | 4,49 | 0,66 |
| ANTONOV, SEMEN | SG/SF | 17,0 | -0,5 | 28,15 | 28,63 |
| TAYLOR, JEFFERY | SG/SF | 25,8 | -0,3 | 22,92 | 23,26 |
| VORONOV, EVGENY | SG/SF | 10,6 | 0,2 | 16,78 | 16,61 |
| KULAGIN, DMITRY | SG/SF | 19,7 | 0,0 | 16,60 | 16,57 |
| MAHMUTOGLU, MELIH | SG/SF | 17,2 | 0,1 | 14,22 | 14,08 |
| JOHNSON, ORLANDO | SG/SF | 23,8 | 0,5 | 14,20 | 13,70 |
| RIBAS, PAU | SG/SF | 37,6 | 3,5 | 16,95 | 13,45 |
| SEIBUTIS, RENALDAS | SG/SF | 16,3 | 2,0 | 13,59 | 11,57 |
| KORKMAZ, FURKAN | SG/SF | 24,6 | 1,5 | 12,66 | 11,16 |
| MINCHEV, YORDAN | SG/SF | 8,5 | -3,0 | 6,61 | 9,61 |
| DANGUBIC, NEMANJA | SG/SF | 13,6 | 1,8 | 10,68 | 8,91 |
| BEAUBOIS, RODRIGUE | SG/SF | 27,7 | 4,1 | 12,90 | 8,77 |
| HECKMANN, PATRICK | SG/SF | 13,0 | 1,7 | 10,13 | 8,43 |
| LANDESBERG, SYLVEN | SG/SF | 30,6 | 4,0 | 11,51 | 7,51 |
| PNINI, GUY | SG/SF | 10,9 | 1,4 | 8,63 | 7,22 |
| PANIN, VADIM | SG/SF | 10,2 | 1,1 | 7,61 | 6,53 |
| CHARALAMPOPOULOS, VASILIS | SG/SF | 29,8 | 3,3 | 9,34 | 6,04 |
| ABASS, AWUDU | SG/SF | 21,4 | 4,4 | 5,14 | 0,74 |
| PAPAPETROU, IOANNIS | SG/SF | 13,1 | 2,7 | 3,24 | 0,52 |
| KOKSAL, GOKSENIN | SG/SF | 15,6 | 3,2 | 3,70 | 0,46 |
| ERIKSSON, MARCUS | SG/SF | 7,1 | 1,5 | 1,79 | 0,33 |
| ALEXANDER, JOE | PF/C | 25,8 | -1,0 | 24,92 | 25,92 |
| YOUNG, PATRIC | PF/C | 25,7 | 1,4 | 25,81 | 24,41 |
| JAVTOKAS, ROBERTAS | PF/C | 23,5 | 1,3 | 19,96 | 18,71 |
| AGRAVANIS, DIMITRIOS | PF/C | 17,7 | 0,3 | 17,86 | 17,61 |
| ERDEN, SEMIH | PF/C | 44,2 | 1,1 | 17,69 | 16,59 |
| HARTENSTEIN, ISAIAH | PF/C | 17,3 | -1,5 | 14,05 | 15,55 |
| HERSEK, BARIS | PF/C | 20,2 | -0,5 | 13,90 | 14,40 |
| HARANGODY, LUKE | PF/C | 24,0 | 2,9 | 15,85 | 12,91 |
| HARRIS, ELIAS | PF/C | 32,5 | 2,8 | 15,23 | 12,48 |
| MITROVIC, LUKA | PF/C | 21,1 | 3,2 | 13,80 | 10,65 |
| VEREMEENKO, VLADIMIR | PF/C | 23,0 | 2,8 | 13,10 | 10,28 |
| ANTIPOV, PAVEL | PF/C | 15,0 | 1,6 | 11,13 | 9,53 |
| ALDEMIR, FURKAN | PF/C | 14,4 | 1,9 | 11,32 | 9,44 |
| DIOP, ILIMANE | PF/C | 10,9 | 1,4 | 8,93 | 7,56 |
| THOMPKINS, TREY | PF/C | 21,3 | 3,6 | 9,35 | 5,79 |
| FOTSIS, ANTONIS | PF/C | 16,7 | 3,2 | 5,74 | 2,51 |
| PLEISS, TIBOR | PF/C | 17,3 | 3,5 | 4,61 | 1,07 |
So, the Eurohoops team was vindicated with the risk of Vesely, and Sanders and Simon helped out as expected, and so the overall score of this game day reached 200 points! Very few players look like they are not going to have a good game and so the tactic this time is going to be about choosing the ones who are going to join the team and then looking for those who have to leave.
Aside from Heurtel, Chris Singleton is also a must. Thanks to James Gist’s absence, Singleton is expected to continue having very good performances. The derby with Olympiacos is tough, but he is going to get time and shots to come up with a big score.
Among the big men, the ideal choice is Udoh, but because there aren’t enough credits we are going to go with Bryant Dunston who is undervalued and is now taking on many attempts and can pull through in the derby with Fenerbahce.
The three who are going to be leaving are Sasha Vezenkov, who’s not taking on so many attempts offensively and who won’t be able to maintain his value at 49 credits very easily. Aside form him, among the point guards, Dixon didn’t fulfill expectations and so Larkin, who is in form, is chosen instead. Lastly, in the backcourt, Honeycutt collects points in every way, Sanders is so underpriced that he’s worth keeping on, and Langford is a scoring machine that shouldn’t be missing from your team. And thus, the “weakest link” is Krunoslav Simon.
Enjoy fantasy!
Point Guards
Shane Larkin 69,3 credits (+9)
Thomas Heurtel 36,3 credits
Shooting Guards/Small Forwards
Keith Langford 105,8 credits (-1,7)
Tyler Honeycutt 57,7 credits (+7)
Chris Singleton 52,3 credits
Rakim Sanders 42,8 credits (+6,5)
Power Forwards/Centers
Art Parakhouski 71,8 credits (+9,4)
Bryant Dunston 64,5 credits
Jan Vesely 45,2 credits (+5,9)
Joey Dorsey 44,9 credits (+5,9)