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NIKEiD Fantasy Challenge: Now what?

November 26, 2008

Currently, it looks like a lot of decisions have been made in the Euroleague fantasy league. The time to gain sure credits is nearly over, and only a few players are still available at reasonable prices to give you good credit boosts. I’m thinking here mainly about players like Mirza Begic (49 credits) or Sergio Llull (26 credits). But if you don’t have them in your team already, it’s really time to think about what your goal is.

My personal moves

As for myself, I have enough credits right now so I have to check which players can bring me the most credits for the least value right now: This is the reason why I’m selling Ersan Ilyasova, who has not been in his best shape recently. He’s still worth decent value, so it’s a good move in order to buy a more productive player. I’ll use this money to replace one of my two young point guards and give Zygimantas Janavicius away to bring in Zoran Planinic: He should be able to bring up some good numbers in Serbia against Partizan Belgrade. In the paint, I’m bringing in Nikola Pekovic, as I think that he’s now at a good value of 57 credits and should easily dominate against Asseco Prokom.

OUT: Ersan Ilyasova (FC Barcelona) and Zygimantas Janavicius (Zalgiris Kaunas).

IN: Zoran Planinic (CSKA Moscow) and Nikola Pekovic (Panathinaikos).

Take care of injury minutes

A good move to get interesting players right now is to check out the Injury List for possible “playing-time gainers.” For example, Marcus Haislip is out for three weeks so Boniface N’Dong should see some major playing time this week. Additionally, Carlos Jimenez will probably have a nice game in the absence of the high-flying US player.

With Marko Milic injured and Union Olimpija playing against ALBA Berlin, it may be interesting to gamble on Damjan Rudez who should profit from Milic’ absence. He is currently a bargain at 22 credits and if you want to take some risks, he may bring you 10 or more ranking points this week.

See who’s hot right now

Players often go on streaks, by which I mean they play a few good games in a row. One of these players currently is Mike Hall of AJ Milano. He was the MVP of the last game day, despite his team’s loss in Madrid. Hall managed to score 28 ranking points, however, and he is currently priced at only 30.4 credits: a sure winner in terms of credits first of all, but he looks particularly hot as he came up with a valiant 18 in the weekend’s domestic league game against Air Avellino. AJ Milano will play at home against Panionios, and the chances to earn the 10% bonus with Hall are also quite good.

Another guy who is hot right now is Charles Smith; the US-born guard will play against his former team Real Madrid, and the chances of him coming up with a great scoring effort for his Efes Pilsen squad are good. At 36.7 ranking points, Smith is a good value with which to fill up your roster, and his 18-point performance this weekend in the Turkish league shows that Smith is ready to score.

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Comments: 4
  1. WTF
    16 years ago

    When did Haislip get injured? The real value earner is Becirovic who will get +10 with just 2.5

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  2. septyni
    16 years ago

    heh, i have llull in my team. good game today he had.

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  3. Boni
    16 years ago

    I DO hope I get a lot of minutes. That way, I’ll raise the awareness of my name and the fact that Boni N’Dong rhymes with clippers.com, because I want to get back to L.A.. So, get me in your team fellas!

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  4. Teo
    16 years ago

    Lull always has good games, he has been the best on my team in everything since I sold rakocevic, curse the day and the time -.-

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16 years ago 5 Comments EuroLeague, MoreAir Avellino, AJ Milano, ALBA Berlin, Asseco Prokom Sopot, Boniface N'Dong, Carlos Jimenez, Charles Smith, Damjan Rudez, Efes Pilsen Istanbul, Ersan Ilyasova, Euroleague Fantasy, Marcus Haislip, Marko Milic, Mike Hall, Mirza Begic, Nikola Pekovic, Partizan Belgrade, Real Madrid, Sergio Llull, Union Olimpija, Zoran Planinic, Zygimantas Janavicius
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