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Overview

                          It's playoffs time!!!

The 4 pairs that will eventually give us the F4 teams, which will be hosted in Abou Dhabi from the 23rd to the 25th of May, are facing of starting today. 

Despite the unlimited trades, choices will be tough as teams will be making more adjustments per their opponents strengths and weaknesses. We will get back to our T1 and T2 split strategy, emphasizing balance between the two days and we will be providing a possible surprise player each round per our research. 

Its worth noting that the below choices could serve us for G2 as well but we do intend to make an additional piece for you in between the two fixtures. 

Make sure you scroll till the end in order of our piece and also have a look at the AlleyOopsDunks video.

Lets dive in:

For T1 we are picking:

1. T.J. Shorts (20.5 CR). The revelation of this years' competition has already shown in the play-in game against Real Madrid that he is ready for the playoffs' intensity, leading his team with a 29.7 PIR performance. 

2. Kendrick Nunn (19.6 CR) has been been playing out of his mind lately. Unstoppable in scoring and with much better decision making and passing we will definitely trust him with a spot in our roster.     

3. Nigel Hayes Davis (16.8) should be considered a bargain in this price as he is capable of much higher PIR. We believe that he has been pacing himself towards the playoff games and he is expected to lead the charge against Paris. Any of the 3 first picks here could undoubtably serve as captain but we will probably take the less popular route and select the Fener forward. 

4. Sy Bandja (4.1 CR) as a filler pick, a solid defender who is playing over 10min/game and can see more playing time especially if his shot is falling.

5. Panagiotis Kalaitzakis (4 CR) as another filler pick.

For T2 we are picking:

1. Sasha Vezenkov (22.2 CR). The player with the highest PIR in the game, could not be missing. We are eager to see -much like in Sort's case- if he will be able to carry his performances over to the playoffs, or even go a level higher as an MVP candidate. He will also be our fall back option as T2 captain. 

2. Nigel Williams Goss (9.5 CR) who is expected to get increased minutes given the prolonged absence of Walkup and the fact that Vildoza is also not a lock to be ready for G1 of the playoffs.

3. Dario Brizuela (8.4 CR) who is expected to feature heavily in this series given the injury issues of Barcelona at the guard spots.  Additionally the sudden departure of Sarr, vacated additional minutes at the guard spot. 

4. Mam Jaiteh (7.5 CR) has recently become the number two bigman afet Theis (we unfortunately we could not afford), surpassing Papagiannis in the ASM rotation. Additionally his physical presence presents a good mutchup for the Barcelona bigmen.   

Coach selection:

We will probably go with coach Bartzokas (8.1 CR) in the first home game we expect Olympiakos to win. 

Potential Surprise performer:

For our potential surprise performer will go with Mikael Jantunen (9.4 CR) who has found a good late season form and given his playing time is at a very good price.  

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Good Luck to all and always remember: trust yourselves instead of some random internet website right? Have fun

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Video Link

Continuing our journey with our new Fantasy basketball contributors. Please find the link to the video of AlleyOopDunks for G1 of the playoffs. You will also find our picks in their X page --> links in this section.