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Signed: Mid-range Maven

Round 8

Let's trust our taste

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      Round 7 was similar to the previous one. 181.90 points and 2 credits profit. Our team is performing and we are enjoying it as we are climbing positions in the global league. Our choices were good enough except SIBANDE who stayed in a single digit performance. At least we did not have any credit lost.

What was interesting though is that two players that we were thinking of changing: MILETIC and DURMAZ had good performances, and they have increased their value. This is great! we will be able to bring in our team the players that we were already monitoring plus capitalise in this credit gain. The other two substitutions will be the coach position and SIBANDE.

The first player that we will trust for this Round but hopefully will stay for many Rounds in our team is Kyle ALEXANDER (13.8 CR). The Center of Turk Telecom is undoubtedly one of the top Centers of the competition and upon his return his is the main point of reference in the paint. Although his performance in the last two games was not exceptional, in the national league is clearly a dominant player with many points and rebounds while he is playing for more than 20’ in average.

Regarding the coach, this round we will return to our main principle this year, meaning selecting the coach that will play with Hamburg at home. For Round 8 is Zvendan MITROVIC (7.6 CR) from Olimpija Ljubijana and we hope we wont have an unpleasant surprise like the one with Neptunas some Rounds ago.

For the other two positions in our team we selected the ones that are a bit underrated for the time being, while we like their style of playing. After all, fantasy is the perfect way to enhance our experience with what we really love: the game of Basketball. We selected Hugo BENITEZ (9.2 CR) who is the main ball handler of Manresa. He is scoring but also delivering a lot of assists to his team players. Finally, we selected David SKARA (8.2 CR) because he is playing more than 25’ per game while he is facing Hamburg which is prune to fouls committed. SKARA value is still low while he has frequently produced scores above 15.

We were so eager to recruit ALEXANDER that we will not respect one of our principles which is not to have both Centers in Turn 2. However, we think it is the right moment to do so. HARPER will be of course our captain for Turn 1, while ALEXANDER could help us in Turn 2.

We are satisfied by the growth of our team and we hope for a similar performance like the last two |Rounds, while our budget will still increase.