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     With the double-week fast approaching, we are gearing ourselves for a tough selection ahead, as the form of certain players has picked significantly while others' has dipped just as much, or in some cases has been on and off. We will be making our picks by approaching the double week games as a block while also considering the forthcoming wild card that follows round 26!

Overview

Ahead of R25, Sasa Vezenkov seems to be establishing a lead in the MVP award race. He remains our cornerstone pick as he would now be too expensive to remove and add back between rounds. Theo Maledon seems as a really reliable option getting his FPTs from several stats around the game and will continue to be another must in our roster. We are talking a good hard look and will probably select some players that are currently flying under the radar but appear to be hitting new season-highs in terms of form. Regarding the coach, as always during a double week, we are looking into possibly picking a coach for both games, thus providing us the option of focusing our changes solely on players between rounds - 4 player changes possible.

For T1 we are also selecting:

1. Nick Weiler Babb (10.6 CR) had an amazing game in Kaunas last week and gave us his season-high 37.4 FPTs and is shouldering heavy minutes with an increased role. Key stat: He is currently the only PG in the whole league that has not committed a single turnover when bringing the ball up the court

2. Tarik Biberovic (7.7 CR) is still a cheap option and seems to have a distinct and clear role in coach Jasikevičius’ blueprint with solid minutes and performances over the last games.

3. Guglielmo Caruso (4.2 CR) and Freddie Gillespie (6.9 credits) see increased role due to the injury domino at Armani Milano (Niebo and Mirotic still out) and are providing some points that you can add to your totals and increase your team value. Given their very low price, they are probably worth the risk

4. Filip Petrusev (12.5 CR) who seems to be returning to his pick form and is also starting to co-exist more and more on the court with -another really good option- Joel Bolomboy (13.1 CR) while also alternating on the 5 spot. He is probably on the verge of becoming a premium player in terms of price so, this might be the time he enters your roster as another consistent pick

For T2  we are picking:

1. Tyrique Jones (14 CR). Even though we did not get a stellar performance last week from him we will keep him as a possible standard pick for our team.

2. Matt Strazel (7.8 CR) s who has found an increased role & minutes under coach Spanoulis, even after the latest return of Nick Calathes and is still quite low-cost option compared to his minutes

3. Trent Forrest (10.9 CR) seems to have become the player shouldering the most minutes alongside Moneke in the Baskonia roster. It might be a risk worth taking at his price so we are probably doing so after seeing him providing some guaranteed 2-digit performances as of late

In order to stay on top of any last minute roster & team news/absences, we are using the ROTOWIRE page and their fantasy section for Euroleague basketball here. While there are probably also other resources on this, ROTOWIRE consistently provides any latest updates even with just a couple of minutes remaining before tip-off! So keep an eye and cut your losses short. 

Player selection alternatives:

1. Devin Booker (13.9 credits). Booker should be considered as one of the most reliable fantasy centers of this year despite his low wield in FPTs over the past 2 games. This means he is now at a more affordable price and is facing Armano Milan who is having issues in the big man positions 

2. Wenyen Gabriel (10.1 credits). The replacement of Matthias Lessort is getting an increased role following Ömer Yurtseven's injury, Dinos Mitoglou's and Kostas Antentokoumpo’s inconsistency. Despite going from excellent to terrible over the last two games, he might be a solid alternative at a logical price

3. Rokas Jokubaitis (12.7 credits) who seems to be emerging as a performer as of late even if his price is not neglectable. If his injury status is confirmed though Tamir Blatt (10.2 CR) might prove really option especially after his 2 last 20+ FPTS performances

4. Special attention needs to be given to 2 teams who are facing several injuries in the guards (Olympiakos) and frontline respectively (Barcelona). This means that players like Shaq Mcissick (9.3 CR), Williams Gos (7.4 CR), Chimezie Metu (12 CR), Alex Abines (6 CR) and Joel Parra (4 CR) will probably see increased minutes

Coach selection:

For our coaching choice we will go with coach Trinchieri at the base cost of just 4 CR as Zalgiris is facing the weakest team of the competition in Alba Berlin who have already surprised people last week winning @Maccabi. Given that this is a double week, it might worth the risk of keeping coach Trinchieri also for R26 where Zalgiris faces the injury-stricken Armani Milano.

Coach Sfairopoulos (6.2 CR) is a solid pick as well for both games of the double week vs Asvel and @Alba, especially on the back of winning @Partizan last week in the Serbian derby -a win that has surely given new belief to Red Star’s already excellent season.

!!! Double - Game week !!!