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     Τhe last double-week of this years' regular season is upon us, with several teams flirting with both playoffs and play-in games. The last 4 fixtures of the regular season might be the last chance to increase our team's value ahead of the postseason and the double week that begins this Tuesday appears very challenging.   

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. Shane Larkin (14.7 CR) and his team appear significantly better as of late and we could trust the experienced guard for a late regular season push after his 19+ PIR over the past 5 games.

2. Silvain Fransisco (13.9 CR). Zalgiris' main man did not have an excellent game against Barcelona last week but given his elevated role since Walker's departure, he is always likely to hit high PIR numbers.

3. Rokas Jokubaitis (13 CR) who seems to be emerging as a performer as of late even if his price is not neglectable. He looks in good form especially after his 2 last 20+ FPTs performances but he is facing tough back to back fixtures ahead in Panathinaikos and EFES. 

4. Moustapha Fall (10.8 CR ) could be an intresting option as per the latest reports Miloutinov will miss couple of games due to injury.

5. Johannes Voigtmann (10.3 CR). The experienced center has strung some very good performances and is expected to maintain an increased role with Devin Booker still out with injury.

6. Vladimir Lucic (9.5 CR). His form has dipped over the past 2 games but given his important role he might still be a viable option at a relatively low cost.  

Coach selection:

For our coaching choice despite the total collapse of Partizan last week (that cost us 20 FPTs !!!), we will probably stick with coach Obradovic (6 CR) as his team faces Alba Berlin.

A good argument can be put forth for EFES' coach Banchi (7.7 CR) whose team has won back to back games @Bayern and @Partizan and appears to be making a convincing last push for the final part of the regular season. Selecting coach Banchi could provide additional flexibility for the double week as EFES is facing Baskonia and Maccabi, both at home so we could probably keep him and allow us for an additional player spot-switch between rounds 31 & 32. 

!!! Double - Game week !!!

Overview

     R30 had again some quite unfortunate surprises for all fantasy players and selecting our squad will go down to the last minute before tip-off probably as games are again unevenly distributed between T1 (6 games) & T2 (3 games). We will probably look into some guaranteed picks this time round so let's dive in:

1. Sasha Vezenkov (21.7 CR) will probably remain our cornerstone player as the player with the highest PIR in the game. He will also be our option for captain in T1 as Olympiakos is facing a more week ASVEL team. However an argument can be made that since Olympiakos have already clinched their playoff spot -as well home court advantage most probably- his role/minutes might decrease over the last games of the regular season. We could opt to cash in on the credits and invest in other players in order to improve our team value.

2. T.J. Shorts (19.9 CR) should be considered as unmovable from our roster as Paris is making their final push for the playoffs and play-in games.

For T1 & 2  we are also selecting:

1. Daniel Theis (12.9) who we did not select last week as he was doubtful ahead of round 30. Probably the most convincing addition of the Euroleague's February transfer deadline so far, the experienced German has helped improve Monaco's frontline and has 3 consecutive +20 PIR games.

2. Dario Brizuela (8.4 CR) continued his good performances and again had an increased role since Nunez and Laprovitolla are not expected back anytime soon. Given Barcelona's need for Ws over the final stretch of the regular season, we should still keep him in our roster.

3. Vanja Marinkovic (4.8 CR) as a filler pick with the Serbian guard facing a weaker ALBA team.

4. Stefano Tonut (4.4 CR) as a filler pick with a good risk/reward ratio.

5. Balsa Koprivica (4.1 CR) as a filler pick with a good risk/reward ratio. Partizan facing ALBA might bring the youngster some more minutes in an effort to relieve Jones' and Davis' grind during the double week. 

For T3  we are picking:

1. Kendrick Nunn (16.5 CR). The American needs no introduction as a top MVP contender and with Panathinaikos facing Maccabi, we are backing him for a good performance. His team is keen to secure home court advantage (as OAKA is one of the toughest places to play at) and until this is done he is expected to be getting high minutes and usage.    

2. Filip Petrousev (11.5 CR) is expected to get big minutes and role over the last push of Red Star ahead of the playoffs and play-in games. Especially with Bolomboy injured, his presence in most rosters is a must. 

3. Roman Sorkin (11.2) extended his double-digit PIR games in a row to 6 so for now he probably has a spot on our roster.