The battle to win the grand prize in EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge powered by Ardu Prime is just as tight at the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague standings.
Going into Round 20, Ilias Tef leads the standings with 3,275.7 fantasy points. Three other teams have broken the 3,250-point barrier, and a total of 12 squads have over 3,200 points. There are 370 teams with at least 3,000. Remember, the overall winner of EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge powered by Ardu Prime gets a package for two to attend the 2024 Final Four in Berlin (flights, four hotel nights and VIP tickets), three EuroLeague jerseys of his choice, two EuroLeague official Spalding basketball and a EuroLeague TV Subscription for the 2023-24 season to follow the road to the Final Four that he or she will attend.
My team, Gancedato, doesn't compete for prizes, which are prohibited to Euroleague Basketball employees, but I'm not really challenging for any high spots, anyway. In Round 19, most of my starters delivered and each of my bench players had a PIR of 7 or higher. My head coach Ettore Messina of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan lost his game, however, and that left me at 153.2 points. I rank 3,108th overall with 2,763.55 points. My goal is to make it into the top 3,000 this week and keep climbing until the end of the season. This is Round 20 our of 41 – remember, all the way through the Final Four – so there is plenty of time to rank much higher.
Three trades are allowed before each round, and you can trade your head coach, too. I am letting Coach Messina go and signing Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv boss Oded Kattash instead. His team plays at home and has been doing better, in general terms, recently. I am trading Dzanan Musa of Real Madrid, thanking him for a solid performance, because I expect Los Blancos' game against Olympiacos Piraeus to be a tough, physical one. That's why I am also selling Nigel Williams-Goss even when he plays against his former team. Finally, I am selling Nemanja Nedovic of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade because his PIR is not matching his over-the-top scoring skills.
My main bet in Round 20 is Vasilije Micic of Anadolu Efes Istanbul. I think he will play very well at home against one of his former teams, FC Bayern Munich, where he didn't play particularly well. I am also buying Ognjen Dobric of Zvezda based on our fantasy tips for this week. Dobric is playing solid as he ever has recently. Finally, I am getting Uros Trifunovic of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, who had a PIR of 18 in his last EuroLeague game and seems to be the best bet with the few credits I have left, just 4.9.
You can take a look at my team here:
