The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season comes to an end with three teams fighting for two playoffs spots, and most qualified teams (all but AS Monaco, locked into fourth place) fighting for a better spot in the final standings. Just as with the EuroLeague season, it is not the end of the road for the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge powered by Ardu Prime. For the first time, the competition continues throughout the playoffs and the Final Four. Unlimited trading will be allowed after this round to help Fantasy Challenge managers adjust their teams accordingly.
Round 33 was a good one for my team, Gancedato. I chose the perfect captain in Darius Thompson of Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, and a good coach in Joan Penarroya. They combined for 99.2 points, even when they were a popular choice a captain and coach. Other than Will Clyburn of Anadolu Efes Istanbul, who scored 24 fantasy points, no one else did great, but it was enough to get 179.45 points. That helped my team climb in the standings to rank 1,828th overall. It is a good opporunity to get closer to the top 1,500, so I have to be very careful with my trades.
For the last time this season, three trades are allowed before Round 34. After that, unlimited trading will be open until the end of the season. You can additionally trade your head coach in between rounds, too. Baskonia faces Olympiacos Piraeus on the road, so I am letting Penarroya go. Instead, in order to save some credits, I am choosing Israel Gonzalez of ALBA Berlin. ALBA faces another eliminated team, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, but plays at home and surely wants to finish the season with a good result. I am selling Josh Nebo of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv because his team plays Real Madrid, featuring Walter Tavares. I am selling Paris Lee of Panathinaikos Athens and Jaron Blossomgame of Monaco, too.
My first addition is Johnathan Motley of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. His team qualifies to the playoffs with a win against Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, regardless of other scores, and Ben Bentil is unavailable, so Motley should have a good game. I don't have a lot of credits for the other two players but I think I found two good options. Aleksa Avramovic of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade has been on fire recently and at 6.0 credits, I like his chances against Panathinaikos Athens. Finally, I am buying Semi Ojeleye of Virtus Segafredo Bologna because he has been rock-solid in the last five or six rounds. I am sure Virtus wants to go out with a big win in the Italian derby, too.
You can take a look at my team here:
