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Fantasy Challenge tips: Round 17
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As we near the midway point in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season, there continue to be players who stand out as pivotal players in the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge. Whether they are playing more because they are in great form, due to injuries or even coaching changes, wise fantasy players seek out those players when they are on the rise. Here are five such players to consider ahead of Round 17.
Malte Delow, ALBA Berlin (5.7 credits) – The 22-year-old guard is playing his sixth EuroLeague season and has appeared in every game for ALBA this season. And never has he had a run like this. Entering Round 14, Delow had posted PIRs in double figures four times in 97 games. Since then he has had three in a row! More impressive is that Delow is doing so without scoring much; he has averaged 4.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.0 steal for a PIR of 11.7 in that stretch.
Alpha Diallo, AS Monaco (11.6 credits) – Monaco’s Swiss Army Knife has upped his game recently by averaging 11.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 block for a PIR of 17.5 over his last four games. His fantasy price has skyrocketed 1.1 in that time. Diallo earns his minutes as a do-it-all player and a defensive ace. More and more he has been drawing fouls and scoring baskets, which make him a very interesting fantasy prospect.
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Malte Delow, ALBA Berlin![image]()
Malte Delow, ALBA Berlin![image]()
Alpha Diallo, AS Monaco![image]()
Alpha Diallo, AS Monaco![image]()
Eli Ndiaye, Real Madrid![image]()
Eli Ndiaye, Real Madrid![image]()
Josh Nebo, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv![image]()
Josh Nebo, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv![image]()
Scottie Wilbekin, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul![image]()
Scottie Wilbekin, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
Eli Ndiaye, Real Madrid (4.8 credits) – The teenager has cracked the starting rotation and is playing more and more. He has played at least 20 minutes in each of his last two games. Ndiaye scored a career-high 10 points in Round 15 against Crvena Zvezda and followed that with a personal best PIR of 13 in Round 16 against Partizan. Before that, he had a career-high 7 rebounds in Round 14 against Bayern. As he continues to put it all together, Ndiaye could be a shrewd, cheap weapon in the Fantasy Challenge.
Josh Nebo, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (13.0 credits) – Nebo is playing his best basketball right now. Period. His last two games have been his best two in terms of scoring and PIR of the season. He had 17 points and a PIR of 25 against Baskonia in Round 15 and 18 points and PIR of 26 against Crvena Zvezda in Round 16. He also had a season-high 11 boards against Baskonia. Nebo is drawing fouls, getting to the line and making his free throws. He is the hottest center in the league right now.
Scottie Wilbekin, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (11.9 credits) – Since Coach Jasikevicius arrived in Istanbul, Wilbekin’s game has taken a step forward. In those three games, Wilbekin has averaged 16.7 points on 11-of-24 three-point-shooting (45.8%) plus 4.7 assists for a PIR of 19.3. That is after averaging 12.6 points on 38.8% shooting from deep and 2.7 assists for a PIR of 11.5 in the first 13 games this season. It may be time to climb aboard the Wilbekin train.