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DraftKings EuroLeague Basketball Picks October 31

By Mike Marteny

BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: #22 Vasilije Micic of Serbia controls the ball during the games 5-6 match between Serbia and the Czech Republic of 2019 FIBA World Cup at the Cadillac Arena on September 14, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by DI YIN/Getty Images)
BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 14: #22 Vasilije Micic of Serbia controls the ball during the games 5-6 match between Serbia and the Czech Republic of 2019 FIBA World Cup at the Cadillac Arena on September 14, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by DI YIN/Getty Images) /
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA – SEPTEMBER 22: Janis Timma, #6 of Khimki Moscow Region poses during the 2019/2020 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Media Day at Basketball Center of Moscow Region on September 22, 2019 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Serbin/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images) /

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Forward pales in comparison to guard on this slate, but we still have to find three guys that we want and that fit our budget. Pay attention to the status of Bryant Dunston here. He ceded starting duties to Tibor Pleiss on Tuesday and was less effective off the bench. If Pleiss starts again, Dunston isn’t worth this price.

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I’m probably off of Dunston anyway because of the great play of Janis Timma. He turned in a season high 36 DraftKings points on Tuesday. This is another good matchup against Belgrade here for Timma, Devin Booker, and Jeremy Evans. I like all three of them, but Evans’ production is far more sporadic.

Jacob Wiley turned in his best game of the EuroLeague season so far on Tuesday for Athens. The big thing to take away is the good defensive numbers and high minutes total. If Wiley is going to play around 25 minutes going forward, he’s well worth this price.

Ioannis Papapetrou started slowly this year, but he may finally be getting on track. Papapetrou has 53.25 DraftKings points over the last three rounds and is playing solid minutes.

With Brown out and Faye questionable, it has been Dejan Davidovac who has stepped into larger minutes. James Gist has seen a slight uptick in production as well, but Davidovac is a lot cheaper and is close to matching the production of Gist. If Faye is out, I’m using Davidovac for value up front.

If Faye ends up playing, that makes forward even tougher. There isn’t a lot of value here to begin with. If we lose one of the top value picks as well, you have to go dumpster diving at guard and fade a top play because of it.