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DraftKings EuroLeague basketball picks December 18

By Mike Marteny

Alexey Shved, #1 of Khimki Moscow Region before the 2019/2020 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 8 match between Khimki Moscow Region and AX Armani Exchange Milan at Arena Mytishchi on November 14, 2019 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Serbin/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images)
Alexey Shved, #1 of Khimki Moscow Region before the 2019/2020 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 8 match between Khimki Moscow Region and AX Armani Exchange Milan at Arena Mytishchi on November 14, 2019 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Serbin/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images) /
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Nikola Milutinov, #11 of Olympiacos Piraeus in action (Photo by Panagiotis Moschandreou/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images) /

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This is the best matchup Monroe has had a in while, but aside from rebounds, he’s not doing much else. I expected Monroe to dominate the paint and around the rim. That hasn’t been the case. He should lead the league in blocks! His price feels overinflated to me.

We can forgive Nikola Milutinov for his dud against Real Madrid. That happens to a lot of teams up front. Milutinov should be back to normal minutes and normal production in a great matchup with Khimki. I would play Milutinov over Sikma purely based on matchup.

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Despite the poor matchup, Devin Booker is more on my radar than Sikma is. Booker has tremendous upside any time he takes the court. Booker has only missed nine shots in the last three games combined.

Vladimir Lucic may be the safer option at the top, but I still don’t know if I trust him. The matchup is good enough, and it seems like Lucic handles the teams he should up front. I’m leaning towards Lucic, but there is no slam dunk at the top today.

Jonas Jerebko has filled the void of Clyburn pretty well. He isn’t the defender or rebounder of Clyburn, but Jerebko is sufficient and he is a good scorer.

How is a bench player so consistent no matter the matchup? Niels Giffey has at least 20 DraftKings points in three straight. Two of those were against the tough fronts of Zalgiris and Fenerbahce. I’d still trust Giffey to at least come close to 20 against Munich.

It’s a good thing the middle tier of forward is loaded because I’m not sold on the top tier. Danilo Barthel consistently puts up good numbers, but I do want more for this price. I would trust Giffey more despite the tougher matchup. I want to see Barthel get involved in the offense more before I start using him. Kyle Hines will get you about the same thing and he’s a proven scorer.

The injury to Clyburn has opened up many minutes up front for other CSKA players. Joel Bolomboy is one of the guys who has really taken advantage. He has put up strong stats even in limited minutes. He is one of the better values out there today.