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DraftKings EuroLeague basketball picks December 26

By Mike Marteny

Alexey Shved, #1 of Khimki Moscow Region in action with Stefan Jovic, #24 of Khimki Moscow Region (Photo by Denis Tyrin/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images)
Alexey Shved, #1 of Khimki Moscow Region in action with Stefan Jovic, #24 of Khimki Moscow Region (Photo by Denis Tyrin/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images) /
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BELGRADE, SERBIA – DECEMBER 12: Tornike Shengelia, #23 of Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz celebrates during the 2019/2020 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 13 match between Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade and Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz at Stark Arena on December 12, 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo by Marko Metlas/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images) /

DraftKings EuroLeague Forwards:

Tornike Shengelia is the only high priced forward option. Many will be off of him because of his struggles against Real Madrid last week. Shengelia has a very nice matchup here. One of the best on the slate for forwards, in fact. I can see a nice rebound game for Shengelia here.

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I do like both Giedraitis and Luke Sikma, but Baskonia has allowed the least fantasy points to forwards this season. Can they really live up to their lofty prices? This is going to be the first time in a long time that I really have to think about not playing one or both of them.

Even if Dunston returns, I expect it to be in limited capacity. Deshaun Thomas has the hot hand, but a slightly tougher matchup than Anthony Randolph and Janis Timma. Both of them are more inconsistent though, but are coming off of big games.

This is a great matchup for Villeurbanne, but I trust David Lighty a whole lot more than Tonye Jekiri right now. The strong play for Ioannis Papapetrou has continued as well, but he has nowhere near the upside of Lighty.

Jordan Mickey is showing no ill effects from the ankle injury and has put up at least 24 DraftKings points in back to back games. We saw what kind of damage Mickey can do when given the chance. He should get plenty of chances here. Gabriel Deck is still a strong pick, but the price on Mickey is only a couple hundred more.

We have only seen Adriean Payne active in two games this year due to injury. However, his return last week went very well. Payne put up 21.25 DraftKings points in just 16 minutes. The lower minutes are a bit concerning, but Payne can do a lot of damage in a little time. I like him as a value play here.

There is so much value at forward on this slate. Papagiannis, Charles Kahudi, and Youssoupha Fall all put up over 20 DraftKings points last week and they are all $6,000 or less. Papagiannis is probably the safer option since he has a longer run of current success, but Kahudi’s minutes are increasing as Villeurbanne always seems to be an evolving rotation.