DraftKings EuroLeague basketball picks January 2

BELGRADE, SERBIA - NOVEMBER 15: Billy Baron of Crvena Zvezda reacts during the 2019/2020 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 8 match between Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade and LDLC Asvel Villeurbane at Stark Arena on November 15, 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images) /

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BERLIN, GERMANY – MAY 15: Kostas Sloukas, #16 of Fenerbahce Istanbul competes with Nando De Colo, #1 of CSKA Moscow during the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball Final Four Berlin 2016 Championship game between Fenerbahce Istanbul v CSKA Moscow in Mercedes Benz Arena on May 15, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Patrick Albertini/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images) /

DraftKings EuroLeague Guards:

Lorenzo Brown is the highest priced guard on the slate. You can go ahead an complain about the inflation, but Brown has at least 30 DraftKings points in five straight games. His floor is as high as anyone and we have seen that the ceiling isn’t too shabby either.

That’s not to say that Kostas Sloukas and Nando de Colo haven’t been very strong plays as well. Today Brown has the better matchup, but there is still a chance that one of the two outscore him. Last round it was Nando. Brown is by far the safer play though.

Thomas Walkup has played well with Grigonis out for the most part. However, I think I’d rather run Brown and the super consistent Billy Baron as a pivot to the Fenerbahce guards. I may even mix them up and use Brown with Nando in one and Baron with Sloukas in the other. I don’t like this matchup for Walkup or the rest of the Zalgiris guards though. There are safer plays out there.

Malcolm Delaney has huge upside for someone under $9,000. When it comes down to it though. Tyler Dorsey may have even higher upside. That floor can be scary low though. Same thing for Maodo Lo. He is almost always in the 20’s for DraftKings points, but when he’s not, Lo doesn’t even hit the teens.

I hate the matchup for Brandon Paul, but his upside is appealing. Paul was a disaster against Barcelona last round though. If you’re digging down here, Elijah Bryant is a much safer pick. Even Yovel Zoosman is safer than Paul today.