DraftKings EuroLeague basketball picks January 9

ATHENS, GREECE - OCTOBER 17: Nick Calathes, #33 of Panathinaikos Opap Athens react during the 2019/2020 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 3 match between Panathinaikos Opap Athens and AX Armani Exchange Milan at Olympic Sports Center Athens on October 17, 2019 in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Panagiotis Moschandreou/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images) /

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Tyler Dorsey of Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv in action during the EuroLeague Basketball match between Zenit St Petersburg and Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv on December 17, 2019 at Sibur Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Photo by Mike Kireev/NurPhoto via Getty Images) /

DraftKings EuroLeague Guards:

Of course, I go a full fade of Nick Calathes last round, and he blows up on CSKA for 59.5 DraftKings points in the overtime victory. Calathes likely wont hit that mark here, but this is a good matchup against Milan. Calathes is a little more of a sure thing that the Nando de Colo/Kostas Sloukas Fenerbahce duo that is just dominating right now. Both are doing very well lately with neither having a bad outing in the last month or so. I will likely run one lineup with Calathes and one with the Fenerbache duo. It is pretty much impossible to get all three in the same lineup.

UPDATE: With Sloukas out, Nando is almost as much of a sure thing as Calathes. Melih Mahmutoglu and Ali Muhammad are worth a look on the cheap as well since they will likely split Sloukas’s minutes about evenly.

This is a great matchup for Sergio Rodriguez, but I don’t know that I trust him. I’d rather take a shot at the upside of Jimmer than settle for Sergio since they both have basically the same floor. Tyler Dorsey may be better than the both of them.

Facundo Campazzo is still producing solid numbers. The price has finally gone down enough to match the output. He doesn’t have the upside of Dorsey or Jimmer despite the same price though. Campazzo is pretty much a cash only option right now.

It helps to have a consistent producer like Elijah Bryant floating around. He’s not at a great value play, but if I’ve learned anything from playing EuroLeague, it’s to limit your exposure to value picks. You may be able to get away with three or even four in a NBA lineup and most will produce. It seems like in EuroLeague it’s about 50/50. Bryant allows you to not have to play games. He’s getting you between 18 and 24 DraftKIngs points. Period.

I don’t trust the big game out of Pierria Henry last week. It’s just as likely to be Nik Stauskas here. Someone will put up good numbers with Vildoza out, but who? You’re better off saving some money and rolling with Nicolas Laprovittola and his string of five straight rounds with double digit DraftKings points.