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DraftKings EuroLeague basketball picks November 20

By Mike Marteny

MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 12: Facundo Campazzo of Real Madrid during the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague match between Real Madrid and Olympiacos Piraeus at Wizink Center on December 12, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Sonia Canada/Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 12: Facundo Campazzo of Real Madrid during the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague match between Real Madrid and Olympiacos Piraeus at Wizink Center on December 12, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Sonia Canada/Getty Images) /
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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) /

DraftKings EuroLeague Guards:

Here we are faced with the choice of Jordan Loyd or Scottie Wilbekin at the top. Both have tough matchups. To me, it’s still not much of a choice. Loyd has the higher floor and higher ceiling. The real decision is between Wilbekin and the other two five-figure guys.

With Milan at full strength, it’s increasingly unlikely that Sergio Rodriguez pays off that lofty tag. Kevin Pangos has a nice matchup, but he’s not the most consistent guy around. I can see a full fade of the top tier with the middle tier loaded. There are still some bad matchups in there though.

Facundo Campazzo has two huge games over the last three with Red Star the only one holding him under 35 DraftKings points. This is a good matchup against Fenerbahce as well, especially with Nando out. With price factored in, Campazzo might be the best play on the entire slate.

This is a solid spot for Lorenzo Brown, but his output isn’t affected much by the absence of Nando. It’s more of a boost for Ali Muhammad and now Kenan Sipahi. I’d opt for one of the cheaper guys.

With the way Klemen Prepelic is playing right now, he may still be in the mix even in a tough matchup. However, I keep looking at the price on Nick Calathes. He has played well over his last two rounds. The rough start has knocked his price down, but he could be one of the top five scorers on this entire slate. I like the upside.

As expected, Milan eased Malcolm Delaney back into action. He only played 19 minutes against Red Star on Wednesday. I would expect him to play in the low 20’s here. There is decent upside here in this good matchup, but the ceiling is lower than we are used to.

Billy Baron has knocked down 18 threes in his last four games. You usually don’t get this good of shooting in this price range, but Baron doesn’t do much else with his time on the court. His lack of peripheral stats make him a big risk.

Being able to nab a former EuroLeague MVP for just $6,000 seems a bit nuts. Sergio Llull only plays about half the game now, but he is still very effective when in there. He has a pretty high floor for a value play.

I view Thomas Huertel much the way as I did Milutinov yesterday. Huertel was a big part of this Barcelona in 2018-19 before missing most of last season. He is finally starting to round back into form. Huertel still wont play more than 20 minutes or so, but 20 minutes of a former star is not a bad punt play.