DraftKings EuroLeague basketball picks December 15

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MADRID, SPAIN – JANUARY 24: Walter Tavares of Real Madrid in action during the 2019/2020 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 21 match between Real Madrid and Anadolu Efes Istanbul at Wizink Center on January 24, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Sonia Canada/Getty Images) /

DraftKings EuroLeague Forwards:

Luke Sikma destroyed Red Star in Belgrade last year. Red Star has been much better against forwards this year, but if Sikma still has their number, he’s putting up some big numbers in this one at very low ownership.

The St. Petersburg defense couldn’t even slow down Walter Tavares in Round 13. Tavares now has 111.75 DraftKings points in the last three rounds. Find a way to wedge him in your lineups.

Achille Polonara does enough across the board that maybe he can still hit value in a rough matchup, but if I’m taking any risk with the Baskonia front, I don’t want to pay that much for it. Especially when Tavares is only $400 more.

Both Papagiannis and Papapetrou are in play against the Real Madrid front. Tavares is more of an offensive force and the defense is middle of the pack this year. I’d play one or both of the Papa’s over any of the guards besides Mack.

Danilo Barthel wrecked me last week, but I’m going back to the well. With Jan Vesely out, Barthel should shoulder most of the frontcourt load for Fenerbahce. Dyshawn Pierre and Edgaras Ulanovas become intriguing cheap pieces as well.

Matchups don’t much matter for Niels Giffey. He is producing against everyone not named Milan lately. If you prefer to play the matchups, both Johnny O’bryant and Bryant Dunston have good ones. It feels like O’bryant gets better every game. He’s my favorite in the lower middle tier along with Anthony Randolph.

The Zalgiris frontcourt is full of nice value plays but this Baskonia front has allowed the least fantasy points to forwards this year. This is one time that I’ll look elsewhere.

Tibor Pleiss is back, but he played sparingly in both games last week. He’s really cheap, but this is a risky play if Pleiss only plays around 12-15 minutes again. Trey Thompkins and Kyle Hines feel much safer.

Chris Singleton is the guy that stands to lose the most when Pleiss is back to full speed, so keep a close eye on this.

Both Gabriel Deck and Vladimir Micov are capable of breaking a slate at their prices. The ceiling is very high, but the floors are equally low. Dejan Davidovac is the cheap piece if you are more concerned with consistency.