DraftKings EuroLeague basketball picks December 17

Alba Berlin's US point guard Peyton Siva (L) and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg's US power forward Thomas Wimbush vie during the German basketball Bundesliga final first-leg match between Alba Berlin and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in Munich, southern Germany on June 26, 2020. (Photo by Adam Pretty / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ADAM PRETTY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /

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Luke Sikma of Alba Berlin during the game between Alba Berlin and Zalgiris Kaunas on november 28, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by City-Press via Getty Images) /

DraftKings EuroLeague Forwards:

Luke Sikma had a strong game against Red Star on Tuesday despite the tough matchup. It will be much easier going against Athens today. I can make a case for Sikma being the highest scorer on the slate, but I don’t think he has the highest upside.

Both Ioannis Papapetrou and Georgios Papagiannis are in play again. Not only is this a good matchup, but the Athens bigs have been on a roll of late. The upside is slightly higher on Papapetrou, but Papagiannis outplays him more often than the prices suggest.

Bryant Dunston was about the only bright spot for Efes when they got wiped off the court in Moscow. Dunston racked up 27.75 DraftKings points in just 18 minutes. He’ll be very involved and highly effective once again today, hopefully in more minutes.

The Zalgiris frontcourt is crowded, but it’s much like the Valencia front. They all play about the same amount of minutes and they are all productive. Nigel Hayes and Augustine Rubit have been a little ahead of the field for Zalgiris lately, but Joffrey Lauvergne’s savings could make him more valuable depending on what you do with the extra cash.

It wasn’t mostly Danilo Barthel that picked up the slack with Vesely out. It was Dyshawn Pierre. This is a tougher matchup, but Pierre is still enough of a discount to spring for him in GPP formats.