DraftKings EuroLeague basketball picks December 29

BELGRADE, SERBIA - OCTOBER 31: Alexey Shved of Khimki in action during the 2019/2020 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 6 match between Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade and Khimki Moscow Region at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall on October 31, 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images) /

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MADRID, SPAIN – OCTOBER 19: Jayson Granger, #15 forward of Kirolbet Baskonia during the 2018/2019 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season Round 27 game between Real Madrid and Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz at Wizink Arena on October 19, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Sonia Canada/Getty Images) /

DraftKings EuroLeague Guards:

Alexey Shved is once again priced nearly $3,000 more than everyone else. He’s also the only player on this slate averaging more than 30 DraftKings points per game. He’s almost at 40. There’s no other way to say this. Shved is worth the money, but value games don’t exist at his price.

Both Larkin and Wilbekin have tough matchups here, so a Shved fade is even harder to justify. Kostas Sloukas and Pierria Henry both have plus matchups though. I feel there is less risk with Henry, but Sloukas might have a higher ceiling. The issue with Sloukas is the big home/road splits. He’s a full fade for me on the road.

Marius Grigonis is one of the more consistent guys around and could get lost in the shuffle with all of the big name guards in front of him.

There are so many good guards on the slate that I don’t feel like we need to mess with those in bad matchups. A few of them are tempting, but I’m more tempted by Luca Vildoza and Jayson Granger with Siva out. Shaq McKissic looks nice too, but he’s risky.

This is a good time to take a shot with Thomas Walkup in GPP play, but those valuing consistency will stick with Sergio Llull. He’s one of the best cash plays out there.

This should be the time when Maodo Lo shines, but he’s not really consistent. He will see plenty of minutes with Siva out and will still put up decent value. The ceiling is high enough to slide him in a GPP or two with Siva out.

We saw Errick McCollum have a monster game in round 16 after scoring three combined points in nine combined minutes in rounds 14 and 15. McCollum is a huge risk, but with Khimki weeding out their bench a bit, it looks like McCollum should remain in the rotation.

Yes, I still like Sam Van Rossom, but I’m not keen on the matchup. Lukas Lekavicius, Arturas Milaknis, and Billy Baron look like far more reliable value plays on this slate.

This is as good as a matchup get for Vassilis Spanoulis. He’s not the player he used to be, but Spanoulis provides good per-minute production at a very low price