What a disater!!
The team with the most points gathered 50 points less than the one 2 games ago. Only 190 points.
The team dived to 47th place!
And the AK47 fell silent!
Well that battle was lost but we still got 2 games before the end of the war...
This week the roster changes again drastically. With players coming back and new faces coming in.
Changed this team far too many times but this is the final result.
- Diamantidis (Sloukas Out) last weeks bet did not work out. Sloukas is playing against CSKA this week and I will go back to Diamantidis as he is playing at home, on a very important game for this season and after a defeat by Olympiakos for the Greek League. Is it going to be Redemption Song for him?
- McCaleb keeps performing brilliantly he is now 20 credits ahead of the second PG on the list, Diamantidis. His performances have been great with another 22 Rating last week.
- Navarro (Spanoulis out) 7.7 from a man that usually treats us with 20's is very poor indeed... I will keep him out this week. Not only he plays against CSKA that found smart ways to keep him out last time. But Olympiakos has little to gain from a victory against the Russians tonight. The make or break game is next week against GS. Navarro on the other hand is coming up in the past few weeks after an average (for his standards) season. Is La Bomba back in business?
- Micov was a bit of a disaster last week. But I will not move him. He still sees 30 minutes per game and has proved himself against strong defences (Barcelona/Sienna at home). He can do over 12 this week.
- Langford did 14 again this week, just like last week. He has an important role in the team, he sees 30-35 mins in every game since Farmar left, taking a lot of shots and scoring points. He is another keeper.
- Siskauskas Siska, did a 7 last week but he plays at home against injury-troubled Olympiakos at home. I expect him to do a 10.
Batiste (Andersen out) Andersen plays against a strong D, and I needed someone with low credits. Dorsey is a great vaue for money. Batiste is playing at against tall guys he knows (Fotsis, Bourousis) in a crucial game for the Greens and his performance has been improving in the past few weeks.- Hendrix (Andersen out) Andersen plays against a strong D, and I needed someone with low credits. Hendrix (or Batiste) is a good alternative at a lower cost (10 less credits). He has been seeing solid time after Farmar left the team and his performance has been way above his average (10) in the TOP16 at 17.5.
- Lorbek Solid throughout this season, and a 16 last week. Very effective player, the game is crucial for his team. I think he'll do good.
- Krstic. Did a terrible 4 last week, I dont think he'll have any problems against the 2.04m and 2.03m of Olympiakos' tall guys (Except the odd block by Dorsey!). He is another keeper.
- Kirilenko. AK shot blanks last week. Just 11 rating is nothing for the man that has 30 avg rating. I think CSKA will have an easy W against Olympiakos who is more interested in next weeks game. AK47 stays on the team.
And the team now looks like this: 
Some sure values that didn't work (Krstic - Lorbek - Mc Calebb - even Kirilenko is far awaw from his value)
ReplyDeleteSome smart choices (Siskauskas deceiving - only 10 mn)
Micov who didn't play.
Your team was good and your explainations were consistant and sharp.
The only thing is... f*** bad luck !
You are anyway an strong expert with a very interesting blog.
Bye,
Mellmerwen
Thank you Mellmerwen,
ReplyDeleteI did expect CSKA to beat Olympiakos but I didn't expect them to obliterate them from the first half already.
Krstic and Kirilenko were on the 20s after the first half but with 30 points difference in the last quarter, Kazlauskas put the second team on the floor till the end.
You do expect some of your good guys to do bad each week but it was more than a few this week.
At least good bets were all the changes. All three Diamantidis, Navarro and Hendrix did considerably more than the ones they replaced.
Tough luck!
Let's see how next week goes.