EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast

The new year begins with a bang with Rounds 18 and 19 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague being played out during the first week of January. It is the beginning of a pivotal period in the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge where the best managers could separate themselves from the pack, just as the elite teams on the court will be aiming to do. Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs have all the lowdown on wha...

Round 17 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague sees seven games on Thursday and only two on Friday – and that makes for some interesting approaches to building your team EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge team. Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs are taking different approaches to this conundrum. Among the other burning fantasy topics are what players to target in the derby of Istanbul between Fenerbahce Beko...

The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague features 18 games this week in an exciting two rounds, in what could be a defining period in the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge. Hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs Podcast have identified a handful of topics you should be aware of, potential pitfalls to avoid and opportunities to seize upon as you make your teams. Among the burning fantasy topics, they address wha...

This season, the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge introduced a new twist in which at certain points during the season, unlimited trades would be permitted. This week, as the season enters Round 14, is one of them and accordingly, Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs are ready to help you with burning fantasy questions.

With co-host Javier Gancedo gallivanting around Europe, the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast welcomed back Arale Weisberg, the head of the basketball desk at Walla! Sport, for his second guest appearance of the season. Host Frankie Sachs and Weisberg discussed the rash of injuries that have hit several EuroLeague teams this week and offered suggestions on how to handle them.

The original EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast hosts are back in the saddle together for Episode No. 11, which corresponds with Round 11 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. In this week's episode, Javi Gancedo and Frankie Sachs will also discuss the impact of Tuesday's game between Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Real Madrid, which will not count for the Fantasy Challenge and which...

The EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast is back for Round 10 of the regular season and this week, with co-host Javier Gancedo away partying, we have another member of the Euroleague.net staff in his place. Geoff Gillingham joins Frankie Sachs and brings with him a different outlook on how to build fantasy teams. 

The two-round week of games for November arrives and with it many different questions and approaches for the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge. Fortunately, Fantasy Challenge Podcast hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs are here to offer help. Which teams play twice at home this week? Should you think about Round 9 games when choosing your lineup for Round 8? What injuries have created huge opportuni...

It's a three-man pod as Round 7 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague approaches with basketball journalist extraordinaire Ismail Senol from Turkey joining co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs. There are lots of laughs and no shortage of fantasy insights as the three of them review what has worked well so far this season and they make their picks for Round 7.

As the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague moves toward its second month and the thick of the season, so does the Fantasy Challenge Podcast with co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs, who cover a lot of ground this week, from the top players of the moment to an anecdote about the great Riccardo Pittis dating from the game's origins.

Round 5 brings unlimited trading to the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge. In order to help him improve his struggling team, podcast host Javier Gancedo looked for help around the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and got it from Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul star Nick Calathes, who joins the show to make suggestions and build a brand new, more competitive lineup.

To prep EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge managers for the season's first double-round week, Javier Gancedo is joined by a special guest Michalis Stefanou, a writer for Eurohoops.net and an enthusiast of the fantasy game, so much so that he came within a fraction of winning an entire round last season, when he shared a private league with reigning EuroLeague MVP Sasha Vezenkov.

Javier Gancedo is joined by special guest John Shurna , a reigning BKT EuroCup champion for Dreamland Gran Canaria. Shurna, who was the MVP of last season’s EuroCup Finals, is a devoted Fantasy Challenge manager – but in EuroLeague only! Follow their conversation to find out what kind of Fantasy Challenge teams they are putting together for Round 2!

Happy Holidays to Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans! The 2023-24 season tips off this week and the hosts of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast are ready to celebrate. In this week’s episode, Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs unveil the rosters for their teams. How do you think they did?

Hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs are joined by a special guest. Arale Weisberg is the head of the basketball desk at Walla! Sport in Israel and, more importantly, a fantasy basketball junkie! The three of them choose some of the best bargains in the game, in their opinion, as we all put together our fantasy teams in anticipation of opening night next week.

One of the biggest additions to the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge universe this season is the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast. The weekly podcast will be hosted by EuroLeague.net fantasy experts Frankie Sachs and Javier Gancedo, who co-created the game in 2004. Sachs and Gancedo will occasionally be joined by other EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge experts and enthusiasts, plus surprise guests.  8f...