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LaMelo Ball or Darius Bazley

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
LaMelo Ball

LaMelo Ball

PG • Charlotte Hornets CHA
Darius Bazley

Darius Bazley

PF • Oklahoma City Thunder OKC
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance LaMelo Ball
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Darius Bazley
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.332.006.0030.330.330.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.332.006.0030.330.330.003
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START LaMelo Ball
OWN
74%
-3.09 compared to last week
START
12%
+1.48 compared to last week
OWN/START Darius Bazley
OWN
68%
+34.19 compared to last week
START
37%
+30.64 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus LaMelo Ball
75th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Darius Bazley
49th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown LaMelo Ball

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 75th among PG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 20th with 1368 total points (33.37 avg).
  • He is currently 1096 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • He is performing amazing in the past 30 days. Will he keep it up?
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 33.4.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 46.34% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 28.57% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • He is ranked 74th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.18.
  • Assists per game numbers are only 0.69 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 0.69 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 41 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +15.98, APG: +6.12, RPG: +5.88, MPG: +28.2 STLS: +1.61 BLKS: +0.34
Breakdown Darius Bazley

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 49th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 24th with 917 total points (23.51 avg).
  • He is currently 1508 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.5 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 51.28% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 33.33% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.38 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 1.13 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 14 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +7.64, APG: +0.99, RPG: +3.68, MPG: +13.19 STLS: +0.11 BLKS: --0.07
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury LaMelo Ball

WRIST - Re-evaluated April 20

Wrist
Injury Darius Bazley

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups LaMelo Ball
DateOpponentResult
Apr 13VS LALL 101-93
Apr 14VS CLEL 103-90
Apr 16@BKN
Apr 18VS POR
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.505.754.2525.002.000.254
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Darius Bazley
DateOpponentResult
Apr 13@UTAL 106-96
Apr 14VS GSL 147-109
Apr 16@DET
Apr 18@TOR
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.670.336.6729.670.000.333
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating LaMelo Ball
19.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Darius Bazley
14.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career LaMelo Ball
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 CHA 41 28.2 .452 .378 .789 16.0 6.1 5.9 0.3 1.6 2.8
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 41 28.2 .452 .378 .789 16.0 6.1 5.9 0.3 1.6 2.8
Career Darius Bazley
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 OKC 53 17.0 .383 .300 .681 4.5 0.5 3.7 0.7 0.4 0.8
20-21 OKC 39 30.2 .403 .293 .694 12.1 1.5 7.4 0.6 0.5 1.9
3-YEAR AVG 27 17.0 .383 .300 .681 4.5 0.5 3.7 0.7 0.4 0.8
Totals 100 22.9 .399 .316 .694 8.2 1.0 5.3 0.6 0.4 1.2
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