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Austin Rivers or LaMelo Ball

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Austin Rivers

Austin Rivers

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LaMelo Ball

LaMelo Ball

PG • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Rivers over Ball

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ball over Rivers

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Austin Rivers
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

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0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Austin Rivers
OWN
 
2%
+0.73 compared to last week
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0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START LaMelo Ball
OWN
74%
-3.09 compared to last week
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12%
+1.48 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Austin Rivers
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus LaMelo Ball
75th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Austin Rivers

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among PG's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 98th with 276 total points (13.14 avg).
  • He is currently 2188 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 13.1.

    • Performance Stats

  • He is ranked 93rd this month in assist to turnover ratio with 1.91.
  • Assists per game numbers are only 0 apg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 38 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -1.23, APG: +0.37, RPG: -0.13, MPG: --2.56 STLS: --0.14 BLKS: --0.19
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
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Austin Rivers

No Injury Reported

Injury LaMelo Ball

WRIST - Re-evaluated April 20

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Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Austin Rivers
DateOpponentResult
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Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Austin Rivers
5.62
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating LaMelo Ball
19.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Austin Rivers
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
12-13 NO 60 23.3 .372 .326 .546 6.3 2.1 1.8 0.2 0.4 1.2
13-14 NO 70 19.0 .405 .364 .636 7.6 2.3 1.8 0.1 0.6 1.1
14-15 NO 75 20.4 .410 .299 .675 6.9 2.1 2.0 0.2 0.6 0.9
15-16 LAC 66 21.6 .439 .335 .684 8.9 1.5 1.9 0.2 0.7 0.9
16-17 LAC 74 27.8 .442 .371 .691 12.0 2.7 2.2 0.1 0.7 1.6
17-18 LAC 59 33.8 .427 .380 .645 15.3 4.0 2.4 0.3 1.2 1.8
18-19 WAS 78 26.9 .404 .312 .526 8.2 2.3 2.2 0.3 0.6 0.9
19-20 HOU 59 23.2 .424 .362 .667 8.6 1.6 2.4 0.2 0.7 0.6
20-21 NY 21 20.7 .430 .364 .714 7.3 2.0 2.2 0.0 0.6 1.0
3-YEAR AVG 65 27.8 .419 .350 .617 10.4 2.6 2.3 0.3 0.8 1.1
Totals 570 24.2 .419 .349 .646 9.1 2.3 2.1 0.2 0.7 1.1
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
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