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James Harden or LaMelo Ball

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
James Harden

James Harden

SG • Brooklyn Nets BKN
LaMelo Ball

LaMelo Ball

PG • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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Owners starting Harden over Ball

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Ball over Harden

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance James Harden
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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
0.003.001.004.000.000.001
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 James Harden
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
26%
No change since last week.
OWN/START LaMelo Ball
OWN
65%
-12.67 compared to last week
START
12%
+1.34 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus James Harden
15th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus LaMelo Ball
75th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown James Harden

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 14th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 5th with 1800 total points (51.43 avg).
  • He is currently 289 points behind the leader: Donovan Mitchell
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 44.3.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 41.29% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 26.79% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are good for a shooting guard with 5.27 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a guard with 4.00 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -9.09, APG: +3.34, RPG: +1.54, MPG: --0.090000000000003 STLS: --0.56 BLKS: --0.2
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 James Harden

HAMSTRING - Week-to-week

Hamstring
Injury LaMelo Ball

WRIST - Re-evaluated April 20

Wrist
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups James Harden
DateOpponentResult
Apr 12@MIN
Apr 13@MINW 127-97
Apr 14@PHIL 123-117
Apr 16VS CHA
Apr 18@MIA
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
24.0010.507.5035.250.500.504
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 James Harden
38.43
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating LaMelo Ball
19.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career James Harden
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
09-10 OKC 76 22.8 .404 .375 .808 9.9 1.8 3.2 0.3 1.1 1.4
10-11 OKC 82 26.5 .436 .349 .843 12.2 2.1 3.1 0.3 1.1 1.3
11-12 OKC 62 31.2 .491 .390 .846 16.8 3.7 4.1 0.2 1.0 2.2
12-13 HOU 77 38.0 .437 .368 .854 26.0 5.9 4.9 0.5 1.8 3.8
13-14 HOU 73 37.9 .456 .367 .866 25.4 6.1 4.7 0.4 1.6 3.6
14-15 HOU 80 36.5 .439 .378 .868 27.2 6.9 5.7 0.8 1.9 4.0
15-16 HOU 81 37.9 .437 .357 .858 28.8 7.5 6.1 0.6 1.7 4.6
16-17 HOU 79 36.5 .439 .344 .848 29.1 11.2 8.1 0.4 1.5 5.8
17-18 HOU 71 35.4 .449 .366 .858 30.5 8.7 5.4 0.7 1.8 4.4
18-19 HOU 80 36.7 .441 .366 .880 36.3 7.5 6.6 0.7 2.1 5.0
19-20 HOU 60 36.5 .435 .351 .859 34.2 7.4 6.3 0.9 1.8 4.4
20-21 HOU 43 36.4 .463 .365 .870 25.1 10.7 7.9 0.7 1.2 4.1
3-YEAR AVG 70 36.2 .442 .362 .866 33.7 7.9 6.1 0.8 1.9 4.6
Totals 871 34.3 .444 .363 .859 25.1 6.5 5.5 0.5 1.6 3.7
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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