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Daniel Gafford or Ish Smith

Who Should I Start? - Week 26 • Start New
Daniel Gafford

Daniel Gafford

C • Dallas Mavericks DAL
Ish Smith

Ish Smith

PG • n/a
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Gafford over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Smith over Gafford

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Daniel Gafford
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.001.002.0011.000.001.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.001.835.5021.500.502.006
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ish Smith
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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 Daniel Gafford
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
75%
+0.3 compared to last week
OWN/START Ish Smith
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Daniel Gafford
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ish Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Daniel Gafford

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 9th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 17th with 2026 total points (27.38 avg).
  • He is currently 2339 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.1 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 80.23% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a center with 2.36 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.86 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 7 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.36, APG: +0.53, RPG: +2.32, MPG: +4.88 STLS: +0.48 BLKS: +0.85
Breakdown Ish Smith

    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 69th with 443 total points (10.30 avg).
  • He is currently 3723 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 10.3.

    • Performance Stats

  • He is ranked 37th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 3.09.
  • 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: +1.9, APG: +2.14, RPG: +1.09, MPG: +12.06 STLS: +0.32 BLKS: --0.02
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Daniel Gafford

ELBOW - Since Apr 13, 2024

Gafford is dealing with right elbow soreness and is uncertain to take the court for the Mavericks.
Injury Ish Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Daniel Gafford
DateOpponentResult
Apr 21@LAC
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.000.506.5024.001.003.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ish Smith
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Daniel Gafford
18.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ish Smith
0.65
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Daniel Gafford
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 CHI 43 14.0 .702 .0 .533 5.1 0.5 2.5 1.3 0.3 0.7
20-21 CHI 46 13.8 .689 .0 .632 6.7 0.5 4.2 1.4 0.5 0.8
21-22 WAS 76 19.8 .690 .0 .683 9.5 0.9 5.8 1.4 0.4 0.9
22-23 WAS 77 20.2 .730 .0 .677 9.1 1.1 5.5 1.3 0.4 1.1
23-24 WAS 74 24.1 .725 .0 .674 11.0 1.6 7.6 2.1 0.9 1.0
3-YEAR AVG 71 18.6 .709 .0 .675 8.8 0.9 5.4 1.4 0.5 0.9
Totals 331 19.2 .713 .0 .663 8.8 1.0 5.5 1.5 0.5 0.9
Career Ish Smith
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
12-13 ORL 49 9.8 .351 .333 .429 2.4 1.8 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.7
13-14 PHO 70 14.2 .424 .42 .564 3.7 2.6 1.8 0.2 0.7 0.9
14-15 ORL 55 14.9 .390 .300 .597 6.2 3.3 1.8 0.1 0.7 1.4
15-16 NO 76 28.8 .408 .321 .693 12.5 6.5 3.9 0.3 1.1 2.3
16-17 DET 79 24.0 .439 .276 .698 9.1 5.1 2.8 0.4 0.8 1.4
17-18 DET 80 24.9 .486 .357 .699 11.0 4.4 2.7 0.3 0.8 1.3
18-19 DET 56 22.1 .418 .326 .758 9.0 3.6 2.6 0.2 0.5 1.1
19-20 WAS 59 26.0 .450 .363 .686 10.5 4.7 3.1 0.4 0.9 1.3
20-21 WAS 36 20.0 .424 .368 .552 6.2 4.1 3.2 0.3 0.7 1.0
21-22 CHA 68 16.6 .430 .364 .552 6.3 3.7 2.2 0.3 0.8 1.2
22-23 DEN 43 8.9 .394 .167 .500 2.5 2.3 1.3 0.2 0.2 1.0
23-24 CHA 43 16.7 .418 .500 .750 3.2 3.4 1.8 0.1 0.4 1.1
3-YEAR AVG 54 15.9 .427 .348 .569 5.5 3.4 2.4 0.3 0.6 1.1
Totals 739 19.8 .430 .326 .674 7.5 3.9 2.5 0.3 0.7 1.3
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SF 09:45 EDT EST
BOS vs CLE 01:35 EDT EST
CHC vs MIA 07:40 EDT EST
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