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Chimezie Metu or Daniel Gafford

Who Should I Start? - Week 26 • Start New
Chimezie Metu

Chimezie Metu

CDetroit Pistons DET
Daniel Gafford

Daniel Gafford

CDallas Mavericks DAL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Metu over Gafford

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Chimezie Metu
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Gafford over Metu

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Daniel Gafford
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Performance Chimezie Metu
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.000.004.0033.002.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.802.007.6035.001.400.005
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Daniel Gafford
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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
12.501.253.7519.000.501.754
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Chimezie Metu
OWN
18%
-7.3 compared to last week
START
 
7%
-0.23 compared to last week
OWN/START Daniel Gafford
OWN
96%
+0.18 compared to last week
START
66%
-10.16 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Chimezie Metu
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Daniel Gafford
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Chimezie Metu

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 44th with 703 total points (14.06 avg).
  • He is currently 3662 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 11.4 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 50.00% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 30.23% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are alright for a center but nothing to brag about at 1.93 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a center / power forward with 6.00 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 32 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.82, APG: +0.48, RPG: +1.53, MPG: +9 STLS: +0.61 BLKS: +0.06
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.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.1.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 81.01% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a center with 2.31 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.69 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
Next Up Health Check
Injury Chimezie Metu

No Injury Reported

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.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Chimezie Metu
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Daniel Gafford
DateOpponentResult
Apr 21@LAC
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.000.506.5024.001.003.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Chimezie Metu
7.30
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Daniel Gafford
18.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Chimezie Metu
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
18-19 SA 29 4.8 .328 .0 .765 1.8 0.4 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.5
19-20 SA 16 4.4 .571 .0 .750 2.9 0.4 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.3
21-22 SAC 28 11.3 .541 .294 .697 5.7 0.8 2.9 0.6 0.4 0.8
21-22 SAC 62 20.2 .458 .314 .767 8.7 1.0 5.5 0.5 0.8 1.0
22-23 SAC 65 9.8 .589 .237 .730 4.9 0.6 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.5
23-24 PHO 50 16.7 .506 .301 .906 6.6 0.9 3.9 0.3 0.9 1.0
3-YEAR AVG 54 14.7 .501 .308 .744 6.7 0.8 4.0 0.4 0.5 0.8
Totals 258 13.3 .496 .303 .781 5.9 0.8 3.5 0.4 0.5 0.8
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
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