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Jaylen Nowell or Khem Birch

Who Should I Start? - Week 35 • Start New
Jaylen Nowell

Jaylen Nowell

SG • Minnesota Timberwolves MIN
Khem Birch

Khem Birch

C • Toronto Raptors TOR
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jaylen Nowell
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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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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Khem Birch
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
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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
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jaylen Nowell
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Khem Birch
OWN
18%
+4.01 compared to last week
START
12%
+2.67 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jaylen Nowell
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Khem Birch
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jaylen Nowell

    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 63rd with 903 total points (14.56 avg).
  • He is currently 3259 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 14.6.

    • Performance Stats

  • He is ranked 19th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 3.51.
  • Assists per game numbers are only 0 apg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 10 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +3.13, APG: +1.24, RPG: +0.6, MPG: +5.03 STLS: +0.16 BLKS: --0.01
Breakdown Khem Birch

    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 38th with 736 total points (12.07 avg).
  • He is currently 3752 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 12.1.

    • Performance Stats

  • Assists per game numbers are 0 apg.
  • He does not have enough rebounds this month to be analyzed. This could be due to an injury.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 9 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -2.55, APG: -0.3, RPG: -1.45, MPG: --4.56 STLS: --0.19 BLKS: --0.27
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jaylen Nowell

No Injury Reported

Injury Khem Birch

KNEE SURGERY - Targeting training camp

Knee surgery
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jaylen Nowell
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Matchups Khem Birch
DateOpponentResult
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0
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jaylen Nowell
2.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Khem Birch
3.05
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jaylen Nowell
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 MIN 15 9.9 .359 .115 .941 3.8 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.2
21-22 MIN 38 18.3 .428 .338 .824 9.5 1.6 2.3 0.3 0.6 0.7
21-22 MIN 66 15.3 .460 .367 .784 8.4 2.1 2.0 0.2 0.5 0.6
3-YEAR AVG 41 15.4 .439 .334 .811 8.1 1.8 2.0 0.2 0.5 0.6
Totals 123 15.4 .439 .334 .811 8.1 1.8 2.0 0.2 0.5 0.6
Career Khem Birch
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 ORL 41 14.2 .540 .0 .689 4.3 0.8 4.4 0.5 0.4 0.5
18-19 ORL 50 12.7 .603 .0 .699 4.8 0.8 3.8 0.6 0.4 0.4
19-20 ORL 40 19.3 .487 .0 .612 3.8 0.9 4.5 0.5 0.4 0.6
20-21 ORL 59 21.0 .498 .278 .704 6.4 1.2 5.5 0.7 0.7 0.6
21-22 TOR 63 16.8 .484 .158 .720 4.3 1.0 4.0 0.4 0.5 0.6
3-YEAR AVG 59 19.5 .496 .222 .692 5.4 1.1 4.8 0.6 0.6 0.6
Totals 269 17.4 .517 .219 .693 5.2 1.0 4.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs COL 9:40 PM EST
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PHI vs WAS 4:05 PM EST
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SEA vs TOR 10:10 PM EST
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