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Daniel Gafford or Jalen Smith

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

Daniel Gafford

CDallas Mavericks DAL
Jalen Smith

Jalen Smith

PFIndiana Pacers IND
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Gafford over Smith

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Gafford

 
 
 
 
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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 Jalen Smith
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.501.005.5019.001.000.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.801.203.8012.800.400.205
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Daniel Gafford
OWN
94%
-5.71 compared to last week
START
71%
-3.27 compared to last week
OWN/START Jalen Smith
OWN
20%
+2.48 compared to last week
START
14%
+2.85 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Daniel Gafford
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jalen Smith
16th
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 Jalen Smith

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 16th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 40th with 1166 total points (19.11 avg).
  • He is currently 2766 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.7 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 52.86% from the field this month. Very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 38.10% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.77 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty bad for a center / power forward with 4.77 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 20 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.11, APG: +0.24, RPG: +0.8, MPG: +1.7 STLS: +0.02 BLKS: --0.1
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 Jalen Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Jalen Smith
DateOpponentResult
Apr 21@MIL
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.001.504.5015.000.000.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Daniel Gafford
18.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jalen Smith
10.93
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 Jalen Smith
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 PHO 21 4.0 .438 .273 .333 1.5 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.2
21-22 PHO 53 18.4 .493 .311 .782 9.5 0.5 6.3 0.8 0.3 0.9
22-23 IND 67 18.1 .475 .277 .759 9.4 1.0 5.7 0.9 0.3 1.0
23-24 IND 61 16.6 .592 .424 .692 9.9 1.0 5.5 0.6 0.3 0.7
3-YEAR AVG 50 15.6 .481 .291 .768 7.9 0.6 5.1 0.7 0.3 0.8
Totals 211 15.9 .514 .331 .746 8.5 0.7 5.2 0.7 0.3 0.8
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