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Jakob Poeltl or Zach LaVine

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Jakob Poeltl

Jakob Poeltl

C • San Antonio Spurs SA
Zach LaVine

Zach LaVine

SG • Chicago Bulls CHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Poeltl over LaVine

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting LaVine over Poeltl

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jakob Poeltl
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.004.0010.3327.000.331.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.143.868.4325.570.291.007
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Zach LaVine
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.005.006.2535.251.500.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.143.865.7135.711.140.297
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jakob Poeltl
OWN
96%
-1.86 compared to last week
START
67%
+0.09 compared to last week
OWN/START Zach LaVine
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
99%
+4.18 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jakob Poeltl
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Zach LaVine
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jakob Poeltl

    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 18th with 1234 total points (29.38 avg).
  • He is currently 1148 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.3 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 58.46% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are good for a center with 3.21 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 8.14 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.83, APG: +0.78, RPG: +1.9, MPG: +3.37 STLS: +0.19 BLKS: --0.24
Breakdown Zach LaVine

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SG's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 3rd with 1701 total points (35.44 avg).
  • He is currently 489 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.3 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 45.02% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 29.47% 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 4.00 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are great for a guard with 6.00 rpg this month.

    • 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: +2.26, APG: +0.45, RPG: +0.74, MPG: +6.61 STLS: +0.42 BLKS: --0.14
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jakob Poeltl

No Injury Reported

Injury Zach LaVine

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jakob Poeltl
DateOpponentResult
Feb 06@CHIL 128-104
Feb 08@TOR
Feb 10@DET
Feb 11@ATL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.004.2511.0027.750.751.754
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Zach LaVine
DateOpponentResult
Feb 06VS SAW 128-104
Feb 07@MEM
Feb 09@BKN
Feb 11@CLE
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.004.004.3334.330.330.506
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jakob Poeltl
23.76
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Zach LaVine
26.64
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jakob Poeltl
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
16-17 TOR 52 11.5 .571 .0 .546 3.0 0.2 3.1 0.4 0.3 0.6
17-18 TOR 81 18.6 .660 .500 .592 6.9 0.7 4.8 1.3 0.5 1.0
18-19 SA 77 16.3 .647 .0 .533 5.5 1.2 5.3 0.9 0.4 0.6
19-20 SA 57 16.6 .622 .0 .486 5.4 1.8 5.4 1.5 0.5 0.7
20-21 SA 61 26.1 .629 .0 .504 8.6 1.9 8.0 1.8 0.7 1.3
21-22 SA 72 28.0 .624 .1000 .490 13.2 2.8 9.2 1.7 0.7 1.6
22-23 SA 42 25.7 .622 .0 .612 12.2 3.0 9.1 1.1 0.7 2.1
3-YEAR AVG 69 24.2 .622 .1000 .490 9.3 2.2 7.7 1.7 0.6 1.2
Totals 459 20.6 .628 .500 .531 7.8 1.6 6.4 1.3 0.5 1.1
Career Zach LaVine
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
14-15 MIN 77 24.5 .423 .341 .842 10.1 3.6 2.8 0.1 0.7 2.5
15-16 MIN 81 27.8 .450 .389 .791 14.0 3.0 2.8 0.2 0.9 1.9
16-17 MIN 46 37.4 .462 .390 .836 19.2 2.9 3.3 0.2 0.9 1.8
18-19 CHI 24 27.2 .383 .342 .813 16.7 3.0 4.0 0.2 1.0 1.8
18-19 CHI 65 34.3 .466 .370 .836 23.7 4.5 4.6 0.4 1.0 3.4
19-20 CHI 59 34.5 .444 .372 .803 25.2 4.2 4.8 0.5 1.4 3.4
20-21 CHI 54 34.6 .506 .415 .845 27.2 5.0 5.1 0.5 0.9 3.6
21-22 CHI 76 33.8 .478 .395 .858 23.9 4.5 4.6 0.3 0.6 2.6
22-23 CHI 48 35.3 .462 .374 .844 23.4 4.2 4.8 0.2 1.0 2.5
3-YEAR AVG 65 34.2 .476 .395 .837 25.3 4.5 4.8 0.4 0.9 3.1
Totals 535 31.9 .461 .384 .833 20.1 3.9 4.0 0.3 0.9 2.6
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