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Jose Alvarado or Alex Caruso

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Jose Alvarado

Jose Alvarado

PG • Charlotte Hornets NO
Alex Caruso

Alex Caruso

SG • Chicago Bulls CHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jose Alvarado
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.253.752.5023.001.250.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.633.002.0024.250.750.258
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alex Caruso
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.332.002.3322.002.330.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.172.003.5024.002.501.006
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jose Alvarado
OWN
32%
+3.45 compared to last week
START
23%
-0.53 compared to last week
OWN/START Alex Caruso
OWN
45%
-10.86 compared to last week
START
32%
+11.13 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jose Alvarado
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alex Caruso
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jose Alvarado

    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 34th with 909 total points (18.94 avg).
  • He is currently 1612 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.1 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 38.51% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 35.21% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • He is ranked 63rd this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.34.
  • Below average point guard averaging only 3.73 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.73 for the 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: +7.88, APG: +2.32, RPG: +1.86, MPG: +16.91 STLS: +0.72 BLKS: +0.08
Breakdown Alex Caruso

    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 33rd with 735 total points (17.50 avg).
  • He is currently 1349 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.1 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 42.62% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 34.78% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.23 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.08 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 11 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +0.83, APG: +0.86, RPG: +0.84, MPG: +8.54 STLS: +0.58 BLKS: +0.39
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jose Alvarado

No Injury Reported

Injury Alex Caruso

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jose Alvarado
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19@BKNW 130-108
Oct 21@CHAW 124-112
Oct 23VS UTAL 122-121
Oct 25VS DALW 113-111
Oct 28@PHOL 124-111
Oct 30@LACW 112-91
Nov 02@LALL 120-117
Nov 04VS GSW 114-105
Nov 05@ATLL 124-121
Nov 07@INDL 129-122
Nov 09@CHIW 115-111
Nov 10VS PORL 106-95
Nov 12VS HOUW 119-106
Nov 15VS MEMW 113-102
Nov 16VS CHIW 124-110
Nov 18VS BOSL 117-109
Nov 21VS GSW 128-83
Nov 23@SAW 129-110
Nov 25@MEML 132-111
Nov 28VS OKCW 105-101
Nov 30VS TORW 126-108
Dec 02@SAW 117-99
Dec 04VS DENW 121-106
Dec 07VS DETW 104-98
Dec 09VS PHOW 128-117
Dec 11VS PHOW 129-124
Dec 13@UTAL 121-100
Dec 15@UTAL 132-129
Dec 17@PHOL 118-114
Dec 19VS MILL 128-119
Dec 22VS SAW 126-117
Dec 23@OKCW 128-125
Dec 26VS INDW 113-93
Dec 28VS MINW 119-118
Dec 30VS PHIW 127-116
Dec 31@MEML 116-101
Jan 02@PHIL 120-111
Jan 04VS HOUW 119-108
Jan 06VS BKNL 108-102
Jan 07@DALL 127-117
Jan 09@WASW 132-112
Jan 11@BOSL 125-114
Jan 13@DETW 116-110
Jan 16@CLEL 113-103
Jan 18VS MIAL 124-98
Jan 20@ORLL 123-110
Jan 22@MIAL 100-96
Jan 24VS DENL 99-98
Jan 25VS MINL 111-102
Jan 28VS WASL 113-103
Jan 29@MILL 135-110
Jan 31@DENL 122-113
Feb 02@DAL
Feb 04VS LAL
Feb 05VS SAC
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.653.142.4521.821.200.1449
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alex Caruso
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19@MIAW 116-108
Oct 21@WASL 102-100
Oct 22VS CLEL 128-96
Oct 24VS BOSW 120-102
Oct 26VS INDW 124-109
Oct 28@SAL 129-124
Oct 29VS PHIL 114-109
Nov 01@BKNW 108-99
Nov 02VS CHAW 106-88
Nov 04@BOSL 123-119
Nov 06@TORL 113-104
Nov 07VS TORW 111-97
Nov 09VS NOL 115-111
Nov 13VS DENL 126-103
Nov 16@NOL 124-110
Nov 18VS ORLL 108-107
Nov 21VS BOSW 121-107
Nov 23@MILW 118-113
Nov 25@OKCL 123-119
Nov 28@UTAW 114-107
Nov 30@PHOL 132-113
Dec 02@GSL 119-111
Dec 04@SACL 110-101
Dec 07VS WASW 115-111
Dec 10VS DALW 144-115
Dec 11@ATLL 123-122
Dec 14VS NYL 128-120
Dec 16VS NYL 114-91
Dec 18@MINL 150-126
Dec 20@MIAW 113-103
Dec 21@ATLW 110-108
Dec 23@NYW 118-117
Dec 26VS HOUL 133-118
Dec 28VS MILW 119-113
Dec 30VS DETW 132-118
Dec 31VS CLEL 103-102
Jan 02@CLEL 145-134
Jan 04VS BKNW 121-112
Jan 06@PHIW 126-112
Jan 07VS UTAW 126-118
Jan 09@BOSL 107-99
Jan 11@WASL 100-97
Jan 13VS OKCL 124-110
Jan 15VS GSW 132-118
Jan 19VS DETW 126-108
Jan 23VS ATLW 111-100
Jan 24@INDL 116-110
Jan 26@CHAL 111-96
Jan 28@ORLW 128-109
Jan 31VS LACL 108-103
Feb 02VS CHA
Feb 04VS POR
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
5.723.282.9323.861.700.6543
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jose Alvarado
9.31
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alex Caruso
11.34
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jose Alvarado
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 NO 64 15.1 .445 .311 .700 6.2 2.6 1.8 0.1 1.2 0.8
22-23 NO 49 21.8 .412 .344 .822 9.7 3.1 2.4 0.1 1.2 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 32 15.1 .445 .311 .700 6.2 2.6 1.8 0.1 1.2 0.8
Totals 113 18.0 .427 .331 .762 7.7 2.8 2.1 0.1 1.2 1.0
Career Alex Caruso
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 LAL 35 15.2 .432 .286 .714 3.7 2.0 1.7 0.3 0.7 1.1
18-19 LAL 25 21.1 .445 .480 .797 9.2 3.1 2.7 0.4 1.0 1.7
19-20 LAL 58 17.6 .423 .355 .763 5.5 1.8 1.9 0.3 1.0 0.8
20-21 LAL 51 19.9 .432 .405 .683 5.9 2.5 2.9 0.3 1.2 1.2
21-22 CHI 48 26.9 .399 .333 .823 7.3 4.2 3.4 0.4 1.7 1.2
22-23 CHI 43 23.9 .447 .394 .780 5.7 3.3 2.9 0.7 1.7 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 59 21.4 .415 .356 .737 6.3 2.8 2.6 0.3 1.2 1.1
Totals 280 21.0 .425 .367 .751 6.1 2.8 2.6 0.4 1.2 1.2
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