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Jalen Smith or Al Horford

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Jalen Smith

Jalen Smith

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Al Horford

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Owners starting Smith over Horford

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jalen Smith
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.500.503.008.000.000.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.200.403.4010.600.200.005
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Al Horford
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.333.333.3334.000.671.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.672.505.0032.670.831.176
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jalen Smith
OWN
37%
-8.95 compared to last week
START
18%
-0.94 compared to last week
OWN/START Al Horford
OWN
74%
-9.93 compared to last week
START
35%
-41 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jalen Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Al Horford
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jalen Smith

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among PF's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 26th with 869 total points (18.89 avg).
  • He is currently 1252 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.7.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 52.05% from the field this month. Very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 31.58% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.75 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 3.44 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 6 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.73, APG: +0.88, RPG: +2.57, MPG: +10.53 STLS: +0.22 BLKS: +0.41
Breakdown Al Horford

    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 30th with 897 total points (23.00 avg).
  • He is currently 1300 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 42.00% from the field this month. Not very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 36.51% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a center with 2.53 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty bad for a center / power forward with 4.93 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: +1.1, APG: +0.04, RPG: +0.41, MPG: +8.16 STLS: +0.07 BLKS: --0.08
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jalen Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Al Horford

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jalen Smith
DateOpponentResult
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Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Al Horford
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jalen Smith
10.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Al Horford
14.74
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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 46 18.3 .460 .273 .765 9.5 1.0 5.7 0.8 0.4 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 28 13.7 .489 .309 .778 6.8 0.4 4.5 0.6 0.2 0.7
Totals 129 15.3 .476 .292 .772 7.7 0.6 4.9 0.7 0.3 0.8
Career Al Horford
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
08-09 ATL 70 33.7 .522 .0 .726 11.5 2.5 9.4 1.4 0.8 1.5
09-10 ATL 81 35.0 .552 .1000 .789 14.2 2.3 9.9 1.1 0.7 1.5
10-11 ATL 75 35.2 .556 .500 .800 15.3 3.5 9.4 1.0 0.7 1.5
11-12 ATL 11 31.5 .553 .0 .733 12.4 2.3 7.0 1.3 0.9 1.5
12-13 ATL 72 36.9 .541 .500 .649 17.3 3.2 10.2 1.0 1.1 2.0
13-14 ATL 28 33.0 .563 .400 .687 18.7 2.6 8.5 1.5 1.0 2.3
14-15 ATL 75 30.3 .535 .324 .759 15.2 3.2 7.3 1.3 0.9 1.3
15-16 ATL 81 31.9 .507 .347 .815 15.3 3.2 7.2 1.5 0.8 1.3
16-17 BOS 65 32.6 .477 .362 .794 14.2 5.0 6.9 1.3 0.8 1.7
17-18 BOS 72 31.6 .489 .429 .783 12.9 4.7 7.4 1.1 0.6 1.8
18-19 BOS 69 28.8 .533 .358 .832 13.6 4.1 6.8 1.3 0.8 1.5
19-20 PHI 59 30.7 .440 .336 .747 12.1 4.1 6.9 0.9 0.9 1.1
20-21 OKC 28 27.5 .450 .368 .818 14.2 3.4 6.7 0.9 0.9 1.0
21-22 BOS 76 28.6 .474 .360 .838 10.3 3.2 7.6 1.3 0.7 1.0
22-23 BOS 39 30.4 .464 .413 .714 9.2 2.7 6.1 1.0 0.5 0.6
3-YEAR AVG 57 29.0 .458 .358 .804 11.6 3.6 7.2 1.1 0.8 1.1
Totals 926 32.1 .514 .374 .765 13.7 3.4 8.0 1.2 0.8 1.5
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