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Aleksej Pokusevski or JaVale McGee

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Aleksej Pokusevski

Aleksej Pokusevski

PF • Oklahoma City Thunder OKC
JaVale McGee

JaVale McGee

C • Dallas Mavericks DAL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Pokusevski over McGee

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Aleksej Pokusevski
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Owners starting McGee over Pokusevski

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Aleksej Pokusevski
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance JaVale McGee
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.000.003.0010.000.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.000.003.0010.000.000.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Aleksej Pokusevski
OWN
12%
-1.23 compared to last week
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1%
-0.13 compared to last week
OWN/START JaVale McGee
OWN
 
4%
+0.42 compared to last week
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3%
+0.27 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Aleksej Pokusevski
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus JaVale McGee
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Aleksej Pokusevski

    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 38th with 632 total points (21.07 avg).
  • He is currently 1530 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 21.1.

    • Performance Stats

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

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 24 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.36, APG: +1.22, RPG: +2.13, MPG: +10.37 STLS: +0.28 BLKS: +1.02
Breakdown JaVale McGee

    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 63rd with 229 total points (8.18 avg).
  • He is currently 2037 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.8 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 73.33% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.21 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 1.36 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 25 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -4.35, APG: -0.35, RPG: -3.56, MPG: --6.13 STLS: --0.12 BLKS: --0.22
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Aleksej Pokusevski

No Injury Reported

Injury JaVale McGee

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Aleksej Pokusevski
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19@MINL 115-108
Oct 22@DENL 122-117
Oct 23VS MINL 116-106
Oct 25VS LACW 108-94
Oct 27VS LACW 118-110
Oct 29@DALW 117-111
Nov 01VS ORLW 116-108
Nov 03VS DENL 122-110
Nov 05@MILL 108-94
Nov 07@DETL 112-103
Nov 09VS MILL 136-132
Nov 11VS TORW 132-113
Nov 13@NYW 145-135
Nov 14@BOSL 126-122
Nov 16@WASW 121-120
Nov 18@MEML 121-110
Nov 21VS NYL 129-119
Nov 23VS DENL 131-126
Nov 25VS CHIW 123-119
Nov 26@HOUL 118-105
Nov 28@NOL 105-101
Nov 30VS SAW 119-111
Dec 03@MINW 135-128
Dec 05@ATLW 121-114
Dec 07@MEML 123-102
Dec 10@CLEL 110-102
Dec 12@DALL 121-114
Dec 14VS MIAL 110-108
Dec 16VS MINL 112-110
Dec 17VS MEMW 115-109
Dec 19VS PORW 123-121
Dec 21VS PORW 101-98
Dec 23VS NOL 128-125
Dec 27VS SAW 130-114
Dec 29@CHAL 121-113
Dec 31VS PHIL 115-96
Jan 03VS BOSW 150-117
Jan 04@ORLL 126-115
Jan 06VS WASW 127-110
Jan 08VS DALW 120-109
Jan 10@MIAL 112-111
Jan 12@PHIW 133-114
Jan 13@CHIW 124-110
Jan 15@BKNW 112-102
Jan 18VS INDW 126-106
Jan 20@SACL 118-113
Jan 22@DENW 101-99
Jan 25VS ATLL 137-132
Jan 27VS CLEW 112-100
Jan 30VS GSL 128-120
Feb 01@HOUL 112-106
Feb 04VS HOU
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.102.075.1321.930.671.3730
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups JaVale McGee
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19@PHOL 107-105
Oct 22VS MEMW 137-96
Oct 25@NOL 113-111
Oct 27@BKNW 129-125
Oct 29VS OKCL 117-111
Oct 30VS ORLW 114-105
Nov 02VS UTAW 103-100
Nov 04VS TORW 111-110
Nov 07VS BKNW 96-94
Nov 09@ORLL 94-87
Nov 10@WASL 113-105
Nov 12VS PORW 117-112
Nov 15VS LACW 103-101
Nov 16VS HOUL 101-92
Nov 18VS DENW 127-99
Nov 20VS DENL 98-97
Nov 23@BOSL 125-112
Nov 26@TORL 105-100
Nov 27@MILL 124-115
Nov 29VS GSW 116-113
Dec 01@DETL 131-125
Dec 03@NYW 121-100
Dec 05VS PHOW 130-111
Dec 06@DENW 116-115
Dec 09VS MILL 106-105
Dec 10@CHIL 144-115
Dec 12VS OKCW 121-114
Dec 14VS CLEL 105-90
Dec 16VS PORW 130-110
Dec 17@CLEL 100-99
Dec 19@MINL 116-106
Dec 21@MINW 104-99
Dec 23@HOUW 112-106
Dec 25VS LALW 124-115
Dec 27VS NYW 126-121
Dec 29VS HOUW 129-114
Dec 31@SAW 126-125
Jan 02@HOUW 111-106
Jan 05VS BOSL 124-95
Jan 07VS NOW 127-117
Jan 08@OKCL 120-109
Jan 10@LACL 113-101
Jan 12@LALW 119-115
Jan 14@PORL 136-119
Jan 15@PORL 140-123
Jan 18VS ATLL 130-122
Jan 20VS MIAW 115-90
Jan 22VS LACL 112-98
Jan 24VS WASL 127-126
Jan 26@PHOW 99-95
Jan 28@UTAL 108-100
Jan 30VS DETW 111-105
Feb 02VS NO
Feb 04@GS
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.250.252.507.610.140.5728
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Aleksej Pokusevski
10.31
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating JaVale McGee
7.67
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Aleksej Pokusevski
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 OKC 66 19.7 .404 .286 .692 7.6 2.1 5.1 0.6 0.6 1.5
22-23 OKC 30 21.9 .444 .380 .636 9.1 2.1 5.1 1.4 0.7 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 42 20.9 .394 .294 .676 8.2 2.2 5.0 0.7 0.6 1.8
Totals 113 21.2 .407 .315 .664 8.4 2.2 5.0 0.8 0.6 1.7
Career JaVale McGee
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
08-09 WAS 76 15.1 .494 .0 .661 6.4 0.3 3.9 1.0 0.4 0.8
09-10 WAS 59 16.3 .510 .0 .638 6.6 0.2 4.1 1.7 0.3 0.9
10-11 WAS 79 27.5 .550 .0 .585 10.1 0.5 8.0 2.4 0.5 1.3
11-12 WAS 61 25.0 .556 .0 .461 11.3 0.5 7.8 2.2 0.6 1.4
12-13 DEN 79 17.9 .574 .1000 .591 9.0 0.3 4.8 2.0 0.4 1.1
13-14 DEN 5 15.7 .436 .0 .1000 7.0 0.4 3.4 1.4 0.2 1.6
14-15 DEN 22 10.7 .549 .0 .645 4.5 0.1 2.7 0.8 0.1 0.8
15-16 DAL 33 10.5 .579 .0 .500 4.9 0.1 3.8 0.8 0.2 0.6
16-17 GS 75 9.4 .646 .0 .509 5.9 0.2 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.5
17-18 GS 64 9.3 .613 .0 .731 4.7 0.5 2.6 0.9 0.3 0.4
18-19 LAL 76 22.0 .626 .83 .623 12.0 0.7 7.7 1.9 0.6 1.4
19-20 LAL 61 16.6 .640 .500 .653 6.8 0.6 5.8 1.5 0.5 0.8
20-21 CLE 39 14.1 .517 .238 .656 7.5 0.9 5.0 1.2 0.5 1.4
21-22 PHO 83 14.9 .638 .222 .721 9.1 0.6 6.4 1.0 0.3 1.3
22-23 DAL 28 7.6 .634 .250 .539 4.3 0.3 2.5 0.6 0.1 0.9
3-YEAR AVG 67 15.2 .602 .244 .681 7.7 0.6 5.9 1.2 0.4 1.1
Totals 863 16.4 .578 .176 .607 7.8 0.4 5.2 1.4 0.4 1.0
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