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Alex Caruso or Obi Toppin

Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Alex Caruso

Alex Caruso

SG • Chicago Bulls CHI
Obi Toppin

Obi Toppin

PF • New York Knicks NY
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Alex Caruso
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.001.004.6726.672.330.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.402.605.2026.402.600.805
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Obi Toppin
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.000.332.0012.000.330.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.000.573.1412.140.290.007
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Alex Caruso
OWN
53%
+6.12 compared to last week
START
31%
+16.68 compared to last week
OWN/START Obi Toppin
OWN
 
7%
-1.29 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-0.01 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Alex Caruso
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Obi Toppin
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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 32nd with 718 total points (17.51 avg).
  • He is currently 1215 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 4.9 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 41.54% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 42.31% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.21 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.14 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 10 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +0.61, APG: +0.76, RPG: +0.78, MPG: +8.04 STLS: +0.52 BLKS: +0.39
Breakdown Obi Toppin

    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 52nd with 404 total points (12.24 avg).
  • He is currently 1675 points behind the leader: Julius Randle

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 42.86% from the field this month. Not very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 45.83% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.47 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 1.60 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 21 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -0.4, APG: +0.04, RPG: -0.28, MPG: +0.67 STLS: --0.01 BLKS: --0.33
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Alex Caruso

No Injury Reported

Injury Obi Toppin

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Alex Caruso
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23VS ATLW 111-100
Jan 24@INDL 116-110
Jan 26@CHAL 111-96
Jan 28@ORL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.292.002.7122.711.860.717
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Obi Toppin
DateOpponentResult
Jan 24VS CLEW 105-103
Jan 26@BOSW 120-117
Jan 28@BKN
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.000.603.4014.600.200.005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Alex Caruso
12.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Obi Toppin
6.78
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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 41 24.0 .429 .380 .783 5.6 3.3 3.0 0.6 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 278 21.0 .422 .365 .751 6.1 2.8 2.6 0.4 1.2 1.2
Career Obi Toppin
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 NY 52 10.7 .489 .288 .727 4.1 0.5 2.3 0.2 0.3 0.4
21-22 NY 76 16.8 .527 .306 .758 9.0 1.1 3.9 0.5 0.4 0.8
22-23 NY 33 14.8 .428 .380 .765 6.7 0.9 3.2 0.2 0.3 0.5
3-YEAR AVG 47 14.0 .518 .307 .756 6.8 0.8 3.1 0.4 0.3 0.6
Totals 175 14.1 .500 .327 .757 6.8 0.8 3.1 0.3 0.3 0.6
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