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JaVale McGee or Jalen Duren

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
JaVale McGee

JaVale McGee

C • Dallas Mavericks DAL
Jalen Duren

Jalen Duren

C • Detroit Pistons DET
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
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
5.500.001.506.500.000.002
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jalen Duren
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.671.005.3326.001.331.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.801.008.6025.401.401.805
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START JaVale McGee
OWN
 
3%
-0.66 compared to last week
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2%
+0.1 compared to last week
OWN/START Jalen Duren
OWN
77%
+7.02 compared to last week
START
55%
+20.74 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus JaVale McGee
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jalen Duren
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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 1968 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.7 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 73.33% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.20 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 1.27 rpg this month.

    • 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: -4.42, APG: -0.37, RPG: -3.6, MPG: --6.14 STLS: --0.13 BLKS: --0.2
Breakdown Jalen Duren

    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 23rd with 952 total points (22.14 avg).
  • He is currently 1245 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 9.1 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 76.36% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.62 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.69 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 43 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +8.4, APG: +1, RPG: +8.63, MPG: +24.19 STLS: +0.67 BLKS: +0.79
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury JaVale McGee

No Injury Reported

Injury Jalen Duren

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups JaVale McGee
DateOpponentResult
Jan 30VS DETW 111-105
Feb 02VS NO
Feb 04@GS
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.330.333.6712.000.331.333
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jalen Duren
DateOpponentResult
Jan 30@DALL 111-105
Feb 01VS WAS
Feb 03VS CHA
Feb 04VS PHO
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.401.007.6023.600.601.205
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating JaVale McGee
6.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jalen Duren
13.95
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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
Career Jalen Duren
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 DET 43 24.2 .665 .0 .632 8.4 1.0 8.6 0.8 0.7 1.1
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 43 24.2 .665 .0 .632 8.4 1.0 8.6 0.8 0.7 1.1
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