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Al Horford or Walker Kessler

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Al Horford

Al Horford

C • Boston Celtics BOS
Walker Kessler

Walker Kessler

C • Utah Jazz UTA
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Al Horford
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
5.673.005.0030.671.000.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.173.005.8331.831.000.676
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Walker Kessler
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.000.676.6722.000.330.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.711.2910.4326.000.712.147
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Al Horford
OWN
74%
-6.24 compared to last week
START
46%
+8.6 compared to last week
OWN/START Walker Kessler
OWN
74%
-11.31 compared to last week
START
40%
-44.29 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Al Horford
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Walker Kessler
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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 29th with 875 total points (23.03 avg).
  • He is currently 1278 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.3 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 43.00% from the field this month. Not very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 39.34% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a center with 2.47 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.27 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.03, APG: -0.02, RPG: +0.47, MPG: +7.91 STLS: +0.04 BLKS: --0.12
Breakdown Walker Kessler

    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 20th with 981 total points (21.33 avg).
  • He is currently 1172 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 9.3 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 66.30% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are alright for a center but nothing to brag about at 1.07 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 9.27 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 46 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +7.65, APG: +0.76, RPG: +7.26, MPG: +19.76 STLS: +0.35 BLKS: +1.93
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Al Horford

REST - Day-to-day

Rest
Injury Walker Kessler

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Al Horford
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23@ORLL 113-98
Jan 24@MIAL 98-95
Jan 26VS NYL 120-117
Jan 28VS LAL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.572.715.2930.430.290.577
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Walker Kessler
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23VS CHAW 120-102
Jan 25@PORL 134-124
Jan 28VS DAL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.600.605.4014.400.000.805
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Al Horford
16.08
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Walker Kessler
16.20
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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 38 30.2 .467 .419 .667 9.3 2.7 6.2 0.9 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 925 32.1 .514 .375 .764 13.7 3.4 8.0 1.2 0.8 1.5
Career Walker Kessler
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 UTA 46 19.8 .710 .0 .539 7.7 0.8 7.3 1.9 0.3 0.8
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 46 19.8 .710 .0 .539 7.7 0.8 7.3 1.9 0.3 0.8
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