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Jalen Duren or Lauri Markkanen

Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Jalen Duren

Jalen Duren

C • Detroit Pistons DET
Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

PF • Utah Jazz UTA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Duren over Markkanen

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Markkanen over Duren

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jalen Duren
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
20.001.5011.0029.001.501.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
17.001.3311.3325.331.331.673
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Lauri Markkanen
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
24.501.507.5033.000.500.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
26.251.259.5033.750.750.754
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jalen Duren
OWN
82%
+19.53 compared to last week
START
71%
+55.81 compared to last week
OWN/START Lauri Markkanen
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
90%
+19.87 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jalen Duren
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Lauri Markkanen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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 24th with 909 total points (22.17 avg).
  • He is currently 1244 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 15.5 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 73.08% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.85 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.62 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 41 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +8.37, APG: +1.02, RPG: +8.83, MPG: +24.12 STLS: +0.63 BLKS: +0.73
Breakdown Lauri Markkanen

    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 5th with 1718 total points (39.05 avg).
  • He is currently 361 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.5 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 50.00% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 41.11% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.00 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 8.07 rpg this 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: +14.45, APG: +0.61, RPG: +4.68, MPG: +11.33 STLS: +0.03 BLKS: +0.15
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jalen Duren

No Injury Reported

Injury Lauri Markkanen

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jalen Duren
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23VS MILL 150-130
Jan 26@BKNW 130-122
Jan 28VS HOU
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.001.6711.0028.672.001.003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Lauri Markkanen
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
21.401.407.6033.201.000.405
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jalen Duren
14.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Lauri Markkanen
25.24
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jalen Duren
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 DET 41 24.1 .658 .0 .630 8.4 1.0 8.8 0.7 0.6 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 41 24.1 .658 .0 .630 8.4 1.0 8.8 0.7 0.6 1.2
Career Lauri Markkanen
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 CHI 68 29.7 .434 .363 .843 15.2 1.2 7.5 0.6 0.6 1.2
18-19 CHI 54 32.1 .427 .364 .870 18.7 1.4 9.1 0.7 0.7 1.6
19-20 CHI 50 29.6 .425 .344 .824 14.7 1.5 6.3 0.5 0.8 1.6
20-21 CHI 43 26.1 .477 .391 .840 14.1 0.9 5.4 0.3 0.4 1.0
21-22 CLE 68 29.4 .452 .365 .868 14.6 1.3 5.5 0.5 0.8 0.9
22-23 UTA 44 33.9 .520 .437 .878 25.0 1.8 8.8 0.6 0.7 1.8
3-YEAR AVG 56 28.3 .452 .369 .842 14.4 1.2 5.7 0.4 0.7 1.1
Totals 335 29.9 .455 .377 .857 16.6 1.3 7.0 0.5 0.7 1.3
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