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Ben Simmons or Alperen Sengun

Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons

PG • Brooklyn Nets BKN
Alperen Sengun

Alperen Sengun

C • Houston Rockets HOU
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Owners starting Simmons over Sengun

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Ben Simmons
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.006.755.2527.750.750.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.008.506.6728.501.500.836
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alperen Sengun
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
20.338.0011.3335.671.331.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.007.0010.7134.291.571.577
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ben Simmons
OWN
98%
-2.36 compared to last week
START
91%
-6.42 compared to last week
OWN/START Alperen Sengun
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
96%
+18.03 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Simmons
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alperen Sengun
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ben Simmons

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among PG's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 28th with 961 total points (27.46 avg).
  • He is currently 1489 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.5 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 49.28% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • He is ranked 36th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.75.
  • Good point guard that is one of the better ones in the league with 6.38 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a guard with 5.85 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +7.74, APG: +6.51, RPG: +6.77, MPG: +27.34 STLS: +1.46 BLKS: +0.57
Breakdown Alperen Sengun

    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 9th with 1309 total points (31.93 avg).
  • He is currently 844 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 15 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 60.51% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 62.50% from beyond the arc this month. Very impressive.
  • Assists per game numbers are good for a center with 5.13 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 8.80 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 11 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +7.62, APG: +1.25, RPG: +4.64, MPG: +12.55 STLS: +0.09 BLKS: +0.19
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Ben Simmons

No Injury Reported

Injury Alperen Sengun

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Simmons
DateOpponentResult
Jan 25@PHIL 137-133
Jan 26VS DET
Jan 28VS NY
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.257.007.2527.001.501.254
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alperen Sengun
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23VS MINW 119-114
Jan 25VS WASL 108-103
Jan 26VS CLE
Jan 28@DET
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
19.756.5010.5035.501.001.504
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Simmons
17.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alperen Sengun
25.09
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Ben Simmons
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 PHI 81 33.8 .545 .0 .560 15.8 8.1 8.1 0.8 1.7 3.4
18-19 PHI 80 34.0 .564 .0 .597 17.0 7.7 8.9 0.8 1.4 3.5
19-20 PHI 53 35.4 .586 .333 .626 16.5 8.2 7.8 0.6 2.2 3.6
20-21 PHI 51 32.1 .555 .300 .613 14.7 7.0 7.5 0.7 1.6 3.2
22-23 BKN 35 27.3 .578 .0 .446 7.7 6.5 6.8 0.6 1.5 2.4
3-YEAR AVG 42 33.4 .573 .278 .585 15.0 7.6 7.5 0.6 1.8 3.1
Totals 323 33.0 .563 .139 .578 14.9 7.6 7.9 0.7 1.6 3.2
Career Alperen Sengun
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 HOU 76 20.0 .474 .242 .712 9.6 2.6 5.6 1.0 0.8 2.0
22-23 HOU 41 27.5 .572 .333 .744 15.2 3.4 8.8 1.0 0.8 2.4
3-YEAR AVG 38 20.0 .474 .242 .712 9.6 2.6 5.6 1.0 0.8 2.0
Totals 117 22.6 .517 .260 .725 11.6 2.8 6.7 1.0 0.8 2.1
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