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Santi Aldama or Lauri Markkanen

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Santi Aldama

Santi Aldama

PF • Memphis Grizzlies MEM
Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

PF • Utah Jazz UTA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Aldama over Markkanen

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Markkanen over Aldama

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Santi Aldama
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.331.676.0027.330.330.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.571.434.0021.290.290.297
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Lauri Markkanen
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
26.501.0011.5035.500.500.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
26.201.008.6034.600.600.605
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Santi Aldama
OWN
25%
+4.13 compared to last week
START
14%
+6.14 compared to last week
OWN/START Lauri Markkanen
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
90%
+36.01 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Santi Aldama
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Lauri Markkanen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Santi Aldama

    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 24th with 939 total points (19.16 avg).
  • He is currently 1357 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.5 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 51.96% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 39.66% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.07 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 3.87 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: +7.49, APG: +0.97, RPG: +3.28, MPG: +16.12 STLS: +0.62 BLKS: +0.56
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 1840 total points (39.15 avg).
  • He is currently 456 points behind the leader: Julius Randle

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 48.13% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 45.12% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.08 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 8.15 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 12 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +15.49, APG: +0.64, RPG: +5.06, MPG: +13.36 STLS: +0.08 BLKS: +0.2
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Santi Aldama

No Injury Reported

Injury Lauri Markkanen

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Santi Aldama
DateOpponentResult
Feb 07VS CHI
Feb 10VS MIN
Feb 12@BOS
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.001.004.6722.670.670.333
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Lauri Markkanen
DateOpponentResult
Feb 06VS DAL
Feb 08VS MIN
Feb 10@TOR
Feb 11@NY
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.602.008.8034.400.401.005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Santi Aldama
10.02
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Lauri Markkanen
26.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Santi Aldama
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 MEM 37 11.2 .394 .148 .657 4.4 0.7 3.1 0.3 0.2 0.6
22-23 MEM 49 21.7 .484 .371 .729 9.5 1.3 4.8 0.7 0.7 0.8
3-YEAR AVG 19 11.2 .394 .148 .657 4.4 0.7 3.1 0.3 0.2 0.6
Totals 86 17.2 .455 .314 .710 7.3 1.0 4.0 0.5 0.5 0.7
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 47 34.0 .518 .434 .880 25.2 1.7 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 338 30.0 .455 .378 .858 16.7 1.3 7.0 0.5 0.7 1.3
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