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Santi Aldama or Buddy Hield

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

Santi Aldama

PF • Memphis Grizzlies MEM
Buddy Hield

Buddy Hield

SG • Indiana Pacers IND
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Owners starting Aldama over Hield

 
 
 
 
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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
11.001.334.6722.500.330.336
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Buddy Hield
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
17.002.676.6733.671.670.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.573.295.4335.142.430.577
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Santi Aldama
OWN
30%
+14.28 compared to last week
START
28%
+22.38 compared to last week
OWN/START Buddy Hield
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
47%
+1.44 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Santi Aldama
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Buddy Hield
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

    • 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 Buddy Hield

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SG's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 7th with 1527 total points (28.28 avg).
  • He is currently 663 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.3 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 43.16% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 42.52% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.93 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a guard with 5.20 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 4 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +3.43, APG: +0.81, RPG: +0.94, MPG: +4.18 STLS: +0.34 BLKS: +0.04
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Santi Aldama

No Injury Reported

Injury Buddy Hield

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 Buddy Hield
DateOpponentResult
Feb 08@MIA
Feb 10VS PHO
Feb 11@WAS
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
22.292.146.8634.571.000.147
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Santi Aldama
10.33
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Buddy Hield
20.77
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 Buddy Hield
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
16-17 NO 58 20.5 .401 .374 .861 8.9 1.3 2.9 0.1 0.3 0.9
17-18 SAC 79 25.3 .444 .429 .873 13.4 1.9 3.8 0.3 1.1 1.5
18-19 SAC 83 31.8 .460 .432 .887 20.8 2.5 5.1 0.4 0.7 1.8
19-20 SAC 64 31.8 .429 .395 .855 19.8 3.1 4.8 0.3 1.0 2.3
20-21 SAC 62 33.7 .406 .390 .848 16.5 3.3 4.6 0.4 0.9 1.7
21-22 SAC 83 30.0 .401 .358 .874 15.4 2.8 4.4 0.3 0.9 1.9
22-23 IND 54 31.4 .453 .431 .846 17.2 2.7 5.0 0.3 1.1 2.0
3-YEAR AVG 75 31.4 .412 .381 .856 17.0 3.1 4.6 0.3 0.9 2.0
Totals 500 29.2 .430 .400 .865 16.1 2.6 4.4 0.3 0.9 1.8
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