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Jalen McDaniels or Jaylen Nowell

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Jalen McDaniels

Jalen McDaniels

PF • Charlotte Hornets CHA
Jaylen Nowell

Jaylen Nowell

SG • Minnesota Timberwolves MIN
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jalen McDaniels
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.331.336.3325.000.330.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.832.006.5026.830.670.336
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jaylen Nowell
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.001.752.7518.750.750.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.881.382.3817.000.750.008
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jalen McDaniels
OWN
54%
-7.1 compared to last week
START
45%
-13.66 compared to last week
OWN/START Jaylen Nowell
OWN
 
3%
-3.52 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-3.95 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jalen McDaniels
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jaylen Nowell
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jalen McDaniels

    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 20th with 1085 total points (21.70 avg).
  • He is currently 1077 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.7 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 44.44% from the field this month. Not very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 27.59% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.57 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.71 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 5 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +6.06, APG: +1.24, RPG: +2.01, MPG: +12.94 STLS: +0.68 BLKS: +0.21
Breakdown Jaylen Nowell

    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 25th with 927 total points (17.83 avg).
  • He is currently 1199 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.5 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.50% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 21.43% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.81 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.00 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.94, APG: +0.43, RPG: +1.12, MPG: +8.53 STLS: +0.25 BLKS: --0.09
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jalen McDaniels

No Injury Reported

Injury Jaylen Nowell

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jalen McDaniels
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19@SAW 129-102
Oct 21VS NOL 124-112
Oct 23@ATLW 126-109
Oct 26@NYL 134-131
Oct 28@ORLL 113-93
Oct 29VS GSW 120-113
Oct 31VS SACL 115-108
Nov 02@CHIL 106-88
Nov 04@MEML 130-99
Nov 05VS BKNL 98-94
Nov 07VS WASL 108-100
Nov 09VS PORL 105-95
Nov 10@MIAL 117-112
Nov 12@MIAL 132-115
Nov 14@ORLW 112-105
Nov 16VS INDL 125-113
Nov 18@CLEL 132-122
Nov 20@WASL 106-102
Nov 23VS PHIW 107-101
Nov 25VS MINW 110-108
Nov 28@BOSL 140-105
Dec 02VS WASW 117-116
Dec 03VS MILL 105-96
Dec 05VS LACL 119-117
Dec 07@BKNL 122-116
Dec 09VS NYL 121-102
Dec 11@PHIL 131-113
Dec 14VS DETL 141-134
Dec 16VS ATLL 125-106
Dec 18@DENL 119-115
Dec 19@SACW 125-119
Dec 21@LACL 126-105
Dec 23@LALW 134-130
Dec 26@PORL 124-113
Dec 27@GSL 110-105
Dec 29VS OKCW 121-113
Dec 31VS BKNL 123-106
Jan 02VS LALL 121-115
Jan 04VS MEML 131-107
Jan 06@MILW 138-109
Jan 08@INDL 116-111
Jan 10@TORL 132-120
Jan 12@TORL 124-114
Jan 14VS BOSL 122-106
Jan 16VS BOSL 130-118
Jan 18@HOUW 122-117
Jan 21@ATLW 122-118
Jan 23@UTAL 120-102
Jan 24@PHOL 128-97
Jan 26VS CHIW 111-96
Jan 29VS MIAW 122-117
Jan 31@MILL 124-115
Feb 02@CHI
Feb 03@DET
Feb 05VS ORL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.062.024.8626.521.060.5250
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jaylen Nowell
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19VS OKCW 115-108
Oct 21VS UTAL 132-126
Oct 23@OKCW 116-106
Oct 24VS SAL 115-106
Oct 26VS SAW 134-122
Oct 28VS LALW 111-102
Oct 30@SAL 107-98
Nov 01@PHOL 116-107
Nov 04VS MILL 115-102
Nov 05VS HOUW 129-117
Nov 07VS NYL 120-107
Nov 09VS PHOL 129-117
Nov 11@MEML 114-103
Nov 13@CLEW 129-124
Nov 16@ORLW 126-108
Nov 19@PHIW 112-109
Nov 21VS MIAW 105-101
Nov 23@INDW 115-101
Nov 25@CHAL 110-108
Nov 27VS GSL 137-114
Nov 28@WASL 142-127
Nov 30VS MEMW 109-101
Dec 03VS OKCL 135-128
Dec 07VS INDW 121-115
Dec 09@UTAW 118-108
Dec 10@PORL 124-118
Dec 12@PORL 133-112
Dec 14@LACL 99-88
Dec 16@OKCW 112-110
Dec 18VS CHIW 150-126
Dec 19VS DALW 116-106
Dec 21VS DALL 104-99
Dec 23@BOSL 121-109
Dec 26@MIAL 113-110
Dec 28@NOL 119-118
Dec 30@MILL 123-114
Dec 31VS DETL 116-104
Jan 02VS DENW 124-111
Jan 04VS PORW 113-106
Jan 06VS LACW 128-115
Jan 08@HOUW 104-96
Jan 11@DETL 135-118
Jan 13VS PHOW 121-116
Jan 14VS CLEW 110-102
Jan 16VS UTAL 126-125
Jan 18@DENL 122-118
Jan 19VS TORW 128-126
Jan 21VS HOUW 113-104
Jan 23@HOUL 119-114
Jan 25@NOW 111-102
Jan 27VS MEMW 111-100
Jan 28VS SACW 117-110
Jan 30VS SACL 118-111
Feb 01VS GSW 119-114
Feb 03VS ORL
Feb 05VS DEN
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.982.022.6919.460.690.0652
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jalen McDaniels
9.93
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jaylen Nowell
9.89
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jalen McDaniels
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 CHA 16 18.1 .471 .375 .824 5.6 0.8 4.1 0.2 0.5 0.8
20-21 CHA 38 16.2 .468 .329 .702 6.5 1.0 2.9 0.3 0.6 0.9
21-22 CHA 58 16.8 .459 .357 .732 6.3 1.0 3.4 0.4 0.5 0.7
22-23 CHA 50 26.5 .452 .337 .847 11.1 2.0 4.9 0.5 1.1 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 41 17.7 .465 .349 .736 6.6 1.0 3.5 0.4 0.5 0.8
Totals 172 20.2 .460 .344 .779 7.9 1.3 3.9 0.4 0.7 1.0
Career Jaylen Nowell
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 MIN 15 9.9 .359 .115 .941 3.8 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.2
21-22 MIN 38 18.3 .428 .338 .824 9.5 1.6 2.3 0.3 0.6 0.7
21-22 MIN 66 15.3 .460 .367 .784 8.4 2.1 2.0 0.2 0.5 0.6
22-23 MIN 52 19.5 .441 .270 .759 11.0 2.0 2.7 0.1 0.7 1.0
3-YEAR AVG 41 15.4 .439 .334 .811 8.1 1.8 2.0 0.2 0.5 0.6
Totals 175 16.6 .440 .312 .793 8.9 1.9 2.2 0.2 0.5 0.7
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