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Jusuf Nurkic or Jalen Green

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Jusuf Nurkic

Jusuf Nurkic

C • Portland Trail Blazers POR
Jalen Green

Jalen Green

SG • Houston Rockets HOU
OR
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Owners starting Nurkic over Green

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Green over Nurkic

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jusuf Nurkic
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.001.003.0014.000.500.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.803.004.8017.401.000.205
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jalen Green
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.004.002.0022.000.002.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
19.754.502.5030.500.500.754
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jusuf Nurkic
OWN
96%
-4.5 compared to last week
START
40%
-29.11 compared to last week
OWN/START Jalen Green
OWN
95%
-5.34 compared to last week
START
44%
-9.59 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jusuf Nurkic
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jalen Green
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jusuf Nurkic

    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 17th with 1337 total points (31.09 avg).
  • He is currently 1045 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 9.9.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 49.60% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 32.50% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a center with 2.31 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a center / power forward with 7.44 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 14 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +0.58, APG: +0.41, RPG: -0.74, MPG: +1.62 STLS: --0.23 BLKS: +0.28
Breakdown Jalen Green

    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 10th with 1411 total points (30.67 avg).
  • He is currently 748 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 40.86% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 34.12% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.86 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.29 for the 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: +10.73, APG: +1.87, RPG: +1.72, MPG: +12.44 STLS: +0.31 BLKS: +0.13
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jusuf Nurkic

No Injury Reported

Injury Jalen Green

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jusuf Nurkic
DateOpponentResult
Jan 30VS ATLW 129-125
Feb 01@MEMW 122-112
Feb 03@WASW 124-116
Feb 04@CHIL 129-121
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.672.006.3320.670.670.333
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jalen Green
DateOpponentResult
Feb 01VS OKCW 112-106
Feb 03VS TORL 117-111
Feb 04@OKCL 153-121
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.505.004.0031.000.001.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jusuf Nurkic
22.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jalen Green
18.78
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jusuf Nurkic
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
14-15 DEN 60 17.6 .448 .0 .636 6.9 0.8 6.1 1.1 0.8 1.4
16-17 DEN 31 16.8 .423 .0 .615 8.3 1.3 5.4 1.4 0.8 1.8
16-17 DEN 64 21.6 .511 .0 .573 10.3 1.8 7.2 1.2 0.8 2.2
17-18 POR 76 26.3 .506 .0 .621 14.2 1.8 8.8 1.3 0.8 2.3
18-19 POR 72 27.2 .509 .103 .773 15.6 3.2 10.4 1.4 1.0 2.3
20-21 POR 28 22.6 .502 .360 .647 10.9 3.2 8.5 0.9 0.9 2.1
21-22 POR 59 27.0 .530 .266 .699 14.8 2.8 11.0 0.6 1.1 2.5
22-23 POR 43 26.7 .524 .398 .683 14.1 3.0 9.5 0.9 0.9 2.4
3-YEAR AVG 37 26.3 .523 .304 .690 13.9 3.1 10.3 0.9 1.1 2.3
Totals 457 24.0 .504 .302 .674 12.4 2.3 8.7 1.2 0.9 2.2
Career Jalen Green
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 HOU 71 31.1 .422 .337 .799 17.0 2.6 3.4 0.3 0.6 2.0
22-23 HOU 46 33.9 .400 .315 .785 21.1 3.6 4.2 0.2 0.7 2.8
3-YEAR AVG 36 31.1 .422 .337 .799 17.0 2.6 3.4 0.3 0.6 2.0
Totals 117 32.2 .412 .328 .792 18.6 3.0 3.7 0.2 0.7 2.4
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