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Bobby Portis or Ben Simmons

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Bobby Portis

Bobby Portis

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Ben Simmons

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Owners starting Portis over Simmons

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Bobby Portis
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.003.0010.0023.001.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.502.2511.0030.000.250.004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ben Simmons
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.006.003.0023.500.500.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.007.505.3327.331.330.676
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Bobby Portis
OWN
100%
+1.01 compared to last week
START
30%
-60.68 compared to last week
OWN/START Ben Simmons
OWN
97%
+3.64 compared to last week
START
74%
+18.2 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Bobby Portis
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ben Simmons
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Bobby Portis

    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 10th with 1317 total points (29.27 avg).
  • He is currently 804 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 4.7 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 50.67% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 40.91% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.47 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a center / power forward with 7.87 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: +3.38, APG: +0.89, RPG: +2.86, MPG: +4.9 STLS: --0.04 BLKS: --0.39
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 30th with 972 total points (27.00 avg).
  • He is currently 1479 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.8 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 46.77% from the field this month. Very good.
  • He is ranked 35th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.73.
  • Good point guard that is one of the better ones in the league with 6.29 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a guard with 5.14 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +7.53, APG: +6.53, RPG: +6.61, MPG: +27.11 STLS: +1.44 BLKS: +0.56
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Bobby Portis

KNEE - Will be re-evaluated Feb. 8th

Knee
Injury Ben Simmons

KNEE - Day-to-day

Knee
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Bobby Portis
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ben Simmons
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Bobby Portis
22.10
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ben Simmons
16.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Bobby Portis
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
15-16 CHI 62 17.6 .428 .308 .727 7.0 0.8 5.4 0.4 0.4 0.9
16-17 CHI 61 15.3 .484 .322 .673 6.6 0.5 4.3 0.2 0.2 0.6
17-18 CHI 72 22.3 .474 .364 .773 13.2 1.7 6.7 0.3 0.6 1.3
18-19 CHI 52 25.9 .449 .391 .800 14.4 1.4 8.1 0.4 0.7 1.5
19-20 NY 66 20.9 .450 .358 .763 10.1 1.5 5.1 0.3 0.5 1.1
20-21 MIL 59 20.7 .527 .479 .750 11.4 1.1 7.2 0.4 0.8 0.9
21-22 MIL 78 27.5 .478 .389 .734 14.4 1.2 9.3 0.7 0.7 1.3
22-23 MIL 45 26.2 .504 .338 .838 14.6 1.8 9.8 0.2 0.5 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 76 22.8 .482 .396 .743 11.9 1.2 7.1 0.4 0.7 1.0
Totals 527 21.9 .473 .375 .762 11.3 1.2 6.9 0.4 0.6 1.1
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 36 27.1 .569 .0 .446 7.5 6.5 6.6 0.6 1.4 2.4
3-YEAR AVG 42 33.4 .573 .278 .585 15.0 7.6 7.5 0.6 1.8 3.1
Totals 324 32.9 .562 .139 .578 14.8 7.6 7.9 0.7 1.6 3.2
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