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Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Ben Simmons

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
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
Performance Austin Reaves
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ben Simmons
OWN
98%
+4.87 compared to last week
START
74%
+18.63 compared to last week
OWN/START Austin Reaves
OWN
10%
+1.67 compared to last week
START
 
3%
+0.78 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Simmons
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Austin Reaves
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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
Breakdown Austin Reaves

    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 39th with 616 total points (18.12 avg).
  • He is currently 1416 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 18.1.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 44.44% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 33.33% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.71 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 0.79 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 22 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +6.27, APG: +1.19, RPG: +1.28, MPG: +13.66 STLS: +0.27 BLKS: +0.28
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Ben Simmons

KNEE - Day-to-day

Knee
Injury Austin Reaves

HAMSTRING - Will be re-evaluated Feb. 2

Hamstring
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Simmons
DateOpponentResult
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
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Matchups Austin Reaves
DateOpponentResult
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Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Simmons
16.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Austin Reaves
9.15
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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
Career Austin Reaves
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 LAL 67 22.6 .452 .320 .848 7.3 1.9 3.1 0.3 0.5 0.7
22-23 LAL 34 27.8 .479 .364 .883 10.5 2.2 3.0 0.4 0.6 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 34 22.6 .452 .320 .848 7.3 1.9 3.1 0.3 0.5 0.7
Totals 101 24.4 .463 .337 .863 8.4 2.0 3.1 0.3 0.5 0.9
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ATL @POR 10:00 PM EST
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PHO vs TOR 9:00 PM EST
SA vs WAS 8:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
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