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Jalen Smith or Kristaps Porzingis

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

Jalen Smith

PF • Indiana Pacers IND
Kristaps Porzingis

Kristaps Porzingis

C • Washington Wizards WAS
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jalen Smith
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.001.005.0010.000.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.250.504.0010.750.250.004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Kristaps Porzingis
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
17.007.009.0030.003.005.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
17.003.507.5026.501.503.002
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jalen Smith
OWN
32%
-8.92 compared to last week
START
20%
-1.79 compared to last week
OWN/START Kristaps Porzingis
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
76%
+45.46 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jalen Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Kristaps Porzingis
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jalen Smith

    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 27th with 869 total points (18.89 avg).
  • He is currently 1293 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.6.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 51.79% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 31.25% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.71 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 2.86 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 7 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.8, APG: +0.89, RPG: +2.63, MPG: +10.66 STLS: +0.22 BLKS: +0.42
Breakdown Kristaps Porzingis

    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 16th with 1313 total points (39.79 avg).
  • He is currently 953 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 42.98% from the field this month. Not very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 42.86% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are alright for a center but nothing to brag about at 1.75 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.33 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: +9.66, APG: +1.01, RPG: +3.76, MPG: +13.56 STLS: +0.49 BLKS: +0.44
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jalen Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Kristaps Porzingis

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jalen Smith
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19VS WASL 114-107
Oct 21VS SAL 137-134
Oct 22VS DETW 124-115
Oct 24@PHIL 120-106
Oct 26@CHIL 124-109
Oct 28@WASW 127-117
Oct 29@BKNW 125-116
Oct 31@BKNL 116-109
Nov 04VS MIAW 101-99
Nov 07VS NOW 129-122
Nov 09VS DENL 122-119
Nov 12VS TORW 118-104
Nov 16@CHAW 125-113
Nov 18@HOUW 99-91
Nov 19VS ORLW 114-113
Nov 21VS ORLW 123-102
Nov 23VS MINL 115-101
Nov 25VS BKNW 128-117
Nov 27@LACL 114-100
Nov 28@LALW 116-115
Nov 30@SACL 137-114
Dec 02@UTAL 139-119
Dec 04@PORL 116-100
Dec 05@GSW 112-104
Dec 07@MINL 121-115
Dec 09VS WASW 121-111
Dec 10VS BKNL 136-133
Dec 12VS MIAL 87-82
Dec 14VS GSW 125-119
Dec 16@CLEL 118-112
Dec 18VS NYL 109-106
Dec 21@BOSW 117-112
Dec 23@MIAW 111-108
Dec 26@NOL 113-93
Dec 27VS ATLW 129-114
Dec 29VS CLEW 135-126
Dec 31VS LACW 131-130
Jan 02VS TORW 122-114
Jan 04@PHIL 129-126
Jan 06VS PORW 108-99
Jan 08VS CHAW 116-111
Jan 11@NYL 119-113
Jan 13VS ATLL 113-111
Jan 14VS MEML 130-112
Jan 16@MILL 132-119
Jan 18@OKCL 126-106
Jan 20@DENL 134-111
Jan 21@PHOL 112-107
Jan 24VS CHIW 116-110
Jan 25@ORLL 126-120
Jan 27VS MILL 141-131
Jan 29@MEML 112-100
Feb 02VS LAL
Feb 03VS SAC
Feb 05VS CLE
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.501.005.6518.260.370.7846
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Kristaps Porzingis
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19@INDW 114-107
Oct 21VS CHIW 102-100
Oct 23@CLEL 117-107
Oct 25VS DETW 120-99
Oct 28VS INDL 127-117
Oct 30@BOSL 112-94
Oct 31VS PHIL 118-111
Nov 02@PHIW 121-111
Nov 04VS BKNL 128-86
Nov 06@MEML 103-97
Nov 07@CHAW 108-100
Nov 10VS DALW 113-105
Nov 12VS UTAW 121-112
Nov 13VS MEMW 102-92
Nov 16VS OKCL 121-120
Nov 18VS MIAW 107-106
Nov 20VS CHAW 106-102
Nov 23@MIAL 113-105
Nov 25@MIAL 110-107
Nov 27@BOSL 130-121
Nov 28VS MINW 142-127
Nov 30@BKNL 113-107
Dec 02@CHAL 117-116
Dec 04VS LALL 130-119
Dec 07@CHIL 115-111
Dec 09@INDL 121-111
Dec 10VS LACL 114-107
Dec 12VS BKNL 112-100
Dec 14@DENL 141-128
Dec 17@LACL 102-93
Dec 18@LALL 119-117
Dec 20@PHOW 113-110
Dec 22@UTAL 120-112
Dec 23@SACW 125-111
Dec 27VS PHIW 116-111
Dec 28VS PHOW 127-102
Dec 30@ORLW 119-100
Jan 01@MILW 118-95
Jan 03@MILL 123-113
Jan 06@OKCL 127-110
Jan 09VS NOL 132-112
Jan 11VS CHIW 100-97
Jan 13VS NYL 112-108
Jan 16VS GSL 127-118
Jan 18@NYW 116-105
Jan 21VS ORLW 138-118
Jan 24@DALW 127-126
Jan 25@HOUW 108-103
Jan 28@NOW 113-103
Jan 30@SAW 127-106
Feb 01@DET
Feb 03VS POR
Feb 04@BKN
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
22.022.418.7832.071.001.5941
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jalen Smith
10.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Kristaps Porzingis
24.03
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jalen Smith
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 PHO 21 4.0 .438 .273 .333 1.5 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.2
21-22 PHO 53 18.4 .493 .311 .782 9.5 0.5 6.3 0.8 0.3 0.9
22-23 IND 46 18.3 .460 .273 .765 9.5 1.0 5.7 0.8 0.4 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 28 13.7 .489 .309 .778 6.8 0.4 4.5 0.6 0.2 0.7
Totals 129 15.3 .476 .292 .772 7.7 0.6 4.9 0.7 0.3 0.8
Career Kristaps Porzingis
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
15-16 NY 71 28.2 .424 .339 .842 14.3 1.3 7.3 1.8 0.7 1.7
16-17 NY 66 32.8 .450 .358 .786 18.1 1.5 7.2 2.0 0.7 1.8
17-18 NY 48 32.3 .439 .393 .793 22.7 1.2 6.6 2.4 0.8 1.9
19-20 DAL 51 31.1 .420 .349 .776 19.2 1.7 9.5 2.1 0.7 1.6
21-22 DAL 40 30.7 .473 .362 .850 20.2 1.6 9.1 1.5 0.5 1.3
21-22 DAL 53 28.1 .466 .313 .854 19.9 2.4 8.0 1.7 0.8 1.6
22-23 WAS 41 32.1 .471 .353 .829 22.0 2.4 8.8 1.6 1.0 2.2
3-YEAR AVG 53 30.2 .454 .346 .832 19.9 1.9 8.7 1.7 0.7 1.5
Totals 386 30.7 .448 .354 .820 19.1 1.7 7.9 1.8 0.7 1.7
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