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Jalen Smith or Jalen McDaniels

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

Jalen Smith

PF • Indiana Pacers IND
Jalen McDaniels

Jalen McDaniels

PF • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jalen Smith
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.500.503.008.000.000.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.200.403.4010.600.200.005
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jalen McDaniels
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.672.338.3329.331.000.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.332.335.5030.171.670.506
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jalen Smith
OWN
35%
-6.49 compared to last week
START
17%
-11.81 compared to last week
OWN/START Jalen McDaniels
OWN
54%
-1.59 compared to last week
START
16%
-14.97 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jalen Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jalen McDaniels
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 24th with 869 total points (18.89 avg).
  • He is currently 1210 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.4.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 52.63% from the field this month. Very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 30.00% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.81 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 3.50 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: +5.66, APG: +0.88, RPG: +2.51, MPG: +10.38 STLS: +0.21 BLKS: +0.41
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 19th with 1052 total points (21.92 avg).
  • He is currently 1027 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.4 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.33% from the field this month.
  • 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 1.67 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.53 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: +5.98, APG: +1.25, RPG: +1.83, MPG: +12.51 STLS: +0.68 BLKS: +0.22
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jalen Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Jalen McDaniels

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jalen Smith
DateOpponentResult
Jan 24VS CHIW 116-110
Jan 25@ORLL 126-120
Jan 27VS MILL 141-131
Jan 29@MEM
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.430.574.4315.430.140.717
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jalen McDaniels
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23@UTAL 120-102
Jan 24@PHOL 128-97
Jan 26VS CHIW 111-96
Jan 29VS MIA
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.832.836.5030.671.330.676
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jalen Smith
10.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jalen McDaniels
11.44
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 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 48 26.6 .458 .343 .853 11.2 2.1 4.8 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 170 20.2 .463 .347 .780 7.9 1.3 3.9 0.4 0.7 1.0
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