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Christian Wood or Dennis Smith Jr.

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Christian Wood

Christian Wood

PF • Dallas Mavericks DAL
Dennis Smith Jr.

Dennis Smith Jr.

PG • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Christian Wood
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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
22.503.0012.5035.000.501.502
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Dennis Smith Jr.
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.004.334.0025.000.330.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.674.832.6725.670.670.006
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Christian Wood
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
27%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Dennis Smith Jr.
OWN
25%
-16.79 compared to last week
START
 
7%
-11.47 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Christian Wood
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Dennis Smith Jr.
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Christian Wood

    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 8th with 1323 total points (33.08 avg).
  • He is currently 756 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 10.9 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 52.74% from the field this month. Very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 39.66% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.53 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a center / power forward with 6.40 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 13 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.65, APG: -0.25, RPG: -1.22, MPG: +0.65 STLS: --0.21 BLKS: +0.38
Breakdown Dennis Smith Jr.

    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 52nd with 562 total points (21.62 avg).
  • He is currently 1889 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 34.38% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 4.35% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • He is ranked 24th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 3.18.
  • Below average point guard averaging only 3.60 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.00 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 26 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.5, APG: +2.53, RPG: +1.35, MPG: +14.36 STLS: +0.79 BLKS: +0.14
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Christian Wood

THUMB - Week-to-week

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Injury Dennis Smith Jr.

ILLNESS - Day-to-day

Illness
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Christian Wood
DateOpponentResult
Jan 24VS WASL 127-126
Jan 26@PHOW 99-95
Jan 28@UTA
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.332.339.0024.670.000.673
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Dennis Smith Jr.
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
9.805.403.8028.000.800.005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Christian Wood
23.91
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Dennis Smith Jr.
8.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Christian Wood
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
15-16 PHI 17 8.3 .415 .364 .619 3.6 0.2 2.2 0.4 0.3 0.1
16-17 CHA 13 8.2 .522 .0 .733 2.7 0.2 2.2 0.5 0.2 0.5
18-19 MIL 20 12.0 .526 .346 .741 8.6 0.4 4.1 0.5 0.4 0.8
19-20 DET 62 21.2 .567 .386 .745 13.1 1.0 6.3 0.9 0.5 1.4
20-21 HOU 40 31.8 .516 .383 .631 21.0 1.7 9.7 1.2 0.9 2.0
21-22 HOU 72 30.1 .500 .385 .605 17.7 2.3 10.1 1.0 0.8 1.9
22-23 DAL 40 29.0 .541 .382 .743 18.9 1.8 8.5 1.3 0.5 2.1
3-YEAR AVG 58 27.4 .521 .382 .654 16.8 1.7 8.7 1.0 0.7 1.7
Totals 265 24.3 .523 .379 .674 15.0 1.4 7.6 0.9 0.6 1.5
Career Dennis Smith Jr.
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 DAL 69 29.7 .395 .313 .694 15.2 5.2 3.8 0.2 1.0 2.8
18-19 DAL 53 28.3 .427 .322 .635 13.6 4.8 2.9 0.4 1.3 2.9
19-20 NY 34 15.6 .341 .296 .509 5.5 2.9 2.3 0.2 0.8 1.7
21-22 NY 22 17.8 .407 .333 .708 6.8 3.4 2.4 0.6 1.0 1.1
21-22 POR 40 17.9 .424 .242 .674 6.3 3.8 2.5 0.3 1.3 1.5
22-23 CHA 26 25.7 .431 .216 .750 8.7 4.9 2.8 0.3 1.6 1.5
3-YEAR AVG 32 17.0 .389 .299 .626 6.1 3.4 2.4 0.4 1.1 1.5
Totals 244 24.0 .405 .306 .661 10.6 4.4 2.9 0.3 1.1 2.2
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