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Jalen McDaniels or Alex Caruso

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Jalen McDaniels

Jalen McDaniels

PF • Charlotte Hornets CHA
Alex Caruso

Alex Caruso

SG • Chicago Bulls CHI
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jalen McDaniels
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.001.504.0024.501.500.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.381.756.0026.381.130.258
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alex Caruso
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.502.002.5014.501.501.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.001.673.5021.502.000.506
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jalen McDaniels
OWN
47%
-4.54 compared to last week
START
30%
+6.89 compared to last week
OWN/START Alex Caruso
OWN
43%
-5.09 compared to last week
START
23%
+7.8 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jalen McDaniels
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alex Caruso
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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 18th with 1134 total points (21.40 avg).
  • He is currently 1162 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.9 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 43.45% from the field this month. Not very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 28.81% 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 pretty bad for a center / power forward with 4.93 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 4 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +6.01, APG: +1.25, RPG: +2.02, MPG: +13.31 STLS: +0.72 BLKS: +0.19
Breakdown Alex Caruso

    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 33rd with 772 total points (17.55 avg).
  • He is currently 1418 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.46% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 42.31% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.38 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.31 for the 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: +1.21, APG: +0.93, RPG: +0.93, MPG: +8.94 STLS: +0.63 BLKS: +0.43
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jalen McDaniels

No Injury Reported

Injury Alex Caruso

FOOT - Day-to-day

Foot
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jalen McDaniels
DateOpponentResult
Feb 08@WAS
Feb 10@BOS
Feb 11VS DEN
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.001.333.3326.000.500.176
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alex Caruso
DateOpponentResult
Feb 06VS SA
Feb 07@MEM
Feb 09@BKN
Feb 11@CLE
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
3.172.502.5018.500.670.176
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jalen McDaniels
9.95
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alex Caruso
13.42
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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 53 26.4 .450 .332 .852 10.8 2.0 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 175 20.3 .459 .342 .781 7.9 1.3 3.9 0.4 0.7 1.0
Career Alex Caruso
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 LAL 35 15.2 .432 .286 .714 3.7 2.0 1.7 0.3 0.7 1.1
18-19 LAL 25 21.1 .445 .480 .797 9.2 3.1 2.7 0.4 1.0 1.7
19-20 LAL 58 17.6 .423 .355 .763 5.5 1.8 1.9 0.3 1.0 0.8
20-21 LAL 51 19.9 .432 .405 .683 5.9 2.5 2.9 0.3 1.2 1.2
21-22 CHI 48 26.9 .399 .333 .823 7.3 4.2 3.4 0.4 1.7 1.2
22-23 CHI 44 23.5 .451 .396 .789 5.8 3.2 2.9 0.6 1.7 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 59 21.4 .415 .356 .737 6.3 2.8 2.6 0.3 1.2 1.1
Totals 281 20.9 .425 .368 .752 6.2 2.8 2.6 0.4 1.2 1.2
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