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Lauri Markkanen or James Harden

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

PF • Utah Jazz UTA
James Harden

James Harden

SG • Philadelphia 76ers PHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Markkanen over Harden

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Harden over Markkanen

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Lauri Markkanen
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
24.000.6710.0035.671.000.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
25.000.607.8035.400.800.605
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance James Harden
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.0010.007.0033.001.000.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.509.336.0033.830.830.336
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lauri Markkanen
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
69%
+15.84 compared to last week
OWN/START James Harden
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
57%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lauri Markkanen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus James Harden
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lauri Markkanen

    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 5th with 1871 total points (38.98 avg).
  • He is currently 425 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.4 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.28% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 43.90% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.85 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 8.38 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 11 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +15.36, APG: +0.61, RPG: +5.02, MPG: +13.4 STLS: +0.11 BLKS: +0.21
Breakdown James Harden

    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 4th with 1621 total points (45.03 avg).
  • He is currently 569 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.2.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 49.68% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 43.68% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers this month are impressive for a shooting guard with 10.29 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are great for a guard with 6.50 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 21 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +3.02, APG: +2.69, RPG: +0.04, MPG: +6.36 STLS: +0.19 BLKS: --0.01
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Lauri Markkanen

No Injury Reported

Injury James Harden

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lauri Markkanen
DateOpponentResult
Feb 06VS DALL 124-111
Feb 08VS MIN
Feb 10@TOR
Feb 11@NY
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.171.678.5034.670.671.006
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups James Harden
DateOpponentResult
Feb 08@BOS
Feb 10VS NY
Feb 11@BKN
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
24.759.755.7538.252.000.754
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Lauri Markkanen
26.10
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating James Harden
34.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Lauri Markkanen
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 CHI 68 29.7 .434 .363 .843 15.2 1.2 7.5 0.6 0.6 1.2
18-19 CHI 54 32.1 .427 .364 .870 18.7 1.4 9.1 0.7 0.7 1.6
19-20 CHI 50 29.6 .425 .344 .824 14.7 1.5 6.3 0.5 0.8 1.6
20-21 CHI 43 26.1 .477 .391 .840 14.1 0.9 5.4 0.3 0.4 1.0
21-22 CLE 68 29.4 .452 .365 .868 14.6 1.3 5.5 0.5 0.8 0.9
22-23 UTA 48 34.0 .519 .428 .880 25.0 1.7 8.8 0.6 0.7 1.8
3-YEAR AVG 56 28.3 .452 .369 .842 14.4 1.2 5.7 0.4 0.7 1.1
Totals 339 30.0 .455 .377 .858 16.7 1.3 7.0 0.5 0.7 1.3
Career James Harden
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
09-10 OKC 76 22.8 .404 .375 .808 9.9 1.8 3.2 0.3 1.1 1.4
10-11 OKC 82 26.5 .436 .349 .843 12.2 2.1 3.1 0.3 1.1 1.3
11-12 OKC 62 31.2 .491 .390 .846 16.8 3.7 4.1 0.2 1.0 2.2
12-13 HOU 77 38.0 .437 .368 .854 26.0 5.9 4.9 0.5 1.8 3.8
13-14 HOU 73 37.9 .456 .367 .866 25.4 6.1 4.7 0.4 1.6 3.6
14-15 HOU 80 36.5 .439 .378 .868 27.2 6.9 5.7 0.8 1.9 4.0
15-16 HOU 81 37.9 .437 .357 .858 28.8 7.5 6.1 0.6 1.7 4.6
16-17 HOU 79 36.5 .439 .344 .848 29.1 11.2 8.1 0.4 1.5 5.8
17-18 HOU 71 35.4 .449 .366 .858 30.5 8.7 5.4 0.7 1.8 4.4
18-19 HOU 80 36.7 .441 .366 .880 36.3 7.5 6.6 0.7 2.1 5.0
19-20 HOU 60 36.5 .435 .351 .859 34.2 7.4 6.3 0.9 1.8 4.4
20-21 HOU 43 36.4 .463 .365 .870 25.1 10.7 7.9 0.7 1.2 4.1
21-22 BKN 74 36.7 .411 .333 .872 21.4 10.1 7.3 0.6 1.2 4.3
22-23 PHI 36 36.0 .447 .389 .855 21.0 10.9 6.4 0.5 1.2 3.5
3-YEAR AVG 65 36.5 .439 .351 .867 26.6 9.3 7.1 0.7 1.5 4.2
Totals 997 34.6 .442 .362 .860 24.6 7.0 5.6 0.5 1.5 3.7
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