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Chris Paul or Lauri Markkanen

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Chris Paul

Chris Paul

PG • Phoenix Suns PHO
Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

PF • Utah Jazz UTA
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Owners starting Paul over Markkanen

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Markkanen over Paul

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Chris Paul
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.678.334.0031.001.000.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.149.434.8633.000.710.867
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Chris Paul
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
94%
+23.13 compared to last week
OWN/START Lauri Markkanen
OWN
99%
-1.03 compared to last week
START
64%
+10.79 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Chris Paul
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Lauri Markkanen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Chris Paul

    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 29th with 1069 total points (34.48 avg).
  • He is currently 1499 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.1 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 46.08% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 36.59% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • He is ranked 9th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 4.38.
  • Decent numbers for a point guard with 5.13 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.67 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 25 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -0.33, APG: -0.99, RPG: +0.02, MPG: +0.81 STLS: --0.4 BLKS: +0.13
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
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Chris Paul

No Injury Reported

Injury Lauri Markkanen

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Chris Paul
DateOpponentResult
Feb 07@BKN
Feb 09@ATL
Feb 10@IND
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
3.003.002.0026.000.001.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Chris Paul
24.78
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Lauri Markkanen
26.10
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Chris Paul
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
08-09 NO 81 38.5 .500 .359 .872 22.7 11.1 5.5 0.1 2.7 3.0
09-10 NO 45 38.1 .493 .413 .847 18.7 10.7 4.2 0.2 2.1 2.5
10-11 NO 80 35.8 .463 .386 .878 15.9 9.8 4.1 0.1 2.3 2.2
11-12 LAC 62 35.0 .477 .371 .861 19.2 8.8 3.4 0.1 2.4 2.0
12-13 LAC 68 33.2 .483 .322 .882 17.0 9.7 3.8 0.1 2.4 2.3
13-14 LAC 61 34.8 .468 .370 .853 19.2 10.8 4.4 0.1 2.5 2.4
14-15 LAC 80 34.7 .484 .395 .902 19.1 10.3 4.6 0.2 1.9 2.3
15-16 LAC 73 32.5 .459 .367 .896 19.5 10.0 4.2 0.2 2.0 2.6
16-17 LAC 59 31.4 .474 .408 .892 18.1 9.3 5.0 0.1 1.9 2.4
17-18 HOU 57 31.9 .462 .383 .923 18.8 8.0 5.4 0.2 1.7 2.2
18-19 HOU 58 31.9 .419 .358 .862 15.6 8.2 4.6 0.3 2.0 2.6
19-20 OKC 62 31.6 .485 .356 .899 17.5 6.8 5.0 0.1 1.6 2.2
20-21 PHO 63 31.1 .494 .379 .932 16.0 8.8 4.6 0.2 1.5 2.3
21-22 PHO 73 32.1 .499 .314 .850 15.1 10.7 4.3 0.3 1.8 2.3
22-23 PHO 31 32.1 .432 .371 .806 14.0 9.0 4.3 0.5 1.4 2.1
3-YEAR AVG 78 31.6 .495 .363 .896 16.5 8.8 4.5 0.2 1.6 2.2
Totals 995 33.7 .477 .373 .880 17.9 9.5 4.5 0.2 2.0 2.4
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
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