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Chris Boucher or Dennis Smith Jr.

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Chris Boucher

Chris Boucher

PF • Toronto Raptors TOR
Dennis Smith Jr.

Dennis Smith Jr.

PG • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Chris Boucher
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.750.256.7520.251.251.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.710.435.7118.710.861.147
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 Chris Boucher
OWN
51%
+6.83 compared to last week
START
32%
-1.93 compared to last week
OWN/START Dennis Smith Jr.
OWN
26%
-15.93 compared to last week
START
16%
-2.28 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Chris Boucher
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Dennis Smith Jr.
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Chris Boucher

    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 30th with 822 total points (19.12 avg).
  • He is currently 1299 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 1 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 51.19% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 37.50% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.31 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty bad for a center / power forward with 4.13 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 9 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.5, APG: +0.18, RPG: +0.42, MPG: +2.58 STLS: +0.16 BLKS: --0.18
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
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.4 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 3.86 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.14 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 Chris Boucher

No Injury Reported

Injury Dennis Smith Jr.

ILLNESS - Day-to-day

Illness
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Chris Boucher
DateOpponentResult
Jan 25@SACW 113-95
Jan 27@GSL 129-117
Jan 28@PORW 123-105
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.830.176.5018.000.501.006
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 Chris Boucher
11.94
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Dennis Smith Jr.
8.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Chris Boucher
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
18-19 TOR 28 5.8 .443 .342 .867 3.4 0.1 2.0 0.9 0.2 0.2
19-20 TOR 55 13.0 .458 .283 .796 6.3 0.4 4.4 1.0 0.4 0.4
20-21 TOR 59 23.5 .519 .389 .787 13.6 1.1 6.7 1.9 0.6 0.8
21-22 TOR 86 20.7 .477 .303 .783 9.6 0.3 6.1 1.0 0.6 0.5
22-23 TOR 43 19.7 .475 .318 .765 9.4 0.5 5.4 0.7 0.7 0.5
3-YEAR AVG 69 19.3 .490 .338 .785 9.9 0.6 5.8 1.2 0.5 0.6
Totals 280 17.9 .485 .335 .784 9.1 0.5 5.4 1.1 0.5 0.5
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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