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Kyle Lowry or Jose Alvarado

Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Kyle Lowry

Kyle Lowry

PG • Miami Heat MIA
Jose Alvarado

Jose Alvarado

PG • Charlotte Hornets NO
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kyle Lowry
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.004.003.3326.001.330.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.754.004.5025.001.250.004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jose Alvarado
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.002.752.2525.500.250.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.293.002.4326.860.860.437
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kyle Lowry
OWN
93%
+2.2 compared to last week
START
30%
-7.22 compared to last week
OWN/START Jose Alvarado
OWN
25%
+2.46 compared to last week
START
16%
+6.27 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kyle Lowry
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jose Alvarado
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kyle Lowry

    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 23rd with 1054 total points (27.03 avg).
  • He is currently 1396 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 37.68% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 22.73% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • He is ranked 43rd this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.66.
  • Bad point guard averaging only 2.53 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.33 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 14 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.49, APG: -0.98, RPG: +0.93, MPG: +7.85 STLS: +0.24 BLKS: +0.14
Breakdown Jose Alvarado

    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 33rd with 855 total points (18.59 avg).
  • He is currently 1595 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 38.41% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 30.43% from beyond the arc this month.
  • He is ranked 67th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.25.
  • Below average point guard averaging only 3.19 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.75 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 5 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +8.22, APG: +2.4, RPG: +2.03, MPG: +17.66 STLS: +0.76 BLKS: +0.07
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kyle Lowry

No Injury Reported

Injury Jose Alvarado

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kyle Lowry
DateOpponentResult
Jan 24VS BOSW 98-95
Jan 27VS ORL
Jan 29@CHA
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.505.675.3334.330.500.506
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jose Alvarado
DateOpponentResult
Jan 24VS DENL 99-98
Jan 25VS MINL 111-102
Jan 28VS WAS
Jan 29@MIL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.833.173.0021.500.500.006
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kyle Lowry
14.73
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jose Alvarado
8.90
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kyle Lowry
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
08-09 MEM 79 21.8 .436 .257 .795 7.5 3.5 2.5 0.2 0.9 1.5
09-10 HOU 68 24.3 .397 .272 .827 9.1 4.5 3.6 0.1 0.9 1.7
10-11 HOU 75 34.0 .427 .376 .765 13.5 6.7 4.1 0.3 1.4 2.1
11-12 HOU 47 31.9 .409 .374 .864 14.3 6.6 4.6 0.3 1.6 2.8
12-13 TOR 67 29.5 .400 .359 .793 11.6 6.4 4.6 0.4 1.4 2.3
13-14 TOR 79 36.0 .423 .380 .813 17.9 7.4 4.7 0.2 1.5 2.5
14-15 TOR 69 34.3 .411 .335 .805 17.7 6.7 4.7 0.2 1.6 2.5
15-16 TOR 76 36.8 .424 .389 .813 21.1 6.4 4.8 0.4 2.0 3.0
16-17 TOR 58 37.8 .466 .419 .831 22.7 7.0 4.8 0.3 1.5 2.8
17-18 TOR 77 32.1 .425 .400 .858 16.1 6.9 5.6 0.2 1.1 2.4
18-19 TOR 67 33.9 .409 .343 .837 14.1 8.7 4.8 0.5 1.4 2.8
19-20 TOR 52 36.3 .417 .354 .862 19.7 7.7 4.8 0.4 1.4 3.0
20-21 TOR 45 34.2 .431 .387 .877 16.8 7.3 5.4 0.3 1.0 2.8
21-22 MIA 69 32.4 .435 .375 .859 12.7 7.3 4.4 0.3 1.1 2.6
22-23 MIA 39 33.5 .400 .326 .850 12.5 5.4 4.4 0.4 1.2 2.0
3-YEAR AVG 58 34.1 .428 .372 .862 16.1 7.4 4.9 0.3 1.2 2.8
Totals 981 32.4 .422 .368 .825 15.0 6.5 4.5 0.3 1.3 2.4
Career Jose Alvarado
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 NO 64 15.1 .445 .311 .700 6.2 2.6 1.8 0.1 1.2 0.8
22-23 NO 46 21.8 .416 .340 .803 9.6 3.1 2.5 0.2 1.2 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 32 15.1 .445 .311 .700 6.2 2.6 1.8 0.1 1.2 0.8
Totals 110 17.9 .429 .328 .748 7.6 2.8 2.1 0.1 1.2 1.0
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