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Klay Thompson or Jalen McDaniels

Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Klay Thompson

Klay Thompson

SG • Golden State Warriors GS
Jalen McDaniels

Jalen McDaniels

PF • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Klay Thompson
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.001.674.3334.670.670.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
22.602.003.8034.600.800.205
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jalen McDaniels
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.002.506.5028.000.750.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.862.144.7129.711.430.437
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Klay Thompson
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
38%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Jalen McDaniels
OWN
51%
-5.35 compared to last week
START
 
8%
-43.58 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Klay Thompson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jalen McDaniels
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Klay Thompson

    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 16th with 1096 total points (30.44 avg).
  • He is currently 881 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 46.12% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 43.59% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.69 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.15 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 18 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +19.28, APG: +2.01, RPG: +3.62, MPG: +28.85 STLS: +0.55 BLKS: +0.3
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 19th with 1052 total points (21.92 avg).
  • He is currently 1027 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.4 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.33% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 27.59% 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 average for a center / power forward with 5.53 rpg this 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: +5.98, APG: +1.25, RPG: +1.83, MPG: +12.51 STLS: +0.68 BLKS: +0.22
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Klay Thompson

No Injury Reported

Injury Jalen McDaniels

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Klay Thompson
DateOpponentResult
Jan 25VS MEMW 122-120
Jan 27VS TORW 129-117
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
23.503.006.7536.000.750.004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jalen McDaniels
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
10.832.836.5030.671.330.676
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Klay Thompson
20.53
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jalen McDaniels
11.16
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Klay Thompson
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
11-12 GS 66 24.1 .443 .414 .868 12.5 2.0 2.4 0.3 0.7 1.6
12-13 GS 81 35.6 .423 .402 .837 16.5 2.2 3.7 0.5 1.1 1.9
13-14 GS 80 35.1 .444 .416 .805 18.3 2.2 3.1 0.5 0.9 1.6
14-15 GS 76 31.7 .463 .440 .878 21.7 2.9 3.2 0.8 1.1 1.9
15-16 GS 80 33.1 .470 .426 .873 22.1 2.1 3.8 0.6 0.8 1.7
16-17 GS 76 34.1 .471 .417 .850 22.5 2.1 3.7 0.5 0.8 1.7
17-18 GS 73 34.2 .487 .440 .837 20.0 2.5 3.8 0.5 0.8 1.7
18-19 GS 78 33.8 .468 .402 .817 21.5 2.4 3.9 0.6 1.1 1.5
22-23 GS 38 29.6 .436 .393 .864 20.5 2.6 3.8 0.6 0.7 1.3
22-23 GS 36 32.1 .423 .401 .900 21.6 2.4 4.1 0.4 0.6 1.7
3-YEAR AVG 13 29.6 .436 .393 .864 20.5 2.6 3.8 0.6 0.7 1.3
Totals 700 32.8 .455 .415 .853 19.6 2.3 3.5 0.5 0.9 1.7
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 48 26.6 .458 .343 .853 11.2 2.1 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 170 20.2 .463 .347 .780 7.9 1.3 3.9 0.4 0.7 1.0
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