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Royce O'Neale or Ben Simmons

Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Royce O'Neale

Royce O'Neale

SF • Brooklyn Nets BKN
Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons

PG • Brooklyn Nets BKN
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Owners starting O'Neale over Simmons

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Simmons over O'Neale

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Royce O'Neale
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.002.334.3333.670.330.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.573.574.7131.860.430.437
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ben Simmons
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.337.673.0025.330.670.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.007.505.3327.331.330.676
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Royce O'Neale
OWN
66%
+2.59 compared to last week
START
48%
+14.22 compared to last week
OWN/START Ben Simmons
OWN
98%
-1.83 compared to last week
START
68%
+13.05 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Royce O'Neale
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ben Simmons
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Royce O'Neale

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SF's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 17th with 966 total points (22.47 avg).
  • He is currently 948 points behind the leader: LeBron James
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.6 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 37.00% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 33.33% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a small forward with 3.31 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a small forward with 4.46 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: +2.49, APG: +1.78, RPG: +0.21, MPG: +6.38 STLS: --0.33 BLKS: +0.28
Breakdown Ben Simmons

    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 28th with 972 total points (27.00 avg).
  • He is currently 1479 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.8 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 46.77% from the field this month. Very good.
  • He is ranked 36th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.73.
  • Good point guard that is one of the better ones in the league with 6.77 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a guard with 5.54 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +7.53, APG: +6.53, RPG: +6.61, MPG: +27.11 STLS: +1.44 BLKS: +0.56
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Royce O'Neale

No Injury Reported

Injury Ben Simmons

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Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Royce O'Neale
DateOpponentResult
Jan 25@PHIL 137-133
Jan 26VS DETL 130-122
Jan 28VS NY
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.803.805.2033.000.600.405
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ben Simmons
DateOpponentResult
Jan 25@PHIL 137-133
Jan 26VS DETL 130-122
Jan 28VS NY
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.607.006.0025.401.401.005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Royce O'Neale
12.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ben Simmons
16.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Royce O'Neale
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 UTA 68 16.6 .422 .362 .803 5.0 1.4 3.4 0.2 0.5 0.8
18-19 UTA 70 21.2 .470 .386 .758 5.3 1.6 3.7 0.4 0.7 0.8
19-20 UTA 64 28.9 .439 .389 .735 6.3 2.5 5.3 0.4 0.7 0.8
20-21 UTA 63 31.3 .444 .386 .857 6.9 2.5 7.0 0.5 0.8 1.1
21-22 UTA 87 30.2 .451 .374 .803 7.3 2.3 4.8 0.4 1.1 1.0
22-23 BKN 43 34.0 .402 .399 .677 9.2 3.9 4.9 0.7 0.9 1.8
3-YEAR AVG 80 30.3 .448 .384 .805 7.1 2.4 5.7 0.4 0.9 1.0
Totals 421 27.0 .441 .385 .787 6.7 2.3 4.9 0.4 0.8 1.0
Career Ben Simmons
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 PHI 81 33.8 .545 .0 .560 15.8 8.1 8.1 0.8 1.7 3.4
18-19 PHI 80 34.0 .564 .0 .597 17.0 7.7 8.9 0.8 1.4 3.5
19-20 PHI 53 35.4 .586 .333 .626 16.5 8.2 7.8 0.6 2.2 3.6
20-21 PHI 51 32.1 .555 .300 .613 14.7 7.0 7.5 0.7 1.6 3.2
22-23 BKN 36 27.1 .569 .0 .446 7.5 6.5 6.6 0.6 1.4 2.4
3-YEAR AVG 42 33.4 .573 .278 .585 15.0 7.6 7.5 0.6 1.8 3.1
Totals 324 32.9 .562 .139 .578 14.8 7.6 7.9 0.7 1.6 3.2
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