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Ben Simmons or P.J. Washington

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons

PG • Brooklyn Nets BKN
P.J. Washington

P.J. Washington

PF • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Ben Simmons
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0.007.001.0019.001.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.406.804.4026.000.800.405
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance P.J. Washington
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.674.005.0034.001.000.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.173.334.3332.831.500.506
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ben Simmons
OWN
100%
+2.07 compared to last week
START
36%
-56.15 compared to last week
OWN/START P.J. Washington
OWN
97%
-3.19 compared to last week
START
83%
-5.3 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Simmons
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus P.J. Washington
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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 32nd with 972 total points (27.00 avg).
  • He is currently 1549 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.6.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.27% from the field this month. Very good.
  • He is ranked 36th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.73.
  • Decent numbers for a point guard with 5.50 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a guard with 4.50 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 19 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
Breakdown P.J. Washington

    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 12th with 1302 total points (26.57 avg).
  • He is currently 860 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 48.50% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 38.37% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a power forward with 2.71 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty bad for a center / power forward with 4.00 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 6 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +8.18, APG: +1.22, RPG: +0.99, MPG: +16.18 STLS: +0.43 BLKS: +0.33
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Ben Simmons

KNEE - Day-to-day

Knee
Injury P.J. Washington

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Simmons
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19VS NOL 130-108
Oct 21VS TORW 109-105
Oct 24@MEML 134-124
Oct 26@MILL 110-99
Oct 27VS DALL 129-125
Oct 29VS INDL 125-116
Oct 31VS INDW 116-109
Nov 01VS CHIL 108-99
Nov 04@WASW 128-86
Nov 05@CHAW 98-94
Nov 07@DALL 96-94
Nov 09VS NYW 112-85
Nov 12@LACW 110-95
Nov 13@LALL 116-103
Nov 15@SACL 153-121
Nov 17@PORW 109-107
Nov 20VS MEMW 127-115
Nov 22@PHIL 115-106
Nov 23@TORW 112-98
Nov 25@INDL 128-117
Nov 27VS PORW 111-97
Nov 28VS ORLW 109-102
Nov 30VS WASW 113-107
Dec 02VS TORW 114-105
Dec 04VS BOSL 103-92
Dec 07VS CHAW 122-116
Dec 09VS ATLW 120-116
Dec 10@INDW 136-133
Dec 12@WASW 112-100
Dec 16@TORW 119-116
Dec 18@DETW 124-121
Dec 21VS GSW 143-113
Dec 23VS MILW 118-100
Dec 26@CLEW 125-117
Dec 28@ATLW 108-107
Dec 31@CHAW 123-106
Jan 02VS SAW 139-103
Jan 04@CHIL 121-112
Jan 06@NOW 108-102
Jan 08@MIAW 102-101
Jan 12VS BOSL 109-98
Jan 15VS OKCL 112-102
Jan 17@SAL 106-98
Jan 19@PHOL 117-112
Jan 20@UTAW 117-106
Jan 22@GSW 120-116
Jan 25@PHIL 137-133
Jan 26VS DETL 130-122
Jan 28VS NYW 122-115
Jan 30VS LALW 121-104
Feb 01@BOSL 139-96
Feb 04VS WAS
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.536.536.6127.111.440.5636
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups P.J. Washington
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19@SAW 129-102
Oct 21VS NOL 124-112
Oct 23@ATLW 126-109
Oct 26@NYL 134-131
Oct 28@ORLL 113-93
Oct 29VS GSW 120-113
Oct 31VS SACL 115-108
Nov 02@CHIL 106-88
Nov 04@MEML 130-99
Nov 05VS BKNL 98-94
Nov 07VS WASL 108-100
Nov 09VS PORL 105-95
Nov 10@MIAL 117-112
Nov 12@MIAL 132-115
Nov 14@ORLW 112-105
Nov 16VS INDL 125-113
Nov 18@CLEL 132-122
Nov 20@WASL 106-102
Nov 23VS PHIW 107-101
Nov 25VS MINW 110-108
Nov 28@BOSL 140-105
Dec 02VS WASW 117-116
Dec 03VS MILL 105-96
Dec 05VS LACL 119-117
Dec 07@BKNL 122-116
Dec 09VS NYL 121-102
Dec 11@PHIL 131-113
Dec 14VS DETL 141-134
Dec 16VS ATLL 125-106
Dec 18@DENL 119-115
Dec 19@SACW 125-119
Dec 21@LACL 126-105
Dec 23@LALW 134-130
Dec 26@PORL 124-113
Dec 27@GSL 110-105
Dec 29VS OKCW 121-113
Dec 31VS BKNL 123-106
Jan 02VS LALL 121-115
Jan 04VS MEML 131-107
Jan 06@MILW 138-109
Jan 08@INDL 116-111
Jan 10@TORL 132-120
Jan 12@TORL 124-114
Jan 14VS BOSL 122-106
Jan 16VS BOSL 130-118
Jan 18@HOUW 122-117
Jan 21@ATLW 122-118
Jan 23@UTAL 120-102
Jan 24@PHOL 128-97
Jan 26VS CHIW 111-96
Jan 29VS MIAW 122-117
Jan 31@MILL 124-115
Feb 02@CHI
Feb 03@DET
Feb 05VS ORL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.822.494.6332.140.901.0249
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Simmons
13.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating P.J. Washington
16.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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
Career P.J. Washington
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 CHA 69 26.4 .472 .368 .704 10.2 2.1 5.2 1.0 0.9 1.2
22-23 CHA 49 32.1 .437 .351 .780 14.8 2.5 4.6 1.0 0.9 1.5
3-YEAR AVG 53 28.0 .452 .376 .695 11.1 2.1 5.7 1.1 0.9 1.4
Totals 154 29.3 .446 .367 .732 12.3 2.2 5.4 1.1 0.9 1.5
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