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Ben Simmons or JaVale McGee

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

Ben Simmons

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Owners starting Simmons over McGee

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting McGee over Simmons

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Ben Simmons
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.006.003.0023.500.500.502
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
Performance JaVale McGee
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
3.000.000.003.000.000.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ben Simmons
OWN
97%
+3.56 compared to last week
START
75%
+19.62 compared to last week
OWN/START JaVale McGee
OWN
 
5%
+1.32 compared to last week
START
 
3%
+0.82 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Simmons
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus JaVale McGee
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 30th 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 35th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.73.
  • Good point guard that is one of the better ones in the league with 6.29 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a guard with 5.14 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 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 JaVale McGee

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 62nd with 219 total points (8.11 avg).
  • He is currently 1978 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.1.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 70.00% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.20 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 1.07 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 25 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -4.56, APG: -0.36, RPG: -3.62, MPG: --6.23 STLS: --0.12 BLKS: --0.18
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Ben Simmons

KNEE - Day-to-day

Knee
Injury JaVale McGee

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Simmons
DateOpponentResult
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Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups JaVale McGee
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Simmons
16.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating JaVale McGee
6.57
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 JaVale McGee
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
08-09 WAS 76 15.1 .494 .0 .661 6.4 0.3 3.9 1.0 0.4 0.8
09-10 WAS 59 16.3 .510 .0 .638 6.6 0.2 4.1 1.7 0.3 0.9
10-11 WAS 79 27.5 .550 .0 .585 10.1 0.5 8.0 2.4 0.5 1.3
11-12 WAS 61 25.0 .556 .0 .461 11.3 0.5 7.8 2.2 0.6 1.4
12-13 DEN 79 17.9 .574 .1000 .591 9.0 0.3 4.8 2.0 0.4 1.1
13-14 DEN 5 15.7 .436 .0 .1000 7.0 0.4 3.4 1.4 0.2 1.6
14-15 DEN 22 10.7 .549 .0 .645 4.5 0.1 2.7 0.8 0.1 0.8
15-16 DAL 33 10.5 .579 .0 .500 4.9 0.1 3.8 0.8 0.2 0.6
16-17 GS 75 9.4 .646 .0 .509 5.9 0.2 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.5
17-18 GS 64 9.3 .613 .0 .731 4.7 0.5 2.6 0.9 0.3 0.4
18-19 LAL 76 22.0 .626 .83 .623 12.0 0.7 7.7 1.9 0.6 1.4
19-20 LAL 61 16.6 .640 .500 .653 6.8 0.6 5.8 1.5 0.5 0.8
20-21 CLE 39 14.1 .517 .238 .656 7.5 0.9 5.0 1.2 0.5 1.4
21-22 PHO 83 14.9 .638 .222 .721 9.1 0.6 6.4 1.0 0.3 1.3
22-23 DAL 27 7.5 .623 .250 .560 4.1 0.3 2.5 0.6 0.1 0.9
3-YEAR AVG 67 15.2 .602 .244 .681 7.7 0.6 5.9 1.2 0.4 1.1
Totals 862 16.4 .577 .176 .607 7.8 0.4 5.2 1.4 0.4 1.0
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