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Dorian Finney-Smith or Luka Doncic

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Dorian Finney-Smith

Dorian Finney-Smith

PF • Dallas Mavericks DAL
Luka Doncic

Luka Doncic

PG • Dallas Mavericks DAL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Latest News Dorian Finney-Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Dorian Finney-Smith
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.503.008.0037.501.000.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.832.336.3333.501.000.336
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Luka Doncic
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
53.005.008.0036.002.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
31.404.409.2030.201.000.005
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dorian Finney-Smith
OWN
38%
-1.2 compared to last week
START
25%
+0.46 compared to last week
OWN/START Luka Doncic
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
82%
+15.1 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dorian Finney-Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Luka Doncic
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dorian Finney-Smith

    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 43rd with 523 total points (18.68 avg).
  • He is currently 1639 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 5.9 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 44.07% from the field this month. Not very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 35.14% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.21 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 3.36 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: -0.82, APG: -0.47, RPG: -0.15, MPG: +1.78 STLS: --0.15 BLKS: --0.05
Breakdown Luka Doncic

    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 1st with 2521 total points (57.30 avg).
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 9.1.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 48.29% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 33.78% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • He is ranked 63rd this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.33.
  • Decent numbers for a point guard with 5.21 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are great for a guard with 7.14 rpg this month.
  • He is an elite scorer and is dominating the league.

    • 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: +15.32, APG: +1.96, RPG: +2.76, MPG: +11.73 STLS: +0.61 BLKS: +0.19
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Dorian Finney-Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Luka Doncic

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dorian Finney-Smith
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19@PHOL 107-105
Oct 22VS MEMW 137-96
Oct 25@NOL 113-111
Oct 27@BKNW 129-125
Oct 29VS OKCL 117-111
Oct 30VS ORLW 114-105
Nov 02VS UTAW 103-100
Nov 04VS TORW 111-110
Nov 07VS BKNW 96-94
Nov 09@ORLL 94-87
Nov 10@WASL 113-105
Nov 12VS PORW 117-112
Nov 15VS LACW 103-101
Nov 16VS HOUL 101-92
Nov 18VS DENW 127-99
Nov 20VS DENL 98-97
Nov 23@BOSL 125-112
Nov 26@TORL 105-100
Nov 27@MILL 124-115
Nov 29VS GSW 116-113
Dec 01@DETL 131-125
Dec 03@NYW 121-100
Dec 05VS PHOW 130-111
Dec 06@DENW 116-115
Dec 09VS MILL 106-105
Dec 10@CHIL 144-115
Dec 12VS OKCW 121-114
Dec 14VS CLEL 105-90
Dec 16VS PORW 130-110
Dec 17@CLEL 100-99
Dec 19@MINL 116-106
Dec 21@MINW 104-99
Dec 23@HOUW 112-106
Dec 25VS LALW 124-115
Dec 27VS NYW 126-121
Dec 29VS HOUW 129-114
Dec 31@SAW 126-125
Jan 02@HOUW 111-106
Jan 05VS BOSL 124-95
Jan 07VS NOW 127-117
Jan 08@OKCL 120-109
Jan 10@LACL 113-101
Jan 12@LALW 119-115
Jan 14@PORL 136-119
Jan 15@PORL 140-123
Jan 18VS ATLL 130-122
Jan 20VS MIAW 115-90
Jan 22VS LACL 112-98
Jan 24VS WASL 127-126
Jan 26@PHOW 99-95
Jan 28@UTAL 108-100
Jan 30VS DETW 111-105
Feb 02VS NO
Feb 04@GS
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.331.424.5831.560.920.5036
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Luka Doncic
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19@PHOL 107-105
Oct 22VS MEMW 137-96
Oct 25@NOL 113-111
Oct 27@BKNW 129-125
Oct 29VS OKCL 117-111
Oct 30VS ORLW 114-105
Nov 02VS UTAW 103-100
Nov 04VS TORW 111-110
Nov 07VS BKNW 96-94
Nov 09@ORLL 94-87
Nov 10@WASL 113-105
Nov 12VS PORW 117-112
Nov 15VS LACW 103-101
Nov 16VS HOUL 101-92
Nov 18VS DENW 127-99
Nov 20VS DENL 98-97
Nov 23@BOSL 125-112
Nov 26@TORL 105-100
Nov 27@MILL 124-115
Nov 29VS GSW 116-113
Dec 01@DETL 131-125
Dec 03@NYW 121-100
Dec 05VS PHOW 130-111
Dec 06@DENW 116-115
Dec 09VS MILL 106-105
Dec 10@CHIL 144-115
Dec 12VS OKCW 121-114
Dec 14VS CLEL 105-90
Dec 16VS PORW 130-110
Dec 17@CLEL 100-99
Dec 19@MINL 116-106
Dec 21@MINW 104-99
Dec 23@HOUW 112-106
Dec 25VS LALW 124-115
Dec 27VS NYW 126-121
Dec 29VS HOUW 129-114
Dec 31@SAW 126-125
Jan 02@HOUW 111-106
Jan 05VS BOSL 124-95
Jan 07VS NOW 127-117
Jan 08@OKCL 120-109
Jan 10@LACL 113-101
Jan 12@LALW 119-115
Jan 14@PORL 136-119
Jan 15@PORL 140-123
Jan 18VS ATLL 130-122
Jan 20VS MIAW 115-90
Jan 22VS LACL 112-98
Jan 24VS WASL 127-126
Jan 26@PHOW 99-95
Jan 28@UTAL 108-100
Jan 30VS DETW 111-105
Feb 02VS NO
Feb 04@GS
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
33.598.368.9836.111.480.5044
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Dorian Finney-Smith
10.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Luka Doncic
40.58
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Dorian Finney-Smith
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
16-17 DAL 77 20.4 .375 .297 .754 4.4 0.8 2.8 0.3 0.6 0.6
17-18 DAL 21 21.4 .380 .299 .733 5.9 1.2 3.6 0.2 0.5 1.0
18-19 DAL 82 24.3 .431 .311 .709 7.5 1.2 4.8 0.5 0.9 0.9
19-20 DAL 64 29.5 .468 .374 .722 9.3 1.5 5.5 0.6 0.7 1.0
20-21 DAL 51 32.0 .469 .402 .818 9.9 1.6 5.6 0.4 0.9 0.7
21-22 DAL 88 32.8 .462 .391 .696 10.8 1.9 4.8 0.5 1.1 1.0
22-23 DAL 36 31.6 .404 .346 .640 8.3 1.4 4.6 0.5 0.9 0.8
3-YEAR AVG 75 31.6 .464 .389 .720 10.1 1.8 5.3 0.5 0.9 1.0
Totals 454 28.0 .441 .364 .714 8.4 1.4 4.7 0.4 0.8 0.9
Career Luka Doncic
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
18-19 DAL 73 31.9 .424 .323 .712 21.0 6.0 7.8 0.3 1.1 3.4
19-20 DAL 54 33.2 .461 .318 .752 28.7 8.7 9.3 0.2 1.1 4.2
20-21 DAL 58 34.6 .485 .356 .725 28.3 8.9 7.9 0.6 1.0 4.2
21-22 DAL 72 34.1 .458 .355 .747 27.6 8.5 8.9 0.5 1.1 4.3
22-23 DAL 44 36.1 .501 .348 .731 33.6 8.4 9.0 0.5 1.5 3.6
3-YEAR AVG 69 34.0 .468 .344 .739 28.2 8.7 8.7 0.4 1.0 4.3
Totals 336 33.9 .464 .340 .734 27.5 8.0 8.6 0.4 1.1 4.0
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