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Jalen Duren or Alec Burks

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Jalen Duren

Jalen Duren

C • Detroit Pistons DET
Alec Burks

Alec Burks

SG • Detroit Pistons DET
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jalen Duren
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.672.007.6728.670.671.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.001.508.3328.001.171.506
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alec Burks
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.332.335.0026.670.330.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.672.333.8325.830.500.006
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jalen Duren
OWN
72%
-12.92 compared to last week
START
43%
-4.5 compared to last week
OWN/START Alec Burks
OWN
39%
+12.05 compared to last week
START
24%
+10.78 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jalen Duren
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alec Burks
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jalen Duren

    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 26th with 996 total points (22.13 avg).
  • He is currently 1386 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 6.1 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 74.51% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.77 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.46 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 45 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +8.33, APG: +1.07, RPG: +8.67, MPG: +24.42 STLS: +0.67 BLKS: +0.8
Breakdown Alec Burks

    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 29th with 861 total points (21.00 avg).
  • He is currently 1298 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 42.24% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 40.32% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.38 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.38 for the 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: +2.83, APG: -0.24, RPG: -0.88, MPG: --3.08 STLS: --0.38 BLKS: --0.16
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jalen Duren

No Injury Reported

Injury Alec Burks

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jalen Duren
DateOpponentResult
Jan 30@DALL 111-105
Feb 01VS WAS
Feb 03VS CHAW 118-112
Feb 04VS PHOL 116-100
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.291.438.1425.290.571.147
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alec Burks
DateOpponentResult
Jan 30@DALL 111-105
Feb 01VS WAS
Feb 03VS CHAW 118-112
Feb 04VS PHOL 116-100
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.172.004.3323.670.500.176
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jalen Duren
13.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alec Burks
15.06
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jalen Duren
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 DET 45 24.4 .663 .0 .626 8.3 1.1 8.7 0.8 0.7 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 45 24.4 .663 .0 .626 8.3 1.1 8.7 0.8 0.7 1.2
Career Alec Burks
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
11-12 UTA 59 15.7 .429 .333 .727 7.2 0.9 2.2 0.1 0.5 0.9
12-13 UTA 63 17.3 .416 .360 .746 6.9 1.4 2.3 0.3 0.5 1.2
13-14 UTA 78 27.9 .457 .350 .748 14.0 2.7 3.3 0.2 0.9 1.9
14-15 UTA 26 33.2 .403 .369 .816 13.9 3.0 4.3 0.2 0.7 1.9
15-16 UTA 30 25.4 .417 .416 .748 13.5 2.1 3.4 0.1 0.6 1.7
17-18 UTA 40 16.0 .399 .320 .776 6.9 0.7 2.9 0.1 0.5 0.9
17-18 UTA 63 16.7 .411 .329 .863 7.8 1.1 3.0 0.1 0.6 0.9
18-19 UTA 64 21.3 .401 .347 .828 8.7 2.0 3.7 0.3 0.6 1.0
19-20 GS 58 27.3 .405 .369 .896 15.3 2.9 4.5 0.3 1.0 1.5
20-21 NY 44 25.3 .415 .410 .865 12.6 2.2 4.5 0.3 0.7 1.0
21-22 NY 84 27.8 .391 .402 .821 11.6 2.9 4.8 0.3 1.0 1.1
22-23 DET 41 21.9 .452 .436 .811 13.4 2.2 3.1 0.1 0.7 1.1
3-YEAR AVG 68 26.7 .410 .399 .851 13.1 2.7 4.6 0.3 0.9 1.2
Totals 667 22.8 .420 .383 .802 10.9 2.0 3.5 0.2 0.7 1.2
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