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Gordon Hayward or Nicolas Claxton

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Gordon Hayward

Gordon Hayward

SF • Charlotte Hornets CHA
Nicolas Claxton

Nicolas Claxton

C • Brooklyn Nets BKN
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Gordon Hayward
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.252.004.2526.000.250.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.172.003.3325.170.670.176
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nicolas Claxton
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.003.3310.3329.671.001.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
17.002.7111.7132.860.572.007
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Gordon Hayward
OWN
85%
+3.97 compared to last week
START
60%
-10.74 compared to last week
OWN/START Nicolas Claxton
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
76%
+2.77 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Gordon Hayward
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nicolas Claxton
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Gordon Hayward

    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 46th with 685 total points (24.46 avg).
  • He is currently 1432 points behind the leader: LeBron James
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.2 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 55.74% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 33.33% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.13 apg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 29 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +0.14, APG: +0.52, RPG: +0.55, MPG: +4.01 STLS: --0.02 BLKS: --0.12
Breakdown Nicolas Claxton

    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 7th with 1482 total points (31.53 avg).
  • He is currently 900 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 7.8 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 73.60% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a center with 2.29 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are great for a center / power forward with 10.79 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 9 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +8.76, APG: +1.27, RPG: +6.1, MPG: +19 STLS: +0.35 BLKS: +2.05
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Gordon Hayward

No Injury Reported

Injury Nicolas Claxton

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Gordon Hayward
DateOpponentResult
Jan 31@MILL 124-115
Feb 02@CHIL 114-98
Feb 03@DETL 118-112
Feb 05VS ORL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.172.333.6724.000.670.176
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nicolas Claxton
DateOpponentResult
Jan 30VS LALW 121-104
Feb 01@BOSL 139-96
Feb 04VS WASW 125-123
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.001.679.2228.110.671.899
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Gordon Hayward
16.23
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nicolas Claxton
24.98
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Gordon Hayward
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
10-11 UTA 72 16.7 .485 .473 .711 5.4 1.1 1.9 0.3 0.4 1.0
11-12 UTA 66 30.3 .456 .346 .832 11.9 3.1 3.5 0.6 0.8 1.7
12-13 UTA 72 28.7 .435 .422 .829 13.9 2.9 3.2 0.5 0.8 1.7
13-14 UTA 77 36.2 .413 .304 .816 16.2 5.2 5.1 0.5 1.4 2.8
14-15 UTA 75 34.2 .442 .357 .809 19.1 4.1 4.9 0.4 1.4 2.7
15-16 UTA 79 35.9 .432 .342 .825 19.6 3.7 4.9 0.3 1.2 2.5
16-17 UTA 70 34.7 .466 .393 .845 21.8 3.5 5.5 0.3 1.0 1.9
17-18 BOS 1 5.0 .500 .0 .0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
18-19 BOS 72 25.7 .466 .333 .834 11.5 3.4 4.5 0.3 0.8 1.5
19-20 BOS 44 33.1 .501 .387 .844 17.2 4.1 6.5 0.4 0.8 1.8
20-21 CHA 44 33.5 .473 .415 .843 19.6 4.1 5.8 0.3 1.2 2.0
21-22 CHA 49 31.2 .462 .396 .840 15.8 3.6 4.6 0.4 1.0 1.7
22-23 CHA 28 30.4 .449 .306 .802 13.6 3.5 4.4 0.3 0.8 2.0
3-YEAR AVG 48 32.6 .478 .396 .845 17.6 3.9 5.7 0.4 1.0 1.9
Totals 756 30.8 .452 .368 .825 15.4 3.5 4.5 0.4 1.0 2.0
Career Nicolas Claxton
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 BKN 15 12.3 .563 .143 .524 4.4 1.1 2.9 0.5 0.1 0.6
21-22 BKN 25 17.9 .583 .200 .500 6.6 1.1 5.0 1.2 0.8 0.6
21-22 BKN 55 20.4 .687 .0 .488 8.8 0.9 5.7 1.3 0.6 0.8
22-23 BKN 47 29.1 .737 .0 .494 13.2 1.7 8.9 2.6 0.6 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 38 17.8 .647 .167 .493 7.0 0.9 4.9 1.2 0.5 0.7
Totals 160 21.1 .683 .143 .493 8.8 1.1 6.1 1.6 0.5 0.8
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