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Alec Burks or Jalen McDaniels

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Alec Burks

Alec Burks

SG • Detroit Pistons DET
Jalen McDaniels

Jalen McDaniels

PF • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Alec Burks
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.002.503.0024.001.000.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.202.203.2021.600.600.005
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jalen McDaniels
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.002.506.5028.000.750.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.862.144.7129.711.430.437
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Alec Burks
OWN
21%
-11.63 compared to last week
START
12%
+2.32 compared to last week
OWN/START Jalen McDaniels
OWN
57%
+1.54 compared to last week
START
39%
+18.1 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Alec Burks
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jalen McDaniels
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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 779 total points (21.05 avg).
  • He is currently 1154 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.3 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 48.44% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 51.79% from beyond the arc this month. Very impressive.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.79 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.14 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: +2.96, APG: -0.21, RPG: -1.03, MPG: --3.87 STLS: --0.37 BLKS: --0.12
Breakdown Jalen McDaniels

    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 18th with 1052 total points (21.92 avg).
  • He is currently 1027 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.4 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.33% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 27.59% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.67 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.53 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 4 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.88, APG: +1.23, RPG: +1.77, MPG: +12.23 STLS: +0.68 BLKS: +0.21
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Alec Burks

No Injury Reported

Injury Jalen McDaniels

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Alec Burks
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23VS MILL 150-130
Jan 26@BKNW 130-122
Jan 28VS HOU
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.002.003.6723.001.000.003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jalen McDaniels
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23@UTAL 120-102
Jan 24@PHOL 128-97
Jan 26VS CHIW 111-96
Jan 29VS MIA
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.832.836.5030.671.330.676
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Alec Burks
16.13
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jalen McDaniels
11.16
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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 37 21.4 .455 .444 .813 13.5 2.2 3.0 0.1 0.8 1.1
3-YEAR AVG 68 26.7 .410 .399 .851 13.1 2.7 4.6 0.3 0.9 1.2
Totals 663 22.8 .420 .383 .802 10.9 2.0 3.5 0.2 0.7 1.2
Career Jalen McDaniels
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 CHA 16 18.1 .471 .375 .824 5.6 0.8 4.1 0.2 0.5 0.8
20-21 CHA 38 16.2 .468 .329 .702 6.5 1.0 2.9 0.3 0.6 0.9
21-22 CHA 58 16.8 .459 .357 .732 6.3 1.0 3.4 0.4 0.5 0.7
22-23 CHA 48 26.6 .458 .343 .853 11.2 2.1 4.8 0.5 1.1 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 41 17.7 .465 .349 .736 6.6 1.0 3.5 0.4 0.5 0.8
Totals 170 20.2 .463 .347 .780 7.9 1.3 3.9 0.4 0.7 1.0
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