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Zion Williamson or Jordan Poole

Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Zion Williamson

Zion Williamson

PF • Charlotte Hornets NO
Jordan Poole

Jordan Poole

PG • Golden State Warriors GS
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Zion Williamson
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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
0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jordan Poole
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
23.334.004.0033.002.000.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
23.714.004.2933.572.000.297
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Zion Williamson
OWN
99%
-1.43 compared to last week
START
18%
-7.55 compared to last week
OWN/START Jordan Poole
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
91%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Zion Williamson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jordan Poole
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Zion Williamson

    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 15th with 1108 total points (41.04 avg).
  • He is currently 971 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 41.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 63.24% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.94 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 1.44 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 24 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +25.89, APG: +4.52, RPG: +6.93, MPG: +32.26 STLS: +1.11 BLKS: +0.56
Breakdown Jordan Poole

    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 11th with 1410 total points (30.65 avg).
  • He is currently 1041 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 5.7 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 45.34% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 34.19% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • He is ranked 102nd this month in assist to turnover ratio with 1.25.
  • Average numbers for a point with 4.46 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a guard with 4.46 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 8 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +6.33, APG: +1.48, RPG: +0.16, MPG: +5.67 STLS: +0.21 BLKS: +0.02
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Zion Williamson

HAMSTRING - Will be re-evaluated around January 24th

Hamstring
Injury Jordan Poole

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Zion Williamson
DateOpponentResult
Jan 24VS DENL 99-98
Jan 25VS MINL 111-102
Jan 28VS WAS
Jan 29@MIL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
28.675.335.3336.001.670.673
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jordan Poole
DateOpponentResult
Jan 25VS MEMW 122-120
Jan 27VS TOR
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
32.005.003.0031.000.670.003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Zion Williamson
21.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jordan Poole
20.58
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Zion Williamson
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 NO 60 32.3 .616 .313 .694 26.7 3.6 7.0 0.6 0.9 2.6
22-23 NO 27 32.3 .608 .333 .716 25.9 4.5 6.9 0.6 1.1 3.4
3-YEAR AVG 28 31.1 .604 .340 .681 25.5 3.2 6.9 0.6 0.8 2.6
Totals 112 31.4 .605 .339 .690 25.6 3.5 6.9 0.6 0.9 2.8
Career Jordan Poole
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 GS 57 22.2 .333 .279 .798 8.8 2.4 2.1 0.2 0.6 1.3
20-21 GS 43 18.1 .416 .346 .884 10.9 2.0 1.7 0.2 0.6 1.0
21-22 GS 87 29.3 .459 .371 .916 19.0 4.1 3.4 0.3 0.8 2.4
22-23 GS 46 30.5 .438 .322 .876 21.7 4.4 2.8 0.3 0.9 3.5
3-YEAR AVG 66 24.6 .425 .348 .884 14.2 3.0 2.6 0.2 0.7 1.7
Totals 259 25.7 .432 .342 .885 15.6 3.3 2.6 0.2 0.7 2.1
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