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Josh Giddey or Deni Avdija

Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Josh Giddey

Josh Giddey

SG • Oklahoma City Thunder OKC
Deni Avdija

Deni Avdija

SF • Washington Wizards WAS
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Owners starting Avdija over Giddey

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Josh Giddey
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.334.679.0029.331.000.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
19.676.678.6730.830.670.676
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Deni Avdija
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.332.008.0028.331.670.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.001.837.5025.331.000.336
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Giddey
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
100%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Deni Avdija
OWN
42%
+24.19 compared to last week
START
18%
+11.36 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Giddey
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Deni Avdija
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Giddey

    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 10th with 1240 total points (35.43 avg).
  • He is currently 693 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 5.4 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 52.25% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 30.43% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are great for a shooting guard with 6.14 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are great for a guard with 7.93 rpg this month.

    • 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: +5.69, APG: +0.58, RPG: +1.53, MPG: +3.7 STLS: --0.12 BLKS: +0.13
Breakdown Deni Avdija

    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 21st with 942 total points (20.93 avg).
  • He is currently 972 points behind the leader: LeBron James
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.3 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 42.55% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 19.44% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.38 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are great for a small forward with 7.85 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 7 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.21, APG: +0.98, RPG: +1.57, MPG: +4.12 STLS: +0.09 BLKS: --0.04
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Josh Giddey

No Injury Reported

Injury Deni Avdija

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Giddey
DateOpponentResult
Jan 25VS ATLL 137-132
Jan 27VS CLE
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.675.338.6731.331.330.673
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Deni Avdija
DateOpponentResult
Jan 24@DALW 127-126
Jan 25@HOUW 108-103
Jan 28@NO
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.253.257.5028.501.250.254
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Giddey
26.31
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Deni Avdija
13.98
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Josh Giddey
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 OKC 58 30.7 .426 .269 .698 12.6 6.3 7.7 0.3 0.9 3.1
22-23 OKC 40 30.8 .488 .323 .833 16.2 6.1 8.2 0.5 0.7 3.0
3-YEAR AVG 29 30.7 .426 .269 .698 12.6 6.3 7.7 0.3 0.9 3.1
Totals 98 30.7 .454 .289 .750 14.0 6.2 7.9 0.4 0.8 3.1
Career Deni Avdija
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 WAS 54 22.8 .417 .316 .644 6.3 1.2 4.8 0.3 0.6 0.6
21-22 WAS 85 23.5 .430 .313 .739 8.2 2.0 5.2 0.5 0.7 1.0
22-23 WAS 45 25.6 .422 .280 .767 8.3 2.6 6.2 0.6 0.8 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 46 23.2 .425 .314 .717 7.5 1.7 5.0 0.4 0.7 0.9
Totals 184 23.8 .424 .306 .733 7.7 1.9 5.3 0.5 0.7 1.0
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