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Jalen Smith or AJ Griffin

Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Jalen Smith

Jalen Smith

PF • Indiana Pacers IND
AJ Griffin

AJ Griffin

SF • Atlanta Hawks ATL
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Owners starting Smith over Griffin

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jalen Smith
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.670.334.009.330.000.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.170.333.8310.830.330.336
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance AJ Griffin
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.002.673.0025.331.000.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.141.432.5722.430.430.007
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jalen Smith
OWN
40%
-9.22 compared to last week
START
15%
-21.84 compared to last week
OWN/START AJ Griffin
OWN
10%
-3.39 compared to last week
START
 
7%
-4.34 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jalen Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus AJ Griffin
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jalen Smith

    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 24th with 869 total points (18.89 avg).
  • He is currently 1210 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.4.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 52.63% from the field this month. Very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 30.00% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.81 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 3.50 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 5 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.66, APG: +0.88, RPG: +2.51, MPG: +10.38 STLS: +0.21 BLKS: +0.41
Breakdown AJ Griffin

    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 41st with 651 total points (14.80 avg).
  • He is currently 1263 points behind the leader: LeBron James
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.3 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 58.44% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 51.16% from beyond the arc this month. Very impressive.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.14 apg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 44 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +9.5, APG: +1.07, RPG: +2.16, MPG: +20.36 STLS: +0.75 BLKS: +0.14
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jalen Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury AJ Griffin

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jalen Smith
DateOpponentResult
Jan 24VS CHIW 116-110
Jan 25@ORLL 126-120
Jan 27VS MILL 141-131
Jan 29@MEM
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.430.574.4315.430.140.717
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups AJ Griffin
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23@CHIL 111-100
Jan 25@OKCW 137-132
Jan 28VS LAC
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.501.502.6725.671.330.336
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jalen Smith
10.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating AJ Griffin
10.78
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jalen Smith
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 PHO 21 4.0 .438 .273 .333 1.5 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.2
21-22 PHO 53 18.4 .493 .311 .782 9.5 0.5 6.3 0.8 0.3 0.9
22-23 IND 46 18.3 .460 .273 .765 9.5 1.0 5.7 0.8 0.4 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 28 13.7 .489 .309 .778 6.8 0.4 4.5 0.6 0.2 0.7
Totals 129 15.3 .476 .292 .772 7.7 0.6 4.9 0.7 0.3 0.8
Career AJ Griffin
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 ATL 44 20.4 .481 .402 .900 9.5 1.1 2.2 0.1 0.8 0.7
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 44 20.4 .481 .402 .900 9.5 1.1 2.2 0.1 0.8 0.7
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