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Paolo Banchero or Brook Lopez

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Paolo Banchero

Paolo Banchero

PF • Orlando Magic ORL
Brook Lopez

Brook Lopez

C • Milwaukee Bucks MIL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Banchero over Lopez

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Lopez over Banchero

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Paolo Banchero
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.753.759.0034.501.000.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.633.137.0033.381.000.388
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Brook Lopez
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.670.677.3327.670.002.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.291.436.2927.710.292.437
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paolo Banchero
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
47%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Brook Lopez
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
91%
+33.61 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paolo Banchero
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Brook Lopez
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Paolo Banchero

    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 7th with 1496 total points (33.24 avg).
  • He is currently 800 points behind the leader: Julius Randle

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 37.84% from the field this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Shooting 27.40% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are good for a power forward with 3.13 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a center / power forward with 6.13 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 45 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +19.82, APG: +3.67, RPG: +6.38, MPG: +33.07 STLS: +1.02 BLKS: +0.47
Breakdown Brook Lopez

    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 13th with 1412 total points (28.24 avg).
  • He is currently 970 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.1 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 46.50% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 32.86% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are alright for a center but nothing to brag about at 1.29 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.86 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 10 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +13.12, APG: +1.22, RPG: +6.06, MPG: +28.05 STLS: +0.45 BLKS: +2.29
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Paolo Banchero

No Injury Reported

Injury Brook Lopez

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Paolo Banchero
DateOpponentResult
Feb 07VS NY
Feb 09VS DEN
Feb 11VS MIA
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
19.332.333.6733.331.330.333
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Brook Lopez
DateOpponentResult
Feb 06@POR
Feb 09@LAL
Feb 10@LAC
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.001.005.3328.000.332.673
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Paolo Banchero
15.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Brook Lopez
16.73
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Paolo Banchero
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 ORL 45 33.1 .414 .297 .751 19.8 3.7 6.4 0.5 1.0 2.8
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 45 33.1 .414 .297 .751 19.8 3.7 6.4 0.5 1.0 2.8
Career Brook Lopez
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
08-09 NJ 84 30.4 .530 .0 .786 12.9 1.0 8.0 1.9 0.5 1.8
09-10 NJ 82 36.9 .499 .0 .817 18.8 2.3 8.6 1.7 0.7 2.5
10-11 NJ 82 35.0 .492 .0 .787 20.4 1.6 6.0 1.5 0.6 2.1
12-13 NJ 5 27.0 .494 .0 .625 19.2 1.2 3.6 0.8 0.2 1.2
12-13 BKN 72 30.2 .517 .0 .754 19.4 0.9 7.0 2.1 0.4 1.8
13-14 BKN 17 31.2 .563 .0 .817 20.7 0.9 6.0 1.8 0.5 1.6
14-15 BKN 72 28.9 .513 .100 .814 17.2 0.7 7.4 1.8 0.6 1.4
15-16 BKN 72 33.4 .512 .143 .785 20.5 2.0 7.9 1.7 0.8 2.4
16-17 BKN 73 29.7 .476 .352 .816 20.8 2.4 5.4 1.7 0.5 2.4
17-18 LAL 72 23.4 .462 .348 .704 12.9 1.7 3.9 1.3 0.4 1.4
18-19 MIL 82 28.5 .451 .364 .842 12.4 1.2 4.9 2.3 0.6 1.0
19-20 MIL 61 26.4 .427 .296 .810 11.0 1.6 4.5 2.5 0.7 1.0
20-21 MIL 62 26.9 .494 .346 .853 12.0 0.8 4.9 1.4 0.6 0.9
21-22 MIL 23 24.0 .469 .337 .872 11.9 0.5 4.5 1.6 0.6 0.9
22-23 MIL 50 30.0 .493 .364 .768 13.9 1.2 6.4 2.5 0.5 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 61 26.5 .479 .327 .846 12.2 0.9 4.9 1.8 0.6 1.0
Totals 952 29.9 .494 .342 .797 16.1 1.4 6.2 1.8 0.6 1.7
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