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Kawhi Leonard or Dennis Smith Jr.

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Kawhi Leonard

Kawhi Leonard

SF • Los Angeles Clippers LAC
Dennis Smith Jr.

Dennis Smith Jr.

PG • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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Owners starting Leonard over Smith Jr.

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kawhi Leonard
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
28.334.336.6739.673.331.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
28.174.506.6737.172.331.176
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Dennis Smith Jr.
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.002.002.7519.250.500.254
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.882.753.2521.380.500.138
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kawhi Leonard
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
95%
+39.14 compared to last week
OWN/START Dennis Smith Jr.
OWN
21%
-0.5 compared to last week
START
10%
+1.02 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kawhi Leonard
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Dennis Smith Jr.
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kawhi Leonard

    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 16th with 1130 total points (37.67 avg).
  • He is currently 987 points behind the leader: LeBron James
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 11.1 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 51.92% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 43.28% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a small forward with 3.60 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a small forward with 5.80 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 29 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +22.03, APG: +3.97, RPG: +6.23, MPG: +31.67 STLS: +1.4 BLKS: +0.5
Breakdown Dennis Smith Jr.

    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 49th with 627 total points (20.23 avg).
  • He is currently 1941 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.6 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 36.11% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 3.85% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • He is ranked 35th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.78.
  • Below average point guard averaging only 3.87 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.47 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 26 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.24, APG: +1.95, RPG: +1.16, MPG: +12.82 STLS: +0.67 BLKS: +0.11
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kawhi Leonard

No Injury Reported

Injury Dennis Smith Jr.

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kawhi Leonard
DateOpponentResult
Feb 06@BKN
Feb 08VS DAL
Feb 10VS MIL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
26.674.009.6737.332.001.003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Dennis Smith Jr.
DateOpponentResult
Feb 08@WAS
Feb 10@BOS
Feb 11VS DEN
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
5.332.331.3321.671.330.673
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kawhi Leonard
24.28
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Dennis Smith Jr.
8.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kawhi Leonard
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
11-12 SA 64 23.8 .493 .376 .773 7.9 1.1 5.1 0.4 1.3 0.7
12-13 SA 57 31.0 .490 .361 .825 11.8 1.6 6.0 0.5 1.7 1.1
13-14 SA 66 28.9 .523 .379 .802 12.8 2.0 6.2 0.7 1.7 1.2
14-15 SA 63 31.5 .480 .342 .802 16.4 2.6 7.2 0.8 2.3 1.5
15-16 SA 71 32.7 .505 .440 .873 21.1 2.5 6.8 1.0 1.8 1.5
16-17 SA 72 33.5 .486 .375 .880 25.6 3.5 5.8 0.8 1.8 2.1
17-18 SA 9 23.4 .469 .314 .816 16.2 2.3 4.7 1.0 2.0 1.8
18-19 TOR 61 33.9 .497 .373 .857 26.7 3.3 7.3 0.4 1.8 2.1
19-20 LAC 50 31.9 .467 .362 .888 26.8 4.9 7.4 0.6 1.8 2.8
20-21 LAC 48 33.5 .515 .393 .878 25.2 5.2 6.7 0.4 1.6 2.0
22-23 LAC 30 31.7 .497 .351 .868 22.0 4.0 6.2 0.5 1.4 1.6
3-YEAR AVG 40 33.3 .496 .385 .884 26.2 5.0 6.9 0.5 1.7 2.3
Totals 613 31.2 .495 .380 .859 19.6 3.0 6.4 0.6 1.7 1.6
Career Dennis Smith Jr.
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 DAL 69 29.7 .395 .313 .694 15.2 5.2 3.8 0.2 1.0 2.8
18-19 DAL 53 28.3 .427 .322 .635 13.6 4.8 2.9 0.4 1.3 2.9
19-20 NY 34 15.6 .341 .296 .509 5.5 2.9 2.3 0.2 0.8 1.7
21-22 NY 22 17.8 .407 .333 .708 6.8 3.4 2.4 0.6 1.0 1.1
21-22 POR 40 17.9 .424 .242 .674 6.3 3.8 2.5 0.3 1.3 1.5
22-23 CHA 31 24.6 .430 .207 .756 8.5 4.4 2.8 0.3 1.4 1.6
3-YEAR AVG 32 17.0 .389 .299 .626 6.1 3.4 2.4 0.4 1.1 1.5
Totals 249 23.9 .406 .304 .663 10.5 4.3 2.9 0.3 1.1 2.2
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Matchup Time
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