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Jimmy Butler or Franz Wagner

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Butler over Wagner

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jimmy Butler
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
28.504.006.5032.502.500.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
23.173.504.5030.332.330.176
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Franz Wagner
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.504.754.5030.250.750.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
17.334.834.6729.830.500.006
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jimmy Butler
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
56%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Franz Wagner
OWN
97%
-2.84 compared to last week
START
89%
-7.18 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jimmy Butler
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Franz Wagner
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jimmy Butler

    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 6th with 1394 total points (39.83 avg).
  • He is currently 582 points behind the leader: LeBron James
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.5 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 52.25% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 21.05% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a small forward with 3.00 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a small forward with 4.53 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 20 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +8.67, APG: +1.2, RPG: +2.45, MPG: +13.02 STLS: +0.84 BLKS: +0.07
Breakdown Franz Wagner

    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 7th with 1391 total points (29.60 avg).
  • He is currently 585 points behind the leader: LeBron James
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 53.37% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 44.26% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a small forward with 3.15 apg 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: +4.73, APG: +0.54, RPG: -0.44, MPG: +1.28 STLS: --0.15 BLKS: --0.3
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jimmy Butler

No Injury Reported

Injury Franz Wagner

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jimmy Butler
DateOpponentResult
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Franz Wagner
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jimmy Butler
27.10
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Franz Wagner
21.14
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jimmy Butler
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
12-13 CHI 81 25.8 .462 .379 .805 8.5 1.4 4.0 0.4 0.9 0.8
13-14 CHI 67 38.5 .397 .283 .769 13.1 2.6 4.9 0.5 1.9 1.5
14-15 CHI 65 38.5 .462 .378 .834 20.0 3.3 5.8 0.6 1.8 1.4
15-16 CHI 67 36.7 .455 .311 .832 20.9 4.8 5.4 0.6 1.6 2.0
16-17 CHI 73 37.0 .455 .356 .862 23.8 5.5 6.1 0.4 1.9 2.0
17-18 MIN 58 36.6 .474 .349 .853 22.1 4.9 5.3 0.4 2.0 1.8
18-19 MIN 66 33.5 .459 .343 .855 18.7 4.0 5.2 0.6 1.9 1.5
19-20 MIA 54 34.1 .454 .248 .833 20.2 6.1 6.6 0.5 1.7 2.2
20-21 MIA 47 33.4 .491 .207 .864 21.6 7.2 7.0 0.4 2.1 2.1
21-22 MIA 64 32.9 .486 .259 .865 21.5 5.3 5.8 0.5 1.7 2.0
22-23 MIA 35 33.3 .531 .308 .844 22.1 4.9 6.2 0.3 2.0 1.7
3-YEAR AVG 59 33.3 .475 .251 .851 20.8 6.1 6.4 0.4 1.8 2.1
Totals 745 33.0 .464 .318 .840 18.1 4.2 5.4 0.5 1.7 1.6
Career Franz Wagner
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 ORL 82 30.2 .463 .352 .864 14.8 2.9 4.4 0.4 0.9 1.5
22-23 ORL 47 32.3 .485 .367 .852 19.6 3.4 4.0 0.2 0.9 2.0
3-YEAR AVG 41 30.2 .463 .352 .864 14.8 2.9 4.4 0.4 0.9 1.5
Totals 129 31.0 .472 .359 .859 16.6 3.1 4.3 0.4 0.9 1.7
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