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Markelle Fultz or Jaden McDaniels

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Markelle Fultz

Markelle Fultz

PG • Orlando Magic ORL
Jaden McDaniels

Jaden McDaniels

PF • Minnesota Timberwolves MIN
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Markelle Fultz
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.255.002.5032.252.250.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.385.252.3830.251.250.508
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jaden McDaniels
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.503.504.2526.750.501.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.632.754.3830.000.380.508
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Markelle Fultz
OWN
89%
+1.64 compared to last week
START
44%
-36.66 compared to last week
OWN/START Jaden McDaniels
OWN
62%
-4.09 compared to last week
START
28%
-32.87 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Markelle Fultz
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jaden McDaniels
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Markelle Fultz

    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 38th with 875 total points (26.52 avg).
  • He is currently 1693 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.1 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 55.77% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 26.67% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • He is ranked 60th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.36.
  • Decent numbers for a point guard with 5.60 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.93 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: +12.45, APG: +5.52, RPG: +3.64, MPG: +27.97 STLS: +1.52 BLKS: +0.36
Breakdown Jaden McDaniels

    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 20th with 1116 total points (21.88 avg).
  • He is currently 1180 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.1 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 48.59% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 37.04% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a power forward with 2.63 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty bad for a center / power forward with 4.31 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: +3.79, APG: +0.99, RPG: -0.18, MPG: +6.79 STLS: +0.22 BLKS: +0.38
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Markelle Fultz

No Injury Reported

Injury Jaden McDaniels

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Markelle Fultz
DateOpponentResult
Feb 07VS NY
Feb 09VS DEN
Feb 11VS MIA
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.006.005.0028.501.001.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jaden McDaniels
DateOpponentResult
Feb 07@DEN
Feb 08@UTA
Feb 10@MEM
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.752.384.1330.131.000.888
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Markelle Fultz
16.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jaden McDaniels
13.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Markelle Fultz
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 PHI 14 18.0 .405 .0 .476 7.1 3.8 3.1 0.3 0.8 1.1
18-19 PHI 19 22.3 .419 .286 .568 8.2 3.1 3.6 0.3 0.9 1.3
19-20 ORL 64 28.1 .473 .254 .723 12.1 5.2 3.3 0.2 1.3 2.0
20-21 ORL 8 26.5 .394 .250 .895 12.9 5.4 3.1 0.3 0.9 2.3
22-23 ORL 18 19.4 .474 .235 .807 10.8 5.5 2.7 0.3 1.1 2.2
22-23 ORL 33 28.0 .503 .317 .727 12.5 5.5 3.6 0.4 1.5 2.3
3-YEAR AVG 33 25.9 .460 .262 .756 11.9 5.2 3.2 0.2 1.2 2.1
Totals 164 25.3 .461 .272 .712 11.2 4.9 3.3 0.2 1.2 2.0
Career Jaden McDaniels
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 MIN 57 23.8 .441 .365 .605 6.8 1.1 3.8 0.9 0.6 0.8
21-22 MIN 80 24.5 .460 .330 .800 9.0 1.1 4.1 0.8 0.8 1.1
22-23 MIN 51 30.3 .511 .380 .753 11.5 2.0 3.9 1.0 1.0 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 47 24.2 .454 .342 .731 8.0 1.1 3.9 0.9 0.7 0.9
Totals 193 25.9 .472 .352 .740 8.9 1.4 3.9 0.9 0.8 1.1
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