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Nicolas Batum or Caleb Martin

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Nicolas Batum

Nicolas Batum

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Caleb Martin

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Nicolas Batum
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
5.252.253.7518.500.000.254
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.381.633.5020.750.000.638
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Caleb Martin
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.671.674.3321.670.670.333
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.711.004.7126.141.140.297
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nicolas Batum
OWN
13%
+2.03 compared to last week
START
10%
+4.25 compared to last week
OWN/START Caleb Martin
OWN
18%
+2.61 compared to last week
START
10%
+0.63 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nicolas Batum
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Caleb Martin
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nicolas Batum

    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 32nd with 760 total points (15.51 avg).
  • He is currently 1361 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.9 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 39.06% from the field this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Shooting 35.19% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.44 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 3.19 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 7 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.13, APG: +0.5, RPG: +1.54, MPG: +7.07 STLS: +0.04 BLKS: +0.34
Breakdown Caleb Martin

    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 35th with 639 total points (20.61 avg).
  • He is currently 1482 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.5 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 40.35% from the field this month. Not very good at all for a big man.
  • Shooting 24.00% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.60 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 2.73 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.62, APG: +0.86, RPG: +1.68, MPG: +12.36 STLS: +0.29 BLKS: --0.07
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Nicolas Batum

No Injury Reported

Injury Caleb Martin

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nicolas Batum
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
Matchups Caleb Martin
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 Nicolas Batum
7.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Caleb Martin
8.37
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Nicolas Batum
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
08-09 POR 82 18.4 .447 .373 .808 5.3 0.9 2.7 0.5 0.6 0.6
10-11 POR 37 24.8 .519 .409 .843 10.1 1.2 3.8 0.7 0.6 0.7
10-11 POR 80 31.3 .455 .345 .842 12.4 1.5 4.5 0.6 0.9 1.0
11-12 POR 59 30.1 .451 .391 .837 13.9 1.4 4.6 1.0 1.0 1.5
12-13 POR 72 38.1 .423 .373 .855 14.3 4.9 5.6 1.1 1.2 2.6
13-14 POR 82 35.8 .465 .361 .803 13.1 5.1 7.5 0.7 0.9 2.5
14-15 POR 69 33.2 .405 .329 .856 9.4 4.8 5.8 0.6 1.1 1.8
15-16 CHA 69 34.8 .428 .347 .847 14.9 5.7 6.1 0.6 0.9 2.9
16-17 CHA 76 33.9 .401 .330 .859 14.9 5.9 6.3 0.4 1.2 2.5
17-18 CHA 64 31.0 .415 .336 .831 11.6 5.5 4.8 0.4 1.0 2.0
18-19 CHA 76 31.2 .452 .392 .872 9.4 3.4 5.2 0.6 0.9 1.6
19-20 CHA 22 22.8 .346 .286 .900 3.6 3.0 4.5 0.4 0.8 1.0
20-21 LAC 61 27.4 .457 .410 .852 8.1 2.3 4.8 0.5 1.0 0.8
21-22 LAC 63 24.3 .450 .390 .650 8.0 1.7 4.4 0.7 1.0 0.7
22-23 LAC 49 21.4 .433 .401 .667 6.3 1.4 4.2 0.7 0.6 0.7
3-YEAR AVG 57 25.6 .451 .389 .779 7.5 2.1 4.7 0.6 1.0 0.7
Totals 986 29.9 .438 .365 .834 10.7 3.4 5.1 0.6 0.9 1.6
Career Caleb Martin
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 CHA 18 17.4 .441 .541 .810 6.2 1.3 2.1 0.4 0.7 0.8
20-21 CHA 46 14.3 .379 .252 .623 4.9 1.2 2.7 0.2 0.7 0.6
21-22 MIA 67 22.0 .487 .390 .735 8.9 1.1 3.7 0.5 1.0 0.9
22-23 MIA 40 30.0 .454 .383 .790 9.9 1.7 4.8 0.4 1.1 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 46 18.6 .448 .357 .711 7.0 1.2 3.1 0.4 0.8 0.8
Totals 190 20.6 .449 .365 .729 7.6 1.3 3.4 0.4 0.9 0.8
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