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Jonas Valanciunas or Jalen McDaniels

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Jonas Valanciunas

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jonas Valanciunas
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.250.256.7519.000.250.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.880.639.5023.380.130.638
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jalen McDaniels
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.752.008.0028.250.750.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.862.145.7129.431.430.437
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jonas Valanciunas
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
74%
+9.07 compared to last week
OWN/START Jalen McDaniels
OWN
42%
-11.08 compared to last week
START
21%
-27.22 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jonas Valanciunas
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jalen McDaniels
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jonas Valanciunas

    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 8th with 1374 total points (28.04 avg).
  • He is currently 823 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.4 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 57.38% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 39.13% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are alright for a center but nothing to brag about at 1.06 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are great for a center / power forward with 10.19 rpg this month.
  • He is top 10 in the league for rebounds.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 4 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -1.01, APG: -0.54, RPG: -0.54, MPG: --2.28 STLS: --0.18 BLKS: --0.26
Breakdown Jalen 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 1061 total points (21.65 avg).
  • He is currently 1060 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.3 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 44.97% from the field this month. Not very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 23.33% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.73 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.80 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: +5.89, APG: +1.24, RPG: +1.93, MPG: +12.74 STLS: +0.67 BLKS: +0.22
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jonas Valanciunas

No Injury Reported

Injury Jalen McDaniels

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jonas Valanciunas
DateOpponentResult
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Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
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Matchups Jalen McDaniels
DateOpponentResult
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jonas Valanciunas
25.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jalen McDaniels
10.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jonas Valanciunas
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
12-13 TOR 62 23.7 .556 .0 .789 8.9 0.7 6.0 1.3 0.3 1.5
13-14 TOR 81 28.0 .531 .0 .762 11.3 0.7 8.8 0.9 0.3 1.7
14-15 TOR 79 26.0 .569 .0 .783 12.0 0.5 8.6 1.2 0.4 1.4
15-16 TOR 60 25.7 .565 .0 .761 12.8 0.7 9.1 1.3 0.4 1.4
16-17 TOR 78 25.9 .557 .0 .814 12.0 0.7 9.6 0.8 0.5 1.3
17-18 TOR 76 22.3 .564 .389 .809 12.7 1.0 8.6 0.9 0.4 1.5
18-19 TOR 49 22.1 .561 .292 .795 15.6 1.4 8.6 1.1 0.4 1.9
19-20 MEM 62 26.1 .584 .367 .732 14.9 1.8 11.3 1.1 0.4 1.7
20-21 MEM 55 27.5 .581 .382 .761 16.9 1.8 12.3 0.8 0.5 1.7
21-22 NO 85 29.5 .536 .345 .804 17.3 2.6 11.4 0.8 0.6 2.4
22-23 NO 49 24.3 .535 .352 .828 14.6 1.6 9.6 0.5 0.3 2.1
3-YEAR AVG 75 28.1 .566 .345 .778 16.5 2.1 11.7 0.9 0.5 2.0
Totals 759 25.9 .559 .346 .786 13.5 1.3 9.5 1.0 0.4 1.7
Career Jalen McDaniels
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 CHA 16 18.1 .471 .375 .824 5.6 0.8 4.1 0.2 0.5 0.8
20-21 CHA 38 16.2 .468 .329 .702 6.5 1.0 2.9 0.3 0.6 0.9
21-22 CHA 58 16.8 .459 .357 .732 6.3 1.0 3.4 0.4 0.5 0.7
22-23 CHA 49 26.6 .454 .333 .853 11.0 2.0 4.8 0.5 1.1 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 41 17.7 .465 .349 .736 6.6 1.0 3.5 0.4 0.5 0.8
Totals 171 20.2 .461 .343 .780 7.9 1.3 3.9 0.4 0.7 1.0
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