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Who Should I Start? - Week 36 • Start New
Alex Caruso

Alex Caruso

SG • Oklahoma City Thunder OKC
Ausar Thompson

Ausar Thompson

SG • Detroit Pistons DET
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Caruso over Thompson

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Thompson over Caruso

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Alex Caruso
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.002.003.3330.333.670.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.201.803.8029.202.800.805
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ausar Thompson
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Alex Caruso
OWN
50%
+14.58 compared to last week
START
35%
+9.62 compared to last week
OWN/START Ausar Thompson
OWN
81%
-2.56 compared to last week
START
35%
-7.05 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Alex Caruso
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ausar Thompson
29th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Alex Caruso

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SG'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 1416 total points (18.88 avg).
  • He is currently 2396 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 6.3 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 48.68% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 41.03% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.64 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.64 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 9 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -0.84, APG: -0.53, RPG: -0.4, MPG: --4.01 STLS: +0.33 BLKS: --0.32
Breakdown Ausar Thompson

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 29th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 33rd with 1485 total points (22.85 avg).
  • He is currently 2327 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 22.8.

    • Performance Stats

  • Assists per game numbers are 0 apg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +3.42, APG: +0.69, RPG: +0.24, MPG: +3.02 STLS: +0.77 BLKS: --0.02
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Alex Caruso

No Injury Reported

Injury Ausar Thompson

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Alex Caruso
DateOpponentResult
Jun 16VS INDW 120-109
Jun 19@IND
Jun 22VS IND
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.171.834.0027.332.330.676
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ausar Thompson
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 Alex Caruso
11.83
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ausar Thompson
11.53
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Alex Caruso
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 LAL 35 15.2 .432 .286 .714 3.7 2.0 1.7 0.3 0.7 1.1
18-19 LAL 25 21.1 .445 .480 .797 9.2 3.1 2.7 0.4 1.0 1.7
19-20 LAL 58 17.6 .423 .355 .763 5.5 1.8 1.9 0.3 1.0 0.8
20-21 LAL 51 19.9 .432 .405 .683 5.9 2.5 2.9 0.3 1.2 1.2
21-22 CHI 48 26.9 .399 .333 .823 7.3 4.2 3.4 0.4 1.7 1.2
22-23 CHI 68 23.1 .459 .364 .817 5.8 2.9 2.9 0.7 1.5 1.1
23-24 CHI 73 28.2 .466 .409 .760 10.0 3.5 3.8 1.0 1.6 1.4
24-25 OKC 58 19.3 .443 .351 .814 7.1 2.6 3.1 0.6 1.7 0.7
3-YEAR AVG 66 23.9 .457 .383 .792 7.7 3.0 3.3 0.8 1.6 1.1
Totals 453 22.1 .440 .377 .767 7.0 2.8 2.8 0.5 1.4 1.1
Career Ausar Thompson
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
23-24 DET 63 24.6 .483 .186 .597 8.8 1.9 6.4 0.9 1.1 1.3
24-25 DET 65 22.0 .538 .216 .629 10.2 2.2 5.1 0.7 1.6 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 43 23.3 .511 .195 .616 9.5 2.0 5.8 0.8 1.3 1.4
Totals 128 23.3 .511 .195 .616 9.5 2.0 5.8 0.8 1.3 1.4
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ARI @NO
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BAL @BUF
CAR @JAC
CHI vs MIN
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DAL @PHI
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HOU @LAR
IND vs MIA
KC @LAC
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NYG @WAS
NYJ vs PIT
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @TOR 07:07 EDT EST
ATH vs HOU 10:05 EDT EST
ATL vs NYM 07:15 EDT EST
BAL @TB 07:35 EDT EST
BOS @SEA 09:40 EDT EST
CHC vs MIL 08:05 EDT EST
CHW vs STL 07:40 EDT EST
CIN vs MIN 07:10 EDT EST
CLE @SF 09:45 EDT EST
COL @WAS 06:45 EDT EST
DET vs PIT 06:40 EDT EST
KC @TEX 08:05 EDT EST
LAA @NYY 07:05 EDT EST
LAD vs SD 10:10 EDT EST
MIA vs PHI 06:10 EDT EST
Matchup Time
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Matchup Time
EDM @FLA 8:00 PM EST