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Ben Sheppard

Ben Sheppard

SFIndiana Pacers IND
Alex Caruso

Alex Caruso

SGOklahoma City Thunder OKC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Sheppard over Caruso

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Ben Sheppard
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Caruso over Sheppard

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Alex Caruso
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Performance Ben Sheppard
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.000.501.0018.001.500.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.400.802.0019.601.600.605
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alex Caruso
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
2.002.001.0012.000.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.003.002.6018.601.400.405
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ben Sheppard
OWN
 
2%
-0.61 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-2.18 compared to last week
OWN/START Alex Caruso
OWN
23%
+1.61 compared to last week
START
10%
-3.77 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Sheppard
88th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alex Caruso
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ben Sheppard

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 88th among SF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 58th with 484 total points (12.41 avg).
  • He is currently 1890 points behind the leader: Jayson Tatum
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 5 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.27% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 36.11% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.70 apg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 18 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.12, APG: +0.81, RPG: +1.72, MPG: +13.96 STLS: +0.41 BLKS: +0.26
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 59th with 563 total points (17.06 avg).
  • He is currently 1582 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.7 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.27% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 37.14% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.31 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.00 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 22 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -2.3, APG: +0.13, RPG: -0.46, MPG: --3.51 STLS: +0.64 BLKS: --0.55
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ben Sheppard

No Injury Reported

Injury Alex Caruso

HIP - Since Feb 12, 2025

Caruso is dealing with left hip tightness and is uncertain to take the court for the Thunder.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Sheppard
DateOpponentResult
Feb 20VS MEM
Feb 23VS LAC
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.000.001.0015.002.001.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alex Caruso
DateOpponentResult
Feb 21@UTA
Feb 23@MIN
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.005.003.0020.004.000.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Sheppard
7.67
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alex Caruso
12.67
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ben Sheppard
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
23-24 IND 61 14.3 .403 .331 .871 4.7 0.9 1.7 0.0 0.6 0.3
24-25 IND 39 19.9 .429 .373 .889 6.0 1.2 2.5 0.3 0.7 0.3
3-YEAR AVG 31 14.3 .403 .331 .871 4.7 0.9 1.7 0.0 0.6 0.3
Totals 112 16.9 .413 .347 .868 5.1 1.1 2.1 0.1 0.6 0.3
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 33 19.3 .399 .315 .833 6.1 2.5 2.8 0.5 1.8 0.6
3-YEAR AVG 63 26.0 .447 .381 .797 7.8 3.4 3.4 0.7 1.6 1.3
Totals 411 22.2 .435 .372 .761 6.8 2.8 2.8 0.5 1.3 1.2
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