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Dorian Finney-Smith

Dorian Finney-Smith

PFLos Angeles Lakers LAL
Julian Strawther

Julian Strawther

SFDenver Nuggets DEN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Finney-Smith over Strawther

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Dorian Finney-Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Strawther over Finney-Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Julian Strawther
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Performance Dorian Finney-Smith
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.001.004.0025.002.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.253.003.0028.751.000.254
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Julian Strawther
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.502.004.5029.500.500.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.331.673.8329.170.830.176
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dorian Finney-Smith
OWN
10%
-4.38 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-6.02 compared to last week
OWN/START Julian Strawther
OWN
 
4%
+0.87 compared to last week
START
 
2%
+0.3 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dorian Finney-Smith
54th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Julian Strawther
92nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dorian Finney-Smith

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 54th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 46th with 620 total points (17.22 avg).
  • He is currently 1741 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.7 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 48.28% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 35.71% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.14 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 2.29 rpg 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: +1.38, APG: +0.28, RPG: +0.0099999999999998, MPG: +3.65 STLS: +0.29 BLKS: --0.16
Breakdown Julian Strawther

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 92nd among SF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 41st with 823 total points (15.24 avg).
  • He is currently 1551 points behind the leader: Jayson Tatum
  • He is performing amazing in the past 30 days. Will he keep it up?
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 4.6 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 41.73% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 35.71% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.20 apg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 1 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.72, APG: +0.6, RPG: +1.35, MPG: +13.57 STLS: +0.38 BLKS: +0.17
Next Up Health Check
Injury Dorian Finney-Smith

ANKLE - Since Feb 11, 2025

Finney-Smith is dealing with left ankle soreness and is uncertain to take the court for the Lakers.
Injury Julian Strawther

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dorian Finney-Smith
DateOpponentResult
Feb 10VS UTAW 132-113
Feb 12@UTAL 131-119
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.502.003.5026.001.500.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Julian Strawther
DateOpponentResult
Feb 10VS PORW 146-117
Feb 12VS PORW 132-121
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.671.673.0022.670.330.333
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Dorian Finney-Smith
11.69
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Julian Strawther
8.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Dorian Finney-Smith
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
16-17 DAL 77 20.4 .375 .297 .754 4.4 0.8 2.8 0.3 0.6 0.6
17-18 DAL 21 21.4 .380 .299 .733 5.9 1.2 3.6 0.2 0.5 1.0
18-19 DAL 82 24.3 .431 .311 .709 7.5 1.2 4.8 0.5 0.9 0.9
19-20 DAL 64 29.5 .468 .374 .722 9.3 1.5 5.5 0.6 0.7 1.0
20-21 DAL 51 32.0 .469 .402 .818 9.9 1.6 5.6 0.4 0.9 0.7
21-22 DAL 88 32.8 .462 .391 .696 10.8 1.9 4.8 0.5 1.1 1.0
22-23 DAL 68 29.6 .388 .340 .720 8.0 1.5 4.8 0.5 0.8 0.9
23-24 BKN 68 28.0 .421 .348 .717 8.5 1.6 4.7 0.6 0.8 0.9
24-25 BKN 36 26.7 .457 .405 .655 8.6 1.5 3.9 0.4 0.9 0.9
3-YEAR AVG 79 30.6 .432 .368 .699 9.4 1.7 4.8 0.5 0.9 0.9
Totals 590 27.9 .436 .363 .715 8.4 1.5 4.6 0.5 0.8 0.9
Career Julian Strawther
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
23-24 DEN 46 11.2 .368 .297 .759 4.9 1.0 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.5
24-25 DEN 54 22.0 .431 .360 .827 9.4 1.3 2.3 0.3 0.7 0.9
3-YEAR AVG 23 11.2 .368 .297 .759 4.9 1.0 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.5
Totals 103 16.7 .409 .336 .796 7.2 1.2 1.8 0.2 0.5 0.7
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