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Aaron Nesmith or Jonas Valanciunas

Who Should I Start? - Week 28 • Start New
Aaron Nesmith

Aaron Nesmith

PFIndiana Pacers IND
Jonas Valanciunas

Jonas Valanciunas

CSacramento Kings SAC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Nesmith over Valanciunas

 
 
 
 
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Performance Aaron Nesmith
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.001.674.6726.671.000.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.751.255.0026.751.000.504
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jonas Valanciunas
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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
4.000.001.009.000.002.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Aaron Nesmith
OWN
50%
+3 compared to last week
START
27%
+0.74 compared to last week
OWN/START Jonas Valanciunas
OWN
71%
+2.93 compared to last week
START
56%
+5.81 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Aaron Nesmith
26th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jonas Valanciunas
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Aaron Nesmith

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 26th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 45th with 999 total points (20.39 avg).
  • He is currently 3009 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.4 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 50.43% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 44.07% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.69 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty bad for a center / power forward with 4.46 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 38 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.42, APG: -0.21, RPG: +0.61, MPG: +0.12 STLS: +0.01 BLKS: --0.23
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 17th with 1871 total points (23.39 avg).
  • He is currently 2714 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 14.4.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 66.67% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are alright for a center but nothing to brag about at 1.00 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.00 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 6 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -1.92, APG: -0.07, RPG: -1.12, MPG: --4.64 STLS: +0.08 BLKS: --0.2
Next Up Health Check
Injury Aaron Nesmith

BACK - Since Apr 28, 2025

Nesmith is dealing with a back injury but is expected to take the court for the Pacers.
Injury Jonas Valanciunas

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Aaron Nesmith
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29VS MIL
May 02@MIL
May 04VS MIL
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.671.334.6729.001.000.336
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jonas Valanciunas
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Aaron Nesmith
12.70
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jonas Valanciunas
14.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Aaron Nesmith
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 BOS 38 13.1 .415 .353 .700 4.0 0.4 2.4 0.2 0.3 0.5
21-22 BOS 57 10.8 .413 .298 .828 4.2 0.5 1.7 0.1 0.4 0.6
22-23 IND 73 24.2 .425 .360 .838 10.0 1.3 3.8 0.5 0.8 1.0
23-24 IND 78 27.7 .483 .404 .794 12.1 1.6 3.8 0.7 0.9 0.9
24-25 IND 49 24.7 .510 .440 .917 12.2 1.2 4.0 0.4 0.8 0.8
3-YEAR AVG 73 21.0 .448 .367 .815 8.8 1.2 3.1 0.5 0.7 0.8
Totals 332 20.8 .459 .375 .838 8.7 1.1 3.3 0.4 0.6 0.8
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 78 24.5 .549 .355 .824 14.2 1.8 10.2 0.7 0.2 2.0
23-24 NO 87 22.9 .554 .301 .793 12.3 2.1 8.9 0.8 0.4 1.4
24-25 WAS 80 18.2 .550 .211 .876 10.3 2.0 7.8 0.6 0.5 1.5
3-YEAR AVG 83 25.6 .545 .334 .807 14.6 2.2 10.2 0.7 0.4 1.9
Totals 955 24.9 .558 .332 .792 13.1 1.4 9.4 0.9 0.4 1.6
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