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Kai Jones

Kai Jones

CDallas Mavericks DAL
Max Strus

Max Strus

SGCleveland Cavaliers CLE
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Jones over Strus

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Kai Jones
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Strus over Jones

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Max Strus
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Performance Kai Jones
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.002.008.0026.001.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.671.336.0022.671.001.003
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Max Strus
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
19.003.005.0034.000.002.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.504.255.5029.500.250.504
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kai Jones
OWN
18%
+3.01 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+0.92 compared to last week
OWN/START Max Strus
OWN
40%
+7.17 compared to last week
START
29%
+3.01 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kai Jones
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Max Strus
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kai Jones

    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 58th with 444 total points (11.10 avg).
  • He is currently 3888 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 13.6 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 82.54% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 33.33% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are alright for a center but nothing to brag about at 1.07 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.07 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 33 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.95, APG: +0.63, RPG: +3.13, MPG: +11.23 STLS: +0.38 BLKS: +0.55
Breakdown Max Strus

    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 53rd with 994 total points (19.88 avg).
  • He is currently 2391 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.6 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 51.65% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 41.79% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.53 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.40 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 31 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -0.94, APG: -0.26, RPG: +0.18, MPG: --1.85 STLS: --0.25 BLKS: --0.11
Next Up Health Check
Injury Kai Jones

No Injury Reported

Injury Max Strus

KNEE - Since Apr 12, 2025

Strus is managing a right knee injury and is uncertain to take the court for the Cavaliers.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kai Jones
DateOpponentResult
Apr 16@SACW 120-106
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.000.008.0033.000.001.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Max Strus
DateOpponentResult
Apr 20VS _
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Kai Jones
6.42
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Max Strus
11.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Kai Jones
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 CHA 22 4.3 .483 .333 .333 1.6 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
22-23 CHA 45 11.6 .558 .211 .731 3.5 0.3 2.7 0.7 0.4 0.7
24-25 LAC 40 11.2 .798 .200 .719 5.0 0.6 3.1 0.6 0.4 0.5
3-YEAR AVG 22 9.2 .544 .227 .568 2.9 0.3 2.2 0.5 0.3 0.6
Totals 107 10.0 .651 .222 .632 3.6 0.4 2.5 0.5 0.3 0.5
Career Max Strus
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 CHI 2 2.9 .667 .0 .1000 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
20-21 MIA 33 12.6 .456 .341 .611 6.0 0.6 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.2
21-22 MIA 78 23.1 .443 .411 .776 10.9 1.4 3.0 0.2 0.5 0.9
22-23 MIA 87 27.8 .410 .354 .881 11.3 2.0 3.3 0.2 0.5 0.8
23-24 CLE 74 31.5 .416 .346 .802 11.9 3.9 4.9 0.4 0.9 1.6
24-25 CLE 50 24.9 .442 .386 .824 9.4 3.2 4.3 0.2 0.5 1.1
3-YEAR AVG 90 27.5 .416 .363 .826 11.2 2.3 3.8 0.3 0.6 1.0
Totals 368 25.6 .422 .365 .817 10.3 2.3 3.6 0.2 0.6 0.9
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