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Jayson Tatum

Jayson Tatum

SFBoston Celtics BOS
Alex Caruso

Alex Caruso

SGOklahoma City Thunder OKC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Tatum over Caruso

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jayson Tatum
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Caruso over Tatum

 
 
 
 
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Performance Jayson Tatum
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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
Performance Alex Caruso
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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 Jayson Tatum
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
81%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Alex Caruso
OWN
44%
+2.57 compared to last week
START
19%
+1.1 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jayson Tatum
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alex Caruso
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jayson Tatum

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SF's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 1st with 3724 total points (47.14 avg).
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 47.1.
  • Performance Stats

  • Assists per game numbers are 0 apg this month.
  • He is among the league's best in scoring.
  • 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: +2.56, APG: +1.14, RPG: +1.22, MPG: +2.97 STLS: +0.22 BLKS: --0.02
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 35th with 1446 total points (18.78 avg).
  • He is currently 2366 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 18.8.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 41.18% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 38.46% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.60 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.20 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 7 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -0.91, APG: -0.57, RPG: -0.4, MPG: --3.84 STLS: +0.32 BLKS: --0.3
Next Up Health Check
Injury Jayson Tatum

ACHILLES - Since May 12, 2025

Tatum is recovering from a torn right Achilles tendon and is expected to miss the start of the 2025-2026 season.
Injury Alex Caruso

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jayson Tatum
DateOpponentResult
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alex Caruso
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 Jayson Tatum
26.30
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alex Caruso
8.03
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jayson Tatum
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 BOS 80 30.5 .475 .434 .826 13.9 1.6 5.0 0.7 1.0 1.5
18-19 BOS 80 30.9 .451 .373 .857 15.8 2.1 6.0 0.8 1.1 1.5
19-20 BOS 58 34.4 .450 .404 .815 23.7 2.9 7.1 0.9 1.4 2.2
20-21 BOS 58 35.1 .459 .387 .870 26.3 4.4 7.4 0.4 1.2 2.6
21-22 BOS 85 35.3 .450 .353 .850 26.5 4.5 7.8 0.6 1.0 3.0
22-23 BOS 79 36.6 .467 .351 .858 29.9 4.7 9.0 0.7 1.1 2.8
23-24 BOS 79 35.4 .468 .372 .830 26.5 4.9 8.3 0.6 1.0 2.5
24-25 BOS 75 36.1 .451 .347 .819 27.0 5.9 8.9 0.5 1.1 2.9
3-YEAR AVG 87 36.5 .460 .349 .842 27.7 5.3 8.9 0.6 1.1 2.8
Totals 664 34.7 .456 .367 .843 23.9 4.1 7.5 0.7 1.1 2.5
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 455 22.1 .440 .377 .767 7.0 2.8 2.8 0.5 1.4 1.1
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ARI @NO
ATL vs TB
BAL @BUF
CAR @JAC
CHI vs MIN
CIN @CLE
DAL @PHI
DEN vs TEN
DET @GB
HOU @LAR
IND vs MIA
KC @LAC
LV @NE
NYG @WAS
NYJ vs PIT
SEA vs SF
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @LAA 09:38 EDT EST
ATH vs TOR 10:05 EDT EST
ATL @STL 08:15 EDT EST
BAL vs MIA 07:05 EDT EST
BOS vs TB 07:10 EDT EST
CHC @NYY 07:05 EDT EST
CHW vs CLE 08:10 EDT EST
CIN vs COL 07:10 EDT EST
DET vs SEA 07:10 EDT EST
HOU vs TEX 08:10 EDT EST
KC vs NYM 08:10 EDT EST
LAD @SF 10:15 EDT EST
MIL vs WAS 08:10 EDT EST
MIN vs PIT 08:10 EDT EST
PHI @SD 09:40 EDT EST
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