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Brandin Podziemski or Jose Alvarado

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Brandin Podziemski

Brandin Podziemski

SGGolden State Warriors GS
Jose Alvarado

Jose Alvarado

PGNew Orleans Pelicans NO
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Podziemski over Alvarado

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Brandin Podziemski
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarado over Podziemski

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jose Alvarado
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Performance Brandin Podziemski
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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
12.753.756.5029.750.750.754
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jose Alvarado
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.256.502.0025.252.000.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.255.002.0023.881.500.258
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brandin Podziemski
OWN
59%
-16.79 compared to last week
START
12%
-38.43 compared to last week
OWN/START Jose Alvarado
OWN
39%
+4.25 compared to last week
START
29%
+7.04 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brandin Podziemski
31st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jose Alvarado
63rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Brandin Podziemski

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 31st among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 33rd with 1128 total points (23.02 avg).
  • He is currently 1525 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 4.8 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 42.02% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 30.00% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.75 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a guard with 4.50 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.88, APG: +0.05, RPG: -0.1, MPG: +2.34 STLS: +0.28 BLKS: +0.05
Breakdown Jose Alvarado

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 63rd among PG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 46th with 899 total points (21.93 avg).
  • He is currently 2415 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 40.65% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 36.36% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • He is ranked 9th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 4.36.
  • Decent numbers for a point guard with 5.62 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.46 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 23 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.04, APG: +3.35, RPG: +1, MPG: +12 STLS: +0.64 BLKS: +0.07
Next Up Health Check
Injury Brandin Podziemski

BACK - Since Mar 6, 2025

Podziemski is dealing with a bilateral lower back strain and will not take the court for the Warriors.
Injury Jose Alvarado

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brandin Podziemski
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10VS PORW 130-120
Mar 13VS SAC
Mar 15VS NY
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.334.335.0028.331.000.003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jose Alvarado
DateOpponentResult
Mar 11VS LACW 127-120
Mar 13VS ORL
Mar 15@SA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.505.255.2526.501.500.004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brandin Podziemski
17.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jose Alvarado
14.69
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Brandin Podziemski
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
23-24 GS 73 26.4 .454 .391 .633 9.2 3.7 5.9 0.2 0.8 1.2
24-25 GS 49 25.4 .427 .319 .757 10.3 3.5 5.0 0.2 1.1 1.1
3-YEAR AVG 37 26.4 .454 .391 .633 9.2 3.7 5.9 0.2 0.8 1.2
Totals 122 26.0 .443 .357 .693 9.7 3.6 5.5 0.2 0.9 1.2
Career Jose Alvarado
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 NO 64 15.1 .445 .311 .700 6.2 2.6 1.8 0.1 1.2 0.8
22-23 NO 59 21.2 .415 .339 .821 9.2 3.0 2.3 0.2 1.1 1.3
23-24 NO 61 17.8 .407 .362 .679 6.9 2.2 2.2 0.3 1.1 0.7
24-25 NO 41 23.2 .406 .387 .826 9.7 4.7 2.4 0.3 1.4 1.1
3-YEAR AVG 61 17.9 .421 .341 .741 7.4 2.6 2.1 0.2 1.1 0.9
Totals 225 18.9 .418 .353 .757 7.8 3.0 2.2 0.2 1.2 1.0
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