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Lauri Markkanen or Jalen Williams

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

PFUtah Jazz UTA
Jalen Williams

Jalen Williams

SFOklahoma City Thunder OKC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Markkanen over Williams

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Lauri Markkanen
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Williams over Markkanen

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jalen Williams
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Performance Lauri Markkanen
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
22.001.009.5030.501.500.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
17.752.006.7529.750.750.254
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jalen Williams
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
20.504.754.0035.250.751.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.174.674.8334.501.170.836
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lauri Markkanen
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
94%
+8.93 compared to last week
OWN/START Jalen Williams
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
64%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lauri Markkanen
16th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jalen Williams
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lauri Markkanen

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 16th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 18th with 611 total points (30.55 avg).
  • He is currently 817 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.1 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 46.72% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 36.11% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.73 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.27 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 9 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +3.92, APG: +1.37, RPG: +0.84, MPG: +9.86 STLS: +0.06 BLKS: --0.33
Breakdown Jalen Williams

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 9th among SF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 2nd with 1099 total points (39.25 avg).
  • He is currently 104 points behind the leader: Jayson Tatum
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.6 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 45.54% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 37.50% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • Assists per game numbers are good for a small forward with 4.67 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a small forward with 4.75 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +6.61, APG: +1.65, RPG: +2.28, MPG: +3.97 STLS: +1.01 BLKS: +0.55
Next Up Health Check
Injury Lauri Markkanen

No Injury Reported

Injury Jalen Williams

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lauri Markkanen
DateOpponentResult
Dec 16@LACL 144-107
Dec 19@DETW 126-119
Dec 21@BKN
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
20.671.009.6733.001.330.333
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jalen Williams
DateOpponentResult
Dec 17VS MILL 97-81
Dec 19@ORLW 105-99
Dec 20@MIAW 104-97
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.253.753.7534.251.251.254
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Lauri Markkanen
23.32
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jalen Williams
26.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Lauri Markkanen
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 CHI 68 29.7 .434 .363 .843 15.2 1.2 7.5 0.6 0.6 1.2
18-19 CHI 54 32.1 .427 .364 .870 18.7 1.4 9.1 0.7 0.7 1.6
19-20 CHI 50 29.6 .425 .344 .824 14.7 1.5 6.3 0.5 0.8 1.6
20-21 CHI 43 26.1 .477 .391 .840 14.1 0.9 5.4 0.3 0.4 1.0
21-22 CLE 68 29.4 .452 .365 .868 14.6 1.3 5.5 0.5 0.8 0.9
22-23 UTA 64 34.1 .499 .395 .879 25.8 1.9 8.7 0.6 0.7 1.9
23-24 UTA 55 32.5 .480 .399 .899 23.2 2.0 8.2 0.5 0.9 1.4
24-25 UTA 20 31.2 .457 .402 .880 19.2 2.2 6.5 0.2 0.7 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 62 31.9 .480 .387 .883 21.0 1.7 7.4 0.5 0.8 1.4
Totals 430 30.5 .459 .378 .868 18.1 1.5 7.2 0.5 0.7 1.4
Career Jalen Williams
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 OKC 74 30.2 .521 .357 .806 14.4 3.4 4.5 0.5 1.4 1.7
23-24 OKC 74 31.3 .538 .424 .816 19.3 4.5 4.2 0.6 1.2 1.8
24-25 OKC 28 31.9 .490 .384 .798 21.6 5.0 5.8 0.9 1.9 2.3
3-YEAR AVG 49 30.7 .531 .394 .811 16.8 3.9 4.3 0.5 1.3 1.7
Totals 182 31.1 .519 .391 .810 17.6 4.2 4.6 0.6 1.4 1.8
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