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Walker Kessler or Reed Sheppard

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Walker Kessler

Walker Kessler

CUtah Jazz UTA
Reed Sheppard

Reed Sheppard

PGHouston Rockets HOU
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kessler over Sheppard

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Walker Kessler
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Sheppard over Kessler

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Reed Sheppard
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Performance Walker Kessler
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.002.009.5029.000.502.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.252.259.5030.500.252.504
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Reed Sheppard
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
2.000.003.0015.001.001.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
1.000.001.5012.500.500.502
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Walker Kessler
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
90%
+2.37 compared to last week
OWN/START Reed Sheppard
OWN
12%
-1.04 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-3.07 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Walker Kessler
8th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Reed Sheppard
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Walker Kessler

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 8th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 19th with 604 total points (31.79 avg).
  • He is currently 769 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.8 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 73.68% 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 1.91 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 9.91 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 10 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.88, APG: +0.92, RPG: +4.82, MPG: +10.93 STLS: +0.16 BLKS: +0.92
Breakdown Reed Sheppard

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among PG's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 63rd with 202 total points (8.42 avg).
  • He is currently 1158 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.9 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 28.95% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 20.83% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • He is ranked 55th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.14.
  • Assists per game numbers are only 0.50 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 0.60 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 24 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +3.88, APG: +1.25, RPG: +1.13, MPG: +11.5 STLS: +0.54 BLKS: +0.38
Next Up Health Check
Injury Walker Kessler

No Injury Reported

Injury Reed Sheppard

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Walker Kessler
DateOpponentResult
Dec 16@LACL 144-107
Dec 19@DETW 126-119
Dec 21@BKN
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.002.009.5029.000.502.502
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Reed Sheppard
DateOpponentResult
Dec 19VS NOW 133-113
Dec 22@TOR
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
2.000.003.0015.001.001.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Walker Kessler
18.15
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Reed Sheppard
7.31
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Walker Kessler
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 UTA 72 22.7 .720 .333 .516 9.3 0.9 8.4 2.4 0.4 0.8
23-24 UTA 64 22.9 .654 .211 .602 8.1 0.9 7.5 2.4 0.5 1.0
24-25 UTA 19 28.8 .717 .1000 .583 11.2 1.6 10.8 2.9 0.5 1.5
3-YEAR AVG 45 22.8 .690 .227 .548 8.7 0.9 8.0 2.4 0.4 0.9
Totals 155 23.5 .693 .292 .554 9.0 1.0 8.3 2.4 0.4 1.0
Career Reed Sheppard
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
24-25 HOU 24 11.5 .360 .304 .1000 3.9 1.3 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.6
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 24 11.5 .360 .304 .1000 3.9 1.3 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.6
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