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Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Taylor Hendricks

Taylor Hendricks

PFUtah Jazz UTA
Jalen Smith

Jalen Smith

PFChicago Bulls CHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hendricks over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Taylor Hendricks
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Owners starting Smith over Hendricks

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jalen Smith
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Performance Taylor Hendricks
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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 Jalen Smith
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
5.001.005.5015.000.500.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.001.006.5019.250.251.504
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taylor Hendricks
OWN
 
3%
-0.99 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.18 compared to last week
OWN/START Jalen Smith
OWN
13%
+4.07 compared to last week
START
 
7%
+1.57 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taylor Hendricks
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jalen Smith
40th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Taylor Hendricks

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among PF's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 78th with 51 total points (17.00 avg).
  • He is currently 1377 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 17.
  • Performance Stats

  • Assists per game numbers are 0 apg this month.
  • He does not have enough rebounds this month to be analyzed. This could be due to an injury.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 26 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.67, APG: +0.5, RPG: +4.07, MPG: +18.54 STLS: +1.39 BLKS: +1.12
Breakdown Jalen Smith

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 40th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 35th with 402 total points (16.75 avg).
  • He is currently 1026 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 4 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 49.06% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 40.63% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.55 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.27 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 4 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.35, APG: +0.28, RPG: +2.32, MPG: +7.08 STLS: +0.2 BLKS: +0.65
Next Up Health Check
Injury Taylor Hendricks

LEG/ANKLE - Since Oct 28, 2024

Hendricks suffered a leg fracture and dislocated ankle and will not take the court for the Jazz. He will miss the remainder of the 2024-2025 season.
Injury Jalen Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taylor Hendricks
DateOpponentResult
Dec 16@LACL 144-107
Dec 19@DETW 126-119
Dec 21@BKN
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jalen Smith
DateOpponentResult
Dec 16@TORW 122-121
Dec 19@BOSW 117-108
Dec 21VS BOS
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.001.006.0014.330.670.333
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Taylor Hendricks
2.24
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jalen Smith
12.08
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Taylor Hendricks
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
23-24 UTA 40 20.9 .450 .379 .793 7.3 0.8 4.6 0.8 0.7 0.7
24-25 UTA 3 24.3 .222 .250 .750 4.7 0.7 5.0 1.3 1.7 0.7
3-YEAR AVG 20 20.9 .450 .379 .793 7.3 0.8 4.6 0.8 0.7 0.7
Totals 43 21.2 .434 .368 .788 7.1 0.8 4.7 0.8 0.8 0.7
Career Jalen Smith
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 PHO 21 4.0 .438 .273 .333 1.5 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.2
21-22 PHO 53 18.4 .493 .311 .782 9.5 0.5 6.3 0.8 0.3 0.9
22-23 IND 67 18.1 .475 .277 .759 9.4 1.0 5.7 0.9 0.3 1.0
23-24 IND 63 16.4 .588 .421 .698 9.6 1.0 5.5 0.6 0.3 0.7
24-25 CHI 24 14.8 .456 .385 .795 7.7 0.7 5.2 0.8 0.4 0.6
3-YEAR AVG 61 17.6 .516 .332 .748 9.5 0.8 5.8 0.8 0.3 0.9
Totals 241 15.6 .508 .340 .748 8.2 0.7 5.1 0.7 0.3 0.8
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