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Stephon Castle or Jusuf Nurkic

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Stephon Castle

Stephon Castle

SGSan Antonio Spurs SA
Jusuf Nurkic

Jusuf Nurkic

CPhoenix Suns PHO
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Castle over Nurkic

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Nurkic over Castle

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jusuf Nurkic
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Performance Stephon Castle
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.504.001.5021.500.500.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.334.002.6725.670.670.003
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jusuf Nurkic
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.002.0012.0029.001.000.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.331.3310.3329.671.001.333
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Stephon Castle
OWN
42%
-9.7 compared to last week
START
25%
+5.7 compared to last week
OWN/START Jusuf Nurkic
OWN
76%
+2.85 compared to last week
START
58%
+21.5 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Stephon Castle
86th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jusuf Nurkic
13th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Stephon Castle

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 86th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 30th with 513 total points (20.52 avg).
  • He is currently 623 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • He is performing amazing in the past 30 days. Will he keep it up?
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.2 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 35.54% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 23.91% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a shooting guard with 3.91 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.18 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 25 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +11.08, APG: +3.8, RPG: +2.52, MPG: +26.36 STLS: +0.92 BLKS: +0.36
Breakdown Jusuf Nurkic

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 13th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 30th with 426 total points (23.67 avg).
  • He is currently 947 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.6 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 64.00% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 0.00% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.56 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty bad for a center / power forward with 4.22 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 8 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -3.29, APG: -2.66, RPG: -0.38, MPG: --3.36 STLS: --0.02 BLKS: --0.47
Next Up Health Check
Injury Stephon Castle

No Injury Reported

Injury Jusuf Nurkic

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Stephon Castle
DateOpponentResult
Dec 19VS ATLW 133-126
Dec 21VS POR
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.504.502.0022.500.500.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jusuf Nurkic
DateOpponentResult
Dec 19VS INDL 120-111
Dec 21VS DET
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.002.0010.0032.001.000.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Stephon Castle
13.81
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jusuf Nurkic
17.19
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Stephon Castle
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
24-25 SA 25 26.4 .370 .260 .744 11.1 3.8 2.5 0.4 0.9 1.9
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 25 26.4 .370 .260 .744 11.1 3.8 2.5 0.4 0.9 1.9
Career Jusuf Nurkic
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
14-15 DEN 60 17.6 .448 .0 .636 6.9 0.8 6.1 1.1 0.8 1.4
16-17 DEN 31 16.8 .423 .0 .615 8.3 1.3 5.4 1.4 0.8 1.8
16-17 DEN 64 21.6 .511 .0 .573 10.3 1.8 7.2 1.2 0.8 2.2
17-18 POR 76 26.3 .506 .0 .621 14.2 1.8 8.8 1.3 0.8 2.3
18-19 POR 72 27.2 .509 .103 .773 15.6 3.2 10.4 1.4 1.0 2.3
20-21 POR 28 22.6 .502 .360 .647 10.9 3.2 8.5 0.9 0.9 2.1
21-22 POR 59 27.0 .530 .266 .699 14.8 2.8 11.0 0.6 1.1 2.5
22-23 POR 50 26.2 .519 .368 .658 13.6 2.9 9.1 0.9 0.8 2.3
23-24 PHO 79 26.8 .513 .244 .630 10.8 3.9 10.9 1.1 1.1 2.2
24-25 PHO 18 24.6 .452 .283 .678 9.2 1.2 9.9 0.7 0.9 2.6
3-YEAR AVG 63 26.7 .521 .303 .663 12.8 3.3 10.4 0.9 1.0 2.3
Totals 561 24.4 .504 .283 .666 12.1 2.5 9.0 1.1 0.9 2.2
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