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Dru Smith or Buddy Hield

Who Should I Start? - Week 23 • Start New
Dru Smith

Dru Smith

PGMiami Heat MIA
Buddy Hield

Buddy Hield

SFGolden State Warriors GS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Hield

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hield over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Performance Dru Smith
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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 Buddy Hield
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.671.673.3320.000.670.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.431.573.1419.430.710.007
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dru Smith
OWN
 
1%
+0.16 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Buddy Hield
OWN
51%
-4.99 compared to last week
START
21%
-9.02 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dru Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Buddy Hield
78th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dru Smith

    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 87th with 204 total points (14.57 avg).
  • He is currently 3367 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 14.6.
  • Performance Stats

  • He is ranked 99th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 1.35.
  • Assists per game numbers are only 0 apg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 46 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.64, APG: +1.41, RPG: +2.34, MPG: +16.59 STLS: +1.35 BLKS: +0.38
Breakdown Buddy Hield

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 84th among SF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 23rd with 1326 total points (18.68 avg).
  • He is currently 1716 points behind the leader: Jayson Tatum
  • He is performing amazing in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.6 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 43.70% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 37.93% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.93 apg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 5 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -0.85, APG: -1.3, RPG: +0.03, MPG: --3.09 STLS: +0.02 BLKS: --0.23
Next Up Health Check
Injury Dru Smith

ACHILLES - Since Dec 23, 2024

Smith is suffered a torn Achilles and will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
Injury Buddy Hield

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dru Smith
DateOpponentResult
Mar 25VS GSW 112-86
Mar 27VS ATL
Mar 29@PHI
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.003.006.0024.003.000.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Buddy Hield
DateOpponentResult
Mar 25@MIAL 112-86
Mar 28@NO
Mar 30@SA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.401.602.6024.800.600.205
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Dru Smith
2.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Buddy Hield
12.84
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Dru Smith
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 MIA 3 12.3 .455 .200 .1000 5.0 2.3 1.7 0.7 1.0 1.3
22-23 MIA 15 10.0 .400 .263 .1000 2.9 1.5 1.6 0.3 0.7 0.2
23-24 MIA 9 14.1 .455 .412 .1000 4.3 1.6 1.6 0.3 1.0 0.6
24-25 MIA 14 18.7 .508 .533 .769 6.3 1.6 2.6 0.4 1.5 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 9 11.6 .427 .317 .1000 3.6 1.6 1.6 0.3 0.8 0.4
Totals 41 14.0 .460 .409 .864 4.5 1.6 1.9 0.4 1.0 0.7
Career Buddy Hield
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
16-17 NO 58 20.5 .401 .374 .861 8.9 1.3 2.9 0.1 0.3 0.9
17-18 SAC 79 25.3 .444 .429 .873 13.4 1.9 3.8 0.3 1.1 1.5
18-19 SAC 83 31.8 .460 .432 .887 20.8 2.5 5.1 0.4 0.7 1.8
19-20 SAC 64 31.8 .429 .395 .855 19.8 3.1 4.8 0.3 1.0 2.3
20-21 SAC 62 33.7 .406 .390 .848 16.5 3.3 4.6 0.4 0.9 1.7
21-22 SAC 83 30.0 .401 .358 .874 15.4 2.8 4.4 0.3 0.9 1.9
22-23 IND 79 30.3 .459 .428 .813 16.7 2.8 5.0 0.3 1.1 1.8
23-24 IND 88 24.6 .430 .378 .881 11.6 2.8 3.1 0.5 0.8 1.2
24-25 GS 71 22.5 .418 .373 .831 11.2 1.7 3.2 0.3 0.9 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 83 28.2 .429 .387 .851 14.4 2.8 4.1 0.4 0.9 1.6
Totals 685 27.9 .431 .396 .859 15.0 2.5 4.1 0.3 0.9 1.6
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