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Ben Sheppard or Alex Caruso

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Ben Sheppard

Ben Sheppard

SFIndiana Pacers IND
Alex Caruso

Alex Caruso

SGOklahoma City Thunder OKC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Sheppard over Caruso

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Caruso over Sheppard

 
 
 
 
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Performance Ben Sheppard
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.251.252.2518.250.500.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.291.572.8617.290.430.007
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alex Caruso
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.671.001.3320.001.331.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.601.201.6016.801.200.805
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ben Sheppard
OWN
 
1%
-0.72 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Alex Caruso
OWN
28%
+3.73 compared to last week
START
15%
+2.43 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Sheppard
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alex Caruso
68th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ben Sheppard

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SF's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 59th with 621 total points (12.42 avg).
  • He is currently 2203 points behind the leader: Jayson Tatum
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 49.15% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 34.21% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.23 apg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 18 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +3.49, APG: +0.82, RPG: +1.75, MPG: +12.35 STLS: +0.31 BLKS: +0.21
Breakdown Alex Caruso

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 68th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 57th with 730 total points (17.38 avg).
  • He is currently 1923 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 54.72% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 48.15% from beyond the arc this month. Very impressive.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.64 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 1.79 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 24 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -1.78, APG: -0.11, RPG: -0.5, MPG: --4.25 STLS: +0.39 BLKS: --0.44
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ben Sheppard

No Injury Reported

Injury Alex Caruso

ILLNESS - Since Mar 12, 2025

Caruso is battling an illness and is uncertain to take court for the Thunder.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Sheppard
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10@CHIL 121-103
Mar 11VS MILW 115-114
Mar 14@PHI
Mar 15@MIL
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.291.433.7118.140.430.147
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alex Caruso
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10VS DENL 140-127
Mar 12@BOSW 118-112
Mar 15@DET
Mar 16@MIL
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
5.002.003.6020.001.600.805
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Sheppard
6.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alex Caruso
16.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ben Sheppard
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
23-24 IND 61 14.3 .403 .331 .871 4.7 0.9 1.7 0.0 0.6 0.3
24-25 IND 50 19.6 .439 .363 .913 6.0 1.3 2.7 0.2 0.6 0.3
3-YEAR AVG 31 14.3 .403 .331 .871 4.7 0.9 1.7 0.0 0.6 0.3
Totals 123 17.0 .419 .345 .879 5.2 1.1 2.2 0.1 0.6 0.3
Career Alex Caruso
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 LAL 35 15.2 .432 .286 .714 3.7 2.0 1.7 0.3 0.7 1.1
18-19 LAL 25 21.1 .445 .480 .797 9.2 3.1 2.7 0.4 1.0 1.7
19-20 LAL 58 17.6 .423 .355 .763 5.5 1.8 1.9 0.3 1.0 0.8
20-21 LAL 51 19.9 .432 .405 .683 5.9 2.5 2.9 0.3 1.2 1.2
21-22 CHI 48 26.9 .399 .333 .823 7.3 4.2 3.4 0.4 1.7 1.2
22-23 CHI 68 23.1 .459 .364 .817 5.8 2.9 2.9 0.7 1.5 1.1
23-24 CHI 73 28.2 .466 .409 .760 10.0 3.5 3.8 1.0 1.6 1.4
24-25 OKC 42 19.1 .433 .348 .840 6.6 2.5 2.8 0.5 1.7 0.7
3-YEAR AVG 63 26.0 .447 .381 .797 7.8 3.4 3.4 0.7 1.6 1.3
Totals 420 22.1 .438 .375 .763 6.8 2.8 2.8 0.5 1.3 1.2
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