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Daniel Gafford or Nikola Jovic

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Daniel Gafford

Daniel Gafford

CDallas Mavericks DAL
Nikola Jovic

Nikola Jovic

SFMiami Heat MIA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Gafford over Jovic

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Daniel Gafford
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Owners starting Jovic over Gafford

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nikola Jovic
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Performance Daniel Gafford
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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 Nikola Jovic
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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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Daniel Gafford
OWN
52%
-0.74 compared to last week
START
12%
-0.37 compared to last week
OWN/START Nikola Jovic
OWN
16%
-2.58 compared to last week
START
 
3%
-0.37 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Daniel Gafford
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nikola Jovic
91st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Daniel Gafford

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 21st with 1331 total points (26.10 avg).
  • He is currently 2368 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 26.1.
  • Performance Stats

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

  • Played in 14 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.17, APG: +0.18, RPG: -0.43, MPG: --1.09 STLS: --0.42 BLKS: --0.06
Breakdown Nikola Jovic

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 91st among SF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 42nd with 917 total points (20.38 avg).
  • He is currently 1907 points behind the leader: Jayson Tatum
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 20.4.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 38.24% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 22.22% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.71 apg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 19 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +7.62, APG: +1.91, RPG: +1.93, MPG: +16.36 STLS: +0.6 BLKS: +0.13
Next Up Health Check
Injury Daniel Gafford

KNEE - Since Feb 10, 2025

Gafford is dealing with a Grade 3 MCL sprain and will not take the court for the Mavericks. He is expected miss at least 6 weeks.
Injury Nikola Jovic

HAND - Since Feb 23, 2025

Jovic is dealing with a fractured second metacarpal in his right hand and will not take the court for the Heat. His injury will be re-evaluated in 4 weeks.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Daniel Gafford
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10@SAW 133-129
Mar 12@SAL 126-116
Mar 14@HOU
Mar 16VS PHI
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.670.835.8319.830.672.506
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nikola Jovic
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10VS CHAL 105-102
Mar 12VS LACL 119-104
Mar 14VS BOS
Mar 15@MEM
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.333.006.0027.331.000.333
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Daniel Gafford
15.79
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nikola Jovic
12.70
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Daniel Gafford
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 CHI 43 14.0 .702 .0 .533 5.1 0.5 2.5 1.3 0.3 0.7
20-21 CHI 46 13.8 .689 .0 .632 6.7 0.5 4.2 1.4 0.5 0.8
21-22 WAS 76 19.8 .690 .0 .683 9.5 0.9 5.8 1.4 0.4 0.9
22-23 WAS 77 20.2 .730 .0 .677 9.1 1.1 5.5 1.3 0.4 1.1
23-24 WAS 79 23.6 .712 .0 .674 10.6 1.5 7.3 2.0 0.9 1.0
24-25 DAL 51 21.3 .699 .0 .699 12.3 1.4 6.9 1.9 0.4 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 77 21.2 .710 .0 .678 9.7 1.2 6.2 1.6 0.6 1.0
Totals 404 19.5 .706 .0 .667 9.3 1.0 5.7 1.6 0.5 1.0
Career Nikola Jovic
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 MIA 13 15.1 .406 .229 .947 6.3 0.8 2.4 0.2 0.5 0.8
23-24 MIA 52 19.6 .453 .397 .722 7.8 1.9 4.5 0.3 0.6 1.0
24-25 MIA 45 24.4 .456 .378 .833 10.5 2.8 3.9 0.3 0.8 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 23 17.7 .444 .367 .781 7.1 1.6 3.9 0.3 0.5 0.9
Totals 114 20.3 .450 .372 .809 8.5 2.1 3.9 0.3 0.6 1.0
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