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Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Onyeka Okongwu

Onyeka Okongwu

CAtlanta Hawks ATL
Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

PFUtah Jazz UTA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Okongwu over Markkanen

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Onyeka Okongwu
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Markkanen over Okongwu

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Lauri Markkanen
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Performance Onyeka Okongwu
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.253.509.7528.002.250.754
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.573.4312.2928.141.571.147
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Lauri Markkanen
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.001.006.0030.500.001.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.001.006.0030.500.001.002
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Onyeka Okongwu
OWN
88%
+6.96 compared to last week
START
68%
+9.49 compared to last week
OWN/START Lauri Markkanen
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
71%
+28.01 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Onyeka Okongwu
26th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Lauri Markkanen
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Onyeka Okongwu

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 26th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 20th with 986 total points (26.65 avg).
  • He is currently 1457 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 13.7 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 61.11% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 27.78% 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 center with 2.77 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 9.31 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: +3.16, APG: +0.54, RPG: +1.16, MPG: +0.31 STLS: +0.4 BLKS: --0.2
Breakdown Lauri Markkanen

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 11th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 17th with 941 total points (30.35 avg).
  • He is currently 1177 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.4.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 36.62% from the field this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Shooting 27.06% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.92 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 3.08 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +0.51, APG: +0.34, RPG: -0.78, MPG: +5.98 STLS: --0.01 BLKS: --0.13
Next Up Health Check
Injury Onyeka Okongwu

No Injury Reported

Injury Lauri Markkanen

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Onyeka Okongwu
DateOpponentResult
Jan 27@MIN
Jan 28VS HOU
Jan 30@CLE
Feb 01@IND
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.503.006.0025.000.001.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Lauri Markkanen
DateOpponentResult
Jan 27VS MIL
Jan 28@GS
Jan 30VS MIN
Feb 01VS ORL
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.503.007.5027.001.500.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Onyeka Okongwu
18.64
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Lauri Markkanen
21.95
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Onyeka Okongwu
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 ATL 43 11.1 .623 .0 .638 4.0 0.2 2.9 0.7 0.4 0.5
21-22 ATL 55 20.3 .682 .0 .730 7.7 1.0 5.9 1.2 0.6 0.9
22-23 ATL 85 22.5 .641 .385 .767 9.7 1.0 7.2 1.4 0.7 1.0
23-24 ATL 55 25.1 .611 .333 .793 10.2 1.3 6.8 1.1 0.5 0.8
24-25 ATL 37 24.1 .566 .254 .766 12.1 1.9 7.8 0.8 0.8 0.9
3-YEAR AVG 65 22.6 .640 .342 .764 9.3 1.1 6.7 1.2 0.6 0.9
Totals 301 20.1 .624 .295 .749 8.4 1.0 6.0 1.1 0.6 0.8
Career Lauri Markkanen
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 CHI 68 29.7 .434 .363 .843 15.2 1.2 7.5 0.6 0.6 1.2
18-19 CHI 54 32.1 .427 .364 .870 18.7 1.4 9.1 0.7 0.7 1.6
19-20 CHI 50 29.6 .425 .344 .824 14.7 1.5 6.3 0.5 0.8 1.6
20-21 CHI 43 26.1 .477 .391 .840 14.1 0.9 5.4 0.3 0.4 1.0
21-22 CLE 68 29.4 .452 .365 .868 14.6 1.3 5.5 0.5 0.8 0.9
22-23 UTA 64 34.1 .499 .395 .879 25.8 1.9 8.7 0.6 0.7 1.9
23-24 UTA 55 32.5 .480 .399 .899 23.2 2.0 8.2 0.5 0.9 1.4
24-25 UTA 31 31.2 .423 .354 .876 19.4 1.9 6.1 0.3 0.7 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 62 31.9 .480 .387 .883 21.0 1.7 7.4 0.5 0.8 1.4
Totals 441 30.5 .456 .375 .868 18.1 1.5 7.2 0.5 0.7 1.4
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Matchups

Week 21
BUF @KC
PHI vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
No games scheduled
Matchup Time
ATL @MIN 8:00 PM EST
BKN vs SAC 7:30 PM EST
BOS vs HOU 7:30 PM EST
CHA vs LAL 7:00 PM EST
CHI vs DEN 8:00 PM EST
CLE vs DET 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs WAS 8:30 PM EST
LAC @PHO 9:30 PM EST
MEM @NY 7:30 PM EST
MIA vs ORL 7:30 PM EST
MIL @UTA 9:00 PM EST
NO @TOR 7:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
DET vs LA 7:00 PM EST
EDM vs SEA 9:30 PM EST
NJ @PHI 7:00 PM EST
PIT @SJ 10:30 PM EST
STL vs VAN 7:30 PM EST