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Jose Alvarado or Ben Simmons

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Jose Alvarado

Jose Alvarado

PGNew Orleans Pelicans NO
Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons

PGLos Angeles Clippers LAC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarado over Simmons

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jose Alvarado
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Simmons over Alvarado

 
 
 
 
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Performance Jose Alvarado
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.256.502.0025.252.000.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.255.002.0023.881.500.258
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ben Simmons
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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
2.003.003.0016.000.000.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jose Alvarado
OWN
40%
+4.62 compared to last week
START
29%
+7.41 compared to last week
OWN/START Ben Simmons
OWN
25%
-6.25 compared to last week
START
 
6%
-7.64 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jose Alvarado
63rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ben Simmons
100th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jose Alvarado

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 63rd among PG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 46th with 899 total points (21.93 avg).
  • He is currently 2415 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 40.65% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 36.36% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • He is ranked 9th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 4.36.
  • Decent numbers for a point guard with 5.62 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.46 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 23 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.04, APG: +3.35, RPG: +1, MPG: +12 STLS: +0.64 BLKS: +0.07
Breakdown Ben Simmons

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 100th among PG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 48th with 871 total points (22.92 avg).
  • He is currently 2443 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • He is performing amazing in the past 30 days. Will he keep it up?
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 12.9.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 58.33% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • He is ranked 30th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.82.
  • Assists per game numbers are only 1.79 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 1.86 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 28 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.87, APG: +5.38, RPG: +3.41, MPG: +18.67 STLS: +0.69 BLKS: +0.36
Next Up Health Check
Injury Jose Alvarado

No Injury Reported

Injury Ben Simmons

KNEE - Since Mar 2, 2025

Simmons is managing a left knee injury and will not take the court for the Clippers.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jose Alvarado
DateOpponentResult
Mar 11VS LACW 127-120
Mar 13VS ORL
Mar 15@SA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.505.255.2526.501.500.004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ben Simmons
DateOpponentResult
Mar 11@NOL 127-120
Mar 12@MIAW 119-104
Mar 14@ATL
Mar 16VS CHA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Jose Alvarado
14.69
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ben Simmons
16.61
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jose Alvarado
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 NO 64 15.1 .445 .311 .700 6.2 2.6 1.8 0.1 1.2 0.8
22-23 NO 59 21.2 .415 .339 .821 9.2 3.0 2.3 0.2 1.1 1.3
23-24 NO 61 17.8 .407 .362 .679 6.9 2.2 2.2 0.3 1.1 0.7
24-25 NO 41 23.2 .406 .387 .826 9.7 4.7 2.4 0.3 1.4 1.1
3-YEAR AVG 61 17.9 .421 .341 .741 7.4 2.6 2.1 0.2 1.1 0.9
Totals 225 18.9 .418 .353 .757 7.8 3.0 2.2 0.2 1.2 1.0
Career Ben Simmons
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 PHI 81 33.8 .545 .0 .560 15.8 8.1 8.1 0.8 1.7 3.4
18-19 PHI 80 34.0 .564 .0 .597 17.0 7.7 8.9 0.8 1.4 3.5
19-20 PHI 53 35.4 .586 .333 .626 16.5 8.2 7.8 0.6 2.2 3.6
20-21 PHI 51 32.1 .555 .300 .613 14.7 7.0 7.5 0.7 1.6 3.2
22-23 BKN 41 26.1 .569 .0 .439 7.1 6.2 6.3 0.6 1.3 2.3
23-24 BKN 15 23.5 .581 .0 .400 6.1 5.7 7.9 0.6 0.8 1.8
24-25 BKN 38 24.0 .552 .0 .727 6.3 6.7 5.2 0.5 0.9 2.4
3-YEAR AVG 19 25.4 .572 .0 .431 6.8 6.1 6.8 0.6 1.2 2.2
Totals 382 31.5 .562 .135 .579 13.5 7.4 7.6 0.7 1.5 3.1
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