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Ben Sheppard or Julian Strawther

Who Should I Start? - Week 23 • Start New
Ben Sheppard

Ben Sheppard

SFIndiana Pacers IND
Julian Strawther

Julian Strawther

SFDenver Nuggets DEN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Sheppard over Strawther

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Strawther over Sheppard

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Julian Strawther
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Performance Ben Sheppard
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
2.000.751.5010.250.000.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
2.001.633.5016.000.250.138
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Julian Strawther
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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 Ben Sheppard
OWN
 
1%
-0.78 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.48 compared to last week
OWN/START Julian Strawther
OWN
 
3%
-0.18 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Sheppard
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Julian Strawther
Not Ranked
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 58th with 702 total points (11.90 avg).
  • He is currently 2340 points behind the leader: Jayson Tatum
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 37.70% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 27.91% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.56 apg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.57, APG: +0.74, RPG: +1.82, MPG: +10.66 STLS: +0.24 BLKS: +0.19
Breakdown Julian Strawther

    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 51st with 879 total points (14.65 avg).
  • He is currently 2163 points behind the leader: Jayson Tatum
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 14.7.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.37% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 25.00% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0 apg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 13 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +6.21, APG: +0.73, RPG: +1.43, MPG: +14.79 STLS: +0.4 BLKS: +0.17
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ben Sheppard

No Injury Reported

Injury Julian Strawther

KNEE - Since Mar 4, 2025

Strawther is dealing with a left knee sprain and will not take the court for the Nuggets. He will miss at least four weeks.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Sheppard
DateOpponentResult
Mar 24VS MINW 119-103
Mar 26VS LALL 120-119
Mar 27@WASW 162-109
Mar 29@OKC
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.291.862.4319.000.710.147
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Julian Strawther
DateOpponentResult
Mar 24VS CHIL 129-119
Mar 26VS MILW 127-117
Mar 28VS UTAW 129-93
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.800.401.2017.000.800.205
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Sheppard
1.85
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Julian Strawther
4.66
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 59 19.1 .421 .342 .880 5.4 1.3 2.8 0.2 0.6 0.4
3-YEAR AVG 31 14.3 .403 .331 .871 4.7 0.9 1.7 0.0 0.6 0.3
Totals 132 17.0 .412 .336 .867 5.0 1.1 2.3 0.1 0.6 0.4
Career Julian Strawther
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
23-24 DEN 46 11.2 .368 .297 .759 4.9 1.0 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.5
24-25 DEN 60 21.6 .431 .354 .829 9.2 1.3 2.2 0.3 0.6 0.9
3-YEAR AVG 23 11.2 .368 .297 .759 4.9 1.0 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.5
Totals 109 16.8 .410 .333 .800 7.2 1.2 1.8 0.2 0.5 0.7
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