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Nikola Jovic or Jose Alvarado

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Nikola Jovic

Nikola Jovic

SFMiami Heat MIA
Jose Alvarado

Jose Alvarado

PGNew Orleans Pelicans NO
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Jovic over Alvarado

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nikola Jovic
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarado over Jovic

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jose Alvarado
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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
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nikola Jovic
OWN
16%
-1.97 compared to last week
START
 
3%
-0.69 compared to last week
OWN/START Jose Alvarado
OWN
40%
+4.62 compared to last week
START
29%
+7.41 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nikola Jovic
93rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jose Alvarado
63rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nikola Jovic

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 93rd 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
  • 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 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
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
Next Up Health Check
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.
Injury Jose Alvarado

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nikola Jovic
12.79
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jose Alvarado
14.69
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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
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
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