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Jalen Duren or Nikola Jovic

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Jalen Duren

Jalen Duren

CDetroit Pistons DET
Nikola Jovic

Nikola Jovic

SFMiami Heat MIA
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Duren over Jovic

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jalen Duren
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Jovic over Duren

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nikola Jovic
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Performance Jalen Duren
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.331.3312.6727.001.000.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.572.0010.2925.861.291.717
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 Jalen Duren
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
79%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Nikola Jovic
OWN
16%
-2.02 compared to last week
START
 
3%
-0.71 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jalen Duren
20th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nikola Jovic
93rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jalen Duren

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 20th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 9th with 1868 total points (29.65 avg).
  • He is currently 1831 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.6 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 70.00% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are good for a center with 3.00 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are great for a center / power forward with 11.31 rpg this month.
  • He is among the league's best in rebounds.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +0.57, APG: +0.53, RPG: +1.16, MPG: +2.86 STLS: +0.38 BLKS: +0.54
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
Next Up Health Check
Injury Jalen Duren

No Injury Reported

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 Jalen Duren
DateOpponentResult
Mar 11VS WASW 123-103
Mar 13VS WAS
Mar 15VS OKC
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.000.5011.5021.000.501.002
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 Jalen Duren
28.94
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nikola Jovic
12.79
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jalen Duren
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 DET 66 24.5 .651 .0 .616 9.2 1.1 9.0 0.8 0.7 1.4
23-24 DET 61 28.6 .619 .0 .790 13.8 2.4 11.6 0.8 0.5 2.1
24-25 DET 63 25.4 .697 .0 .685 11.4 2.6 10.3 1.2 0.8 1.8
3-YEAR AVG 42 26.5 .632 .0 .711 11.4 1.7 10.2 0.8 0.6 1.7
Totals 190 26.1 .652 .0 .702 11.4 2.0 10.3 0.9 0.7 1.8
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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