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Fred VanVleet or Jose Alvarado

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Fred VanVleet

Fred VanVleet

PGHouston Rockets HOU
Jose Alvarado

Jose Alvarado

PGNew Orleans Pelicans NO
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting VanVleet over Alvarado

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Fred VanVleet
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarado over VanVleet

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jose Alvarado
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Performance Fred VanVleet
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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
18.008.005.0034.003.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.506.502.7529.252.000.254
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Fred VanVleet
OWN
100%
+0.47 compared to last week
START
23%
-2.77 compared to last week
OWN/START Jose Alvarado
OWN
56%
+19.77 compared to last week
START
19%
-9.77 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Fred VanVleet
18th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jose Alvarado
50th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Fred VanVleet

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 18th among PG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 20th with 1276 total points (29.67 avg).
  • He is currently 1454 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 29.7.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 37.10% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 40.43% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty good.
  • He is ranked 16th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 3.55.
  • Bad point guard averaging only 2.38 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 1.23 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 11 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -0.12, APG: -1.6, RPG: +0.6, MPG: +3.25 STLS: +0.62 BLKS: --0.41
Breakdown Jose Alvarado

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 50th among PG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 50th with 645 total points (21.50 avg).
  • He is currently 2085 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • Wow, would you look at that. The experts got it right on the money.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 7.3 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 45.12% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 37.50% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • He is ranked 10th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 4.12.
  • Average numbers for a point with 4.82 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 1.91 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 25 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.25, APG: +3.31, RPG: +0.65, MPG: +11.91 STLS: +0.62 BLKS: +0.1
Next Up Health Check
Injury Fred VanVleet

ANKLE - Since Feb 2, 2025

VanVleet is dealing with a right ankle strain and is uncertain to take the court for the Rockets.
Injury Jose Alvarado

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Fred VanVleet
DateOpponentResult
Feb 21VS MIN
Feb 22@UTA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.007.006.0038.000.001.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jose Alvarado
DateOpponentResult
Feb 21@DAL
Feb 23VS SA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.504.000.5014.501.000.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Fred VanVleet
21.96
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jose Alvarado
12.96
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Fred VanVleet
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
16-17 TOR 32 8.5 .359 .393 .850 3.2 0.9 1.2 0.1 0.5 0.5
17-18 TOR 76 20.0 .426 .414 .832 8.6 3.2 2.4 0.3 0.9 1.0
18-19 TOR 66 27.2 .405 .373 .848 10.8 4.8 2.6 0.3 0.9 1.3
19-20 TOR 48 35.6 .409 .388 .843 17.6 6.6 3.8 0.3 1.8 2.3
20-21 TOR 50 35.7 .391 .367 .886 19.4 6.2 4.2 0.7 1.7 1.8
21-22 TOR 74 36.1 .402 .377 .866 19.3 6.5 4.3 0.5 1.7 2.4
22-23 TOR 68 36.3 .390 .342 .889 19.2 7.3 4.2 0.5 1.8 2.0
23-24 HOU 72 36.3 .415 .386 .862 17.3 8.1 3.8 0.8 1.4 1.7
24-25 HOU 43 34.8 .384 .342 .825 14.2 5.5 3.9 0.4 1.6 1.6
3-YEAR AVG 71 36.2 .402 .368 .873 18.6 7.3 4.1 0.6 1.6 2.1
Totals 537 31.0 .402 .372 .863 15.0 5.7 3.5 0.5 1.4 1.7
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 30 22.7 .415 .399 .800 9.9 4.5 2.1 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 214 18.6 .420 .354 .750 7.7 2.9 2.1 0.2 1.2 1.0
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