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Jabari Smith Jr. or Karlo Matkovic

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Jabari Smith Jr.

Jabari Smith Jr.

PFHouston Rockets HOU
Karlo Matkovic

Karlo Matkovic

PFNew Orleans Pelicans NO
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith Jr. over Matkovic

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Jabari Smith Jr.
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Matkovic over Smith Jr.

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Karlo Matkovic
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Performance Jabari Smith Jr.
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.002.009.0038.000.001.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.002.009.0038.000.001.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Karlo Matkovic
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.001.005.0021.000.001.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.201.004.4021.800.602.005
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jabari Smith Jr.
OWN
66%
+15.04 compared to last week
START
42%
+33.57 compared to last week
OWN/START Karlo Matkovic
OWN
16%
+0.17 compared to last week
START
 
9%
-1.53 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jabari Smith Jr.
44th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Karlo Matkovic
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jabari Smith Jr.

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 44th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 41st with 749 total points (22.70 avg).
  • He is currently 1677 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.3 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 55.56% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 66.67% from beyond the arc this month. Very impressive.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 0.69 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 22 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -0.1, APG: -0.32, RPG: -0.92, MPG: +2.3 STLS: --0.24 BLKS: +0.29
Breakdown Karlo Matkovic

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 55th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 74th with 211 total points (11.72 avg).
  • He is currently 2215 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 5.9 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 50.00% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 35.71% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.92 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty bad for a center / power forward with 4.00 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 18 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +3.78, APG: +0.78, RPG: +3.67, MPG: +14 STLS: +0.56 BLKS: +1.17
Next Up Health Check
Injury Jabari Smith Jr.

No Injury Reported

Injury Karlo Matkovic

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jabari Smith Jr.
DateOpponentResult
Feb 21VS MINW 121-115
Feb 22@UTA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.501.508.0040.000.001.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Karlo Matkovic
DateOpponentResult
Feb 21@DALL 111-103
Feb 23VS SA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.500.502.5014.000.000.502
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Jabari Smith Jr.
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Karlo Matkovic
6.72
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jabari Smith Jr.
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 HOU 77 30.6 .408 .306 .784 12.9 1.3 7.2 0.9 0.6 1.3
23-24 HOU 75 31.3 .456 .365 .808 13.6 1.6 8.0 0.8 0.7 1.2
24-25 HOU 33 30.5 .425 .356 .857 11.8 1.0 6.6 0.9 0.4 1.1
3-YEAR AVG 51 30.9 .431 .335 .795 13.3 1.4 7.6 0.9 0.6 1.2
Totals 185 30.9 .430 .339 .806 13.0 1.4 7.4 0.9 0.6 1.2
Career Karlo Matkovic
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
24-25 NO 18 14.0 .491 .313 .1000 3.8 0.8 3.7 1.2 0.6 1.0
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 18 14.0 .491 .313 .1000 3.8 0.8 3.7 1.2 0.6 1.0
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