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Dalano Banton or Lauri Markkanen

Who Should I Start? - Week 23 • Start New
Dalano Banton

Dalano Banton

PGPortland Trail Blazers POR
Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

PFUtah Jazz UTA
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Banton over Markkanen

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Dalano Banton
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Markkanen over Banton

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Lauri Markkanen
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Performance Dalano Banton
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.752.501.0013.501.501.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
3.502.001.1712.671.170.676
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Lauri Markkanen
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.001.501.5024.500.000.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.500.753.5023.750.000.254
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dalano Banton
OWN
 
2%
+0.33 compared to last week
START
 
1%
+1.04 compared to last week
OWN/START Lauri Markkanen
OWN
91%
-6.63 compared to last week
START
46%
-8.83 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dalano Banton
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Lauri Markkanen
49th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dalano Banton

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among PG's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 52nd with 807 total points (14.41 avg).
  • He is currently 2673 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.2 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 46.34% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 35.29% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • He is ranked 83rd this month in assist to turnover ratio with 1.82.
  • Assists per game numbers are only 1.47 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 1.53 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +3.15, APG: +1.12, RPG: +0.19, MPG: +5.27 STLS: +0.42 BLKS: +0.31
Breakdown Lauri Markkanen

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 49th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 21st with 1294 total points (28.76 avg).
  • He is currently 1938 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 9.3.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 35.96% from the field this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Shooting 30.19% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.24 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 1.65 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 26 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.56, APG: EVEN, RPG: -0.19, MPG: +6.8 STLS: --0.04 BLKS: +0.01
Next Up Health Check
Injury Dalano Banton

No Injury Reported

Injury Lauri Markkanen

ILLNESS - Since Mar 19, 2025

Markkanen is dealing with an illness and will not take the court for the Jazz.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dalano Banton
DateOpponentResult
Mar 17VS WASW 112-97
Mar 19VS MEMW 115-99
Mar 21VS DENW 128-109
Mar 23VS BOS
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.003.331.4418.891.110.569
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Lauri Markkanen
DateOpponentResult
Mar 17VS CHIL 111-97
Mar 19VS WASW 128-112
Mar 21VS BOSL 121-99
Mar 23VS CLE
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.001.004.5027.000.000.502
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Dalano Banton
4.94
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Lauri Markkanen
15.02
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Dalano Banton
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 TOR 72 10.2 .421 .228 .556 3.3 1.6 1.9 0.2 0.4 0.9
22-23 TOR 31 8.2 .427 .313 .708 4.5 1.1 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.6
23-24 BOS 51 19.6 .402 .296 .785 10.7 2.4 3.5 0.4 0.6 1.5
24-25 POR 56 14.5 .418 .360 .717 7.8 2.1 1.8 0.5 0.7 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 51 12.9 .411 .286 .711 6.0 1.8 2.3 0.3 0.5 1.0
Totals 210 13.3 .413 .312 .713 6.4 1.9 2.2 0.3 0.5 1.1
Career Lauri Markkanen
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 CHI 68 29.7 .434 .363 .843 15.2 1.2 7.5 0.6 0.6 1.2
18-19 CHI 54 32.1 .427 .364 .870 18.7 1.4 9.1 0.7 0.7 1.6
19-20 CHI 50 29.6 .425 .344 .824 14.7 1.5 6.3 0.5 0.8 1.6
20-21 CHI 43 26.1 .477 .391 .840 14.1 0.9 5.4 0.3 0.4 1.0
21-22 CLE 68 29.4 .452 .365 .868 14.6 1.3 5.5 0.5 0.8 0.9
22-23 UTA 64 34.1 .499 .395 .879 25.8 1.9 8.7 0.6 0.7 1.9
23-24 UTA 55 32.5 .480 .399 .899 23.2 2.0 8.2 0.5 0.9 1.4
24-25 UTA 45 30.9 .421 .344 .874 18.7 1.5 6.0 0.4 0.6 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 62 31.9 .480 .387 .883 21.0 1.7 7.4 0.5 0.8 1.4
Totals 455 30.5 .455 .373 .868 18.1 1.4 7.1 0.5 0.7 1.4
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