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Kai Jones or Nicolas Claxton

Who Should I Start? - Week 23 • Start New
Kai Jones

Kai Jones

CDallas Mavericks DAL
Nicolas Claxton

Created with Sketch. Nicolas Claxton

CBrooklyn Nets BKN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Jones over Claxton

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Claxton over Jones

 
 
 
 
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Performance Kai Jones
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.670.677.3319.000.670.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.801.208.0021.000.400.805
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nicolas Claxton
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.002.258.2526.250.002.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.711.868.8627.570.431.577
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kai Jones
OWN
27%
+6.87 compared to last week
START
13%
+1.52 compared to last week
OWN/START Nicolas Claxton
OWN
94%
+0.52 compared to last week
START
74%
+15.31 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kai Jones
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nicolas Claxton
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kai Jones

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 66th with 311 total points (9.15 avg).
  • He is currently 3629 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 15.1 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 84.21% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.43 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 3.43 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 28 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4, APG: +0.47, RPG: +2.76, MPG: +9.79 STLS: +0.24 BLKS: +0.5
Breakdown Nicolas Claxton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 11th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 18th with 1705 total points (26.23 avg).
  • He is currently 2235 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 58.54% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 50.00% from beyond the arc this month. Very impressive.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a center with 2.75 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a center / power forward with 7.44 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 9 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -0.21, APG: +0.45, RPG: -0.99, MPG: +1.31 STLS: +0.29 BLKS: --0.25
Next Up Health Check
Injury Kai Jones

HIP - Since Mar 27, 2025

Jones is dealing with a left hip contusion and is uncertain to take the court for the Mavericks.
Injury Nicolas Claxton

REST - Since Mar 29, 2025

Claxton is resting and will not take the court for the Nets.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kai Jones
DateOpponentResult
Mar 24@BKNW 120-101
Mar 25@NYL 128-113
Mar 27@ORLW 101-92
Mar 29@CHI
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.400.404.8014.600.400.605
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nicolas Claxton
DateOpponentResult
Mar 24VS DALL 120-101
Mar 26VS TORL 116-86
Mar 28VS LACL 132-100
Mar 29@WAS
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.631.886.7522.750.501.638
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Kai Jones
5.21
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nicolas Claxton
21.33
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Kai Jones
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 CHA 22 4.3 .483 .333 .333 1.6 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
22-23 CHA 45 11.6 .558 .211 .731 3.5 0.3 2.7 0.7 0.4 0.7
24-25 LAC 34 9.8 .784 .250 .760 4.0 0.5 2.8 0.5 0.2 0.4
3-YEAR AVG 22 9.2 .544 .227 .568 2.9 0.3 2.2 0.5 0.3 0.6
Totals 101 9.4 .623 .231 .638 3.3 0.4 2.4 0.5 0.3 0.5
Career Nicolas Claxton
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 BKN 15 12.3 .563 .143 .524 4.4 1.1 2.9 0.5 0.1 0.6
21-22 BKN 25 17.9 .583 .200 .500 6.6 1.1 5.0 1.2 0.8 0.6
21-22 BKN 55 20.4 .687 .0 .488 8.8 0.9 5.7 1.3 0.6 0.8
22-23 BKN 78 29.4 .707 .0 .541 12.6 1.9 9.1 2.4 0.8 1.2
23-24 BKN 71 29.3 .629 .200 .551 11.9 2.1 9.9 2.0 0.6 1.3
24-25 BKN 65 26.7 .554 .158 .517 10.3 2.2 7.6 1.5 0.9 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 68 26.9 .672 .143 .533 11.3 1.7 8.5 2.0 0.7 1.1
Totals 327 24.8 .636 .158 .527 10.0 1.7 7.5 1.7 0.7 1.1
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