It's time for another round of "One on One", where we take too similar fantasy basketball players and compare and contrast the two based on the numbers.  All statistics are based on the 2006-2007 season.
 

Today's matchup:  Luol Deng vs Josh Howard
 

First off, and you'll probably hear me preaching about this a lot, when you're talking about anything fantasy, it's important to communicate how the scoring structure of your league works. For our purposes, I'm going to assume we're talking about rotisserie using Yahoo Fantasy Sport's default scoring system (why? because I think it's the best...that's why). The stat cats being points, rebounds, assists, 3's made, blocks, steals, fg%, ft% and to's.
 

In roto, you're looking to compare players stat-by-stat, since roto is really designed to level the playing field of statistics (for instance, by roto standards if a player gets about 2 steals per game, it's the equivalent in steals of a player scoring about 20-25 points per game).
 

So, let's compare stats.
 

Points per game:

Chauncey Billups 17.0
Kirk Hinrich 16.6
 

Rebounds per game:

Chauncey Billups 3.4
Kirk Hinrich 3.4
  

Assists per game:

Chauncey Billups 7.2
Kirk Hinrich 6.3
  

Blocks:

Chauncey Billups 0.2
Kirk Hinrich 0.3

Steals:

Chauncey Billups 1.2
Kirk Hinrich 1.3

3s made:

Chauncey Billups 0.5
Kirk Hinrich 1.8

FG% (and FG's attempted per game):

Chauncy Billups 42.7%/11.6 attempts
Kirk Hinrich 44.8%/13.3 attempts 
 

FT% (and FT's attempted per game):

Chauncey Billups 88.3%/6.2 attempts

Kirk Hinrich 83.5%/3.6 attempts
 

Turnovers:

Chauncey Billups 2.0
Kirk Hinrich 2.4
 

Games played in '06-'07:

Chauncey Billups 70
Kirk Hinrich 80
 

The Verdict:

Billups wins a close one. 

The most noteworthy advantage Billups has over Hinrich is in assists. He averaged a whole one assist more per game last season. Yet, the actual advantage to having Billups over Hinrich is in what he does at the foul line.  Hinrich's 83.5% on 3.6 attempts per game is more than respectable, but Billups' high volume of foul shots (6.2 per game) makes his 88.3% something special.  He can provide a real boost in that category.
 

Of course, Hinrich does bring more threes to the table, and played more games last season, but threes are easier to make up from the waiver wire than assists and free throw shooting. Usually players who get that many opportunities at the line don't end up un-drafted.
 

Another thing to note is that despite playing 10 more season games last year, Billups still ranked higher in Yahoo rankings by totals. That should say something.