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Kyrie Irving or Daniel Gafford

Who Should I Start? - Week 26 • Start New
Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving

PGDallas Mavericks DAL
Daniel Gafford

Daniel Gafford

CDallas Mavericks DAL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Irving over Gafford

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Kyrie Irving
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Gafford over Irving

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Daniel Gafford
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Performance Kyrie Irving
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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
29.255.506.5040.001.751.004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Daniel Gafford
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.001.002.0011.000.001.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.002.006.0021.400.402.005
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kyrie Irving
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
78%
+8.13 compared to last week
OWN/START Daniel Gafford
OWN
95%
-0.31 compared to last week
START
66%
-9.94 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kyrie Irving
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Daniel Gafford
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kyrie Irving

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 9th among PG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 12th with 2385 total points (41.12 avg).
  • He is currently 1781 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 7.2 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 51.44% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 41.86% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty good.
  • He is ranked 47th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.82.
  • Average numbers for a point with 4.15 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.77 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 20 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.83, APG: +0.93, RPG: +1.1, MPG: +6.07 STLS: +0.42 BLKS: --0.1
Breakdown Daniel Gafford

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 9th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 17th with 2026 total points (27.38 avg).
  • He is currently 2339 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.6 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 81.01% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a center with 2.31 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.69 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 7 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.36, APG: +0.53, RPG: +2.32, MPG: +4.88 STLS: +0.48 BLKS: +0.85
Next Up Health Check
Injury Kyrie Irving

HAMSTRING - Since Apr 11, 2024

Irving is dealing with left hamstring soreness and is uncertain to take the court for the Mavericks.
Injury Daniel Gafford

ELBOW - Since Apr 13, 2024

Gafford is dealing with right elbow soreness and is uncertain to take the court for the Mavericks.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kyrie Irving
DateOpponentResult
Apr 21@LAC
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
26.503.006.0030.001.500.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Daniel Gafford
DateOpponentResult
Apr 21@LAC
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.000.506.5024.001.003.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Kyrie Irving
27.18
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Daniel Gafford
18.63
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Kyrie Irving
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
11-12 CLE 51 30.3 .469 .399 .872 18.5 5.4 3.7 0.4 1.1 3.1
12-13 CLE 58 34.5 .454 .389 .856 22.5 5.9 3.6 0.3 1.5 3.2
13-14 CLE 71 35.0 .430 .358 .861 20.8 6.1 3.6 0.3 1.5 2.7
14-15 CLE 74 36.2 .468 .419 .863 21.9 5.2 3.2 0.3 1.5 2.5
15-16 CLE 53 31.3 .448 .323 .885 19.6 4.7 2.9 0.3 1.1 2.3
16-17 CLE 71 35.1 .471 .402 .905 25.3 5.8 3.2 0.3 1.2 2.5
17-18 BOS 60 32.2 .491 .408 .889 24.4 5.1 3.8 0.3 1.1 2.3
18-19 BOS 68 32.9 .488 .405 .876 23.9 6.9 5.0 0.5 1.5 2.6
19-20 BKN 20 32.7 .478 .394 .922 27.4 6.4 5.2 0.5 1.4 2.6
20-21 BKN 48 34.6 .504 .383 .920 26.9 6.5 4.9 0.6 1.3 2.4
22-23 BKN 34 37.8 .474 .417 .930 26.9 5.9 4.4 0.6 1.4 2.5
22-23 BKN 60 36.9 .494 .379 .905 27.1 5.5 5.1 0.8 1.1 2.1
23-24 DAL 58 34.4 .497 .411 .905 25.6 5.2 5.0 0.5 1.3 1.8
3-YEAR AVG 53 36.1 .493 .394 .916 26.7 5.7 4.9 0.7 1.3 2.2
Totals 742 34.2 .475 .394 .887 23.6 5.7 4.1 0.4 1.3 2.5
Career Daniel Gafford
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 CHI 43 14.0 .702 .0 .533 5.1 0.5 2.5 1.3 0.3 0.7
20-21 CHI 46 13.8 .689 .0 .632 6.7 0.5 4.2 1.4 0.5 0.8
21-22 WAS 76 19.8 .690 .0 .683 9.5 0.9 5.8 1.4 0.4 0.9
22-23 WAS 77 20.2 .730 .0 .677 9.1 1.1 5.5 1.3 0.4 1.1
23-24 WAS 74 24.1 .725 .0 .674 11.0 1.6 7.6 2.1 0.9 1.0
3-YEAR AVG 71 18.6 .709 .0 .675 8.8 0.9 5.4 1.4 0.5 0.9
Totals 331 19.2 .713 .0 .663 8.8 1.0 5.5 1.5 0.5 0.9
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