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Desmond Bane or Jamal Murray

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Desmond Bane

Desmond Bane

SG • Memphis Grizzlies MEM
Jamal Murray

Jamal Murray

PG • Denver Nuggets DEN
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Owners starting Bane over Murray

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Desmond Bane
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
22.672.671.3329.671.670.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
22.003.001.7530.751.500.754
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jamal Murray
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
37.007.505.0033.001.000.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
32.006.754.7535.000.750.004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Desmond Bane
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
79%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Jamal Murray
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
74%
+25.34 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Desmond Bane
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jamal Murray
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Desmond Bane

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SG's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 22nd with 1013 total points (33.77 avg).
  • He is currently 1177 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 50.48% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 52.44% from beyond the arc this month. Very impressive.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a shooting guard with 3.87 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.73 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 30 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.83, APG: +1.72, RPG: +0.73, MPG: +3.85 STLS: --0.09 BLKS: --0.12
Breakdown Jamal Murray

    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 18th with 1479 total points (34.40 avg).
  • He is currently 1089 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 12.4 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 48.57% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 43.56% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • He is ranked 36th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.76.
  • Decent numbers for a point guard with 5.93 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a guard with 4.20 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +20.42, APG: +5.72, RPG: +4.19, MPG: +32.3 STLS: +0.98 BLKS: +0.21
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Desmond Bane

No Injury Reported

Injury Jamal Murray

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Knee
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Desmond Bane
DateOpponentResult
Feb 07VS CHI
Feb 10VS MIN
Feb 12@BOS
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
24.005.003.0033.001.000.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jamal Murray
DateOpponentResult
Feb 07VS MIN
Feb 09@ORL
Feb 11@CHA
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.506.502.5035.000.750.004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Desmond Bane
24.81
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jamal Murray
21.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Desmond Bane
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 MEM 59 21.6 .466 .444 .837 9.0 1.6 3.1 0.2 0.6 0.9
21-22 MEM 87 29.6 .463 .440 .899 18.2 2.7 4.3 0.4 1.2 1.5
22-23 MEM 30 30.4 .463 .440 .896 21.8 4.0 4.7 0.3 0.9 2.3
3-YEAR AVG 54 26.0 .466 .436 .880 13.9 2.3 3.8 0.4 0.9 1.2
Totals 197 26.8 .465 .439 .883 15.2 2.5 3.9 0.3 0.9 1.4
Career Jamal Murray
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
16-17 DEN 79 21.2 .394 .326 .870 9.4 2.0 2.6 0.3 0.7 1.4
17-18 DEN 80 31.6 .448 .374 .905 16.5 3.4 3.7 0.4 1.0 2.1
18-19 DEN 75 32.3 .440 .373 .852 18.5 4.8 4.2 0.3 0.9 2.1
19-20 DEN 55 32.6 .455 .345 .893 18.8 4.8 3.9 0.3 1.2 2.3
20-21 DEN 48 35.0 .477 .408 .869 21.2 4.8 4.0 0.3 1.3 2.2
22-23 DEN 43 32.3 .457 .401 .842 20.4 5.7 4.2 0.2 1.0 2.1
3-YEAR AVG 36 33.4 .466 .377 .876 19.7 4.8 4.0 0.3 1.2 2.2
Totals 384 30.2 .446 .371 .872 16.8 4.0 3.7 0.3 1.0 2.0
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