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Kyrie Irving or T.J. McConnell

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving

PG • Brooklyn Nets BKN
T.J. McConnell

T.J. McConnell

PG • Indiana Pacers IND
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Irving over McConnell

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting McConnell over Irving

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kyrie Irving
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
23.005.005.5034.501.001.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
31.007.335.1737.501.330.676
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance T.J. McConnell
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.334.672.6717.000.000.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.506.833.3326.001.000.006
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
83%
+3.09 compared to last week
OWN/START T.J. McConnell
OWN
50%
-49.63 compared to last week
START
22%
-70.74 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kyrie Irving
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus T.J. McConnell
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kyrie Irving

    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 12th with 1588 total points (44.11 avg).
  • He is currently 980 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 6.7 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 46.64% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 38.79% from beyond the arc this month.
  • He is ranked 54th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.42.
  • Good point guard that is one of the better ones in the league with 6.15 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a guard with 4.85 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: +22.62, APG: +4.3, RPG: +4.19, MPG: +29.78 STLS: +0.84 BLKS: +0.76
Breakdown T.J. McConnell

    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 33rd with 962 total points (19.24 avg).
  • He is currently 1606 points behind the leader: Luka Doncic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 6.8 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 60.00% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 66.67% from beyond the arc this month. Very impressive.
  • He is ranked 26th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.91.
  • Good point guard that is among the league's best in assists with 7.00 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a guard with 4.27 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 8 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +3.75, APG: +2.73, RPG: +1.16, MPG: +7.76 STLS: +0.55 BLKS: --0.09
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kyrie Irving

PERSONAL - Day-to-day

Personal
Injury T.J. McConnell

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kyrie Irving
DateOpponentResult
Jan 30VS LALW 121-104
Feb 01@BOSL 139-96
Feb 04VS WASW 125-123
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
23.175.174.6736.830.831.336
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups T.J. McConnell
DateOpponentResult
Feb 02VS LALL 112-111
Feb 03VS SACW 107-104
Feb 05VS CLE
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.174.832.1714.330.830.176
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kyrie Irving
33.65
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating T.J. McConnell
19.53
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 40 36.6 .486 .374 .883 27.1 5.3 5.1 0.8 1.1 2.3
3-YEAR AVG 39 35.2 .490 .403 .923 26.6 5.9 4.8 0.6 1.4 2.4
Totals 664 34.1 .472 .392 .884 23.4 5.7 3.9 0.4 1.3 2.6
Career T.J. McConnell
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
15-16 PHI 80 19.6 .467 .348 .634 6.1 4.6 3.1 0.1 1.2 1.7
16-17 PHI 78 26.3 .466 .212 .819 6.8 6.5 3.1 0.1 1.7 1.9
17-18 PHI 76 22.4 .498 .429 .795 6.3 4.0 3.0 0.2 1.2 1.5
18-19 PHI 77 19.2 .520 .326 .784 6.3 3.4 2.3 0.2 1.0 1.2
19-20 IND 63 18.6 .515 .333 .833 6.5 5.0 2.6 0.2 0.7 1.4
20-21 IND 60 25.0 .554 .333 .658 8.0 6.5 3.5 0.3 1.8 1.9
21-22 IND 31 23.3 .463 .317 .840 8.0 4.9 3.4 0.4 1.3 1.2
22-23 IND 50 19.0 .521 .438 .921 7.5 5.1 2.8 0.1 1.1 1.7
3-YEAR AVG 58 22.2 .525 .308 .776 7.7 5.6 3.2 0.3 1.3 1.6
Totals 534 21.7 .503 .337 .788 6.9 5.0 3.0 0.2 1.3 1.6
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