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Alec Burks or Keegan Murray

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Alec Burks

Alec Burks

SG • Detroit Pistons DET
Keegan Murray

Keegan Murray

PF • Sacramento Kings SAC
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Alec Burks
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.002.503.0024.001.000.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.002.503.0022.250.500.004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Keegan Murray
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.331.675.3335.670.000.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.671.337.5034.500.170.336
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Alec Burks
OWN
26%
-2.13 compared to last week
START
20%
+11.07 compared to last week
OWN/START Keegan Murray
OWN
95%
+7.96 compared to last week
START
80%
+0.56 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Alec Burks
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Keegan Murray
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Alec Burks

    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 30th with 779 total points (21.05 avg).
  • He is currently 1198 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.3 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 44.44% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 46.94% from beyond the arc this month. Very good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.69 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.23 for the month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.97, APG: -0.21, RPG: -1.01, MPG: --3.73 STLS: --0.35 BLKS: --0.12
Breakdown Keegan Murray

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among PF's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 23rd with 903 total points (21.00 avg).
  • He is currently 1176 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • 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 53.08% from the field this month. Very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 52.38% from beyond the arc this month. Very impressive.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.43 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.50 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 43 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +12.77, APG: +0.98, RPG: +4.26, MPG: +29.16 STLS: +0.72 BLKS: +0.58
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Alec Burks

No Injury Reported

Injury Keegan Murray

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Alec Burks
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23VS MILL 150-130
Jan 26@BKNW 130-122
Jan 28VS HOU
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.002.003.6723.001.000.003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Keegan Murray
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23VS MEMW 133-100
Jan 25VS TORL 113-95
Jan 28@MIN
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.671.174.6731.170.500.336
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Alec Burks
14.78
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Keegan Murray
14.65
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Alec Burks
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
11-12 UTA 59 15.7 .429 .333 .727 7.2 0.9 2.2 0.1 0.5 0.9
12-13 UTA 63 17.3 .416 .360 .746 6.9 1.4 2.3 0.3 0.5 1.2
13-14 UTA 78 27.9 .457 .350 .748 14.0 2.7 3.3 0.2 0.9 1.9
14-15 UTA 26 33.2 .403 .369 .816 13.9 3.0 4.3 0.2 0.7 1.9
15-16 UTA 30 25.4 .417 .416 .748 13.5 2.1 3.4 0.1 0.6 1.7
17-18 UTA 40 16.0 .399 .320 .776 6.9 0.7 2.9 0.1 0.5 0.9
17-18 UTA 63 16.7 .411 .329 .863 7.8 1.1 3.0 0.1 0.6 0.9
18-19 UTA 64 21.3 .401 .347 .828 8.7 2.0 3.7 0.3 0.6 1.0
19-20 GS 58 27.3 .405 .369 .896 15.3 2.9 4.5 0.3 1.0 1.5
20-21 NY 44 25.3 .415 .410 .865 12.6 2.2 4.5 0.3 0.7 1.0
21-22 NY 84 27.8 .391 .402 .821 11.6 2.9 4.8 0.3 1.0 1.1
22-23 DET 37 21.4 .455 .444 .813 13.5 2.2 3.0 0.1 0.8 1.1
3-YEAR AVG 68 26.7 .410 .399 .851 13.1 2.7 4.6 0.3 0.9 1.2
Totals 663 22.8 .420 .383 .802 10.9 2.0 3.5 0.2 0.7 1.2
Career Keegan Murray
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 SAC 43 29.2 .461 .431 .818 12.8 1.0 4.3 0.6 0.7 1.0
3-YEAR AVG 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Totals 43 29.2 .461 .431 .818 12.8 1.0 4.3 0.6 0.7 1.0
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