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Alec Burks or Sam Merrill

Who Should I Start? - Week 28 • Start New
Alec Burks

Alec Burks

SGNew York Knicks NY
Sam Merrill

Sam Merrill

SGCleveland Cavaliers CLE
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Burks over Merrill

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Alec Burks
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrill over Burks

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Sam Merrill
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Performance Alec Burks
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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
0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Sam Merrill
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.002.002.0021.000.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.501.502.0012.500.000.002
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Alec Burks
OWN
15%
+8.65 compared to last week
START
10%
+6.83 compared to last week
OWN/START Sam Merrill
OWN
15%
+6.67 compared to last week
START
 
5%
+2.22 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Alec Burks
65th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Sam Merrill
61st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Alec Burks

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 65th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 47th with 1035 total points (15.68 avg).
  • He is currently 2288 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 15.7.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 18.75% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 28.57% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.38 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 0.54 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.39, APG: -0.08, RPG: +0.32, MPG: +4.34 STLS: --0.05 BLKS: +0.08
Breakdown Sam Merrill

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 61st among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 57th with 832 total points (13.64 avg).
  • He is currently 2491 points behind the leader: Anthony Edwards
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.6 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 35.90% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 38.89% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.17 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 1.00 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 38 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +6.96, APG: +1.6, RPG: +1.59, MPG: +14.77 STLS: +0.13 BLKS: +0.07
Next Up Health Check
Injury Alec Burks

No Injury Reported

Injury Sam Merrill

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Alec Burks
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIW 104-101
Apr 25@PHIL 125-114
Apr 28@PHI
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.751.002.0014.000.000.254
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Sam Merrill
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ORLW 96-86
Apr 25@ORLL 121-83
Apr 27@ORL
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.001.802.4016.600.200.005
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Alec Burks
5.10
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Sam Merrill
5.55
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 51 21.5 .436 .414 .814 12.8 2.2 3.1 0.2 0.7 1.1
23-24 DET 66 17.9 .369 .376 .868 10.4 1.3 2.3 0.2 0.4 0.7
3-YEAR AVG 63 25.4 .412 .407 .823 12.3 2.5 4.3 0.3 0.8 1.1
Totals 743 22.3 .415 .381 .807 10.8 2.0 3.4 0.2 0.7 1.2
Career Sam Merrill
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 MIL 26 7.0 .484 .488 .1000 3.2 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.4
21-22 MEM 9 11.0 .467 .425 .500 6.8 1.0 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.7
23-24 CLE 61 17.2 .405 .407 .929 8.1 1.8 2.0 0.1 0.3 0.3
3-YEAR AVG 17 7.8 .438 .400 .800 3.5 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.3
Totals 112 12.9 .414 .406 .895 6.0 1.3 1.5 0.1 0.3 0.3
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SEA 04:10 EDT EST
ATL vs CLE 01:35 EDT EST
BAL vs OAK 01:35 EDT EST
BOS vs CHC 07:10 EDT EST
CHW vs TB 02:10 EDT EST
CIN @TEX 02:35 EDT EST
COL vs HOU 04:05 EDT EST
DET vs KC 01:40 EDT EST
LAA vs MIN 04:07 EDT EST
LAD @TOR 01:37 EDT EST
MIA vs WAS 01:40 EDT EST
MIL vs NYY 02:10 EDT EST
NYM vs STL 01:40 EDT EST
PHI @SD 04:10 EDT EST
PIT @SF 04:05 EDT EST
Matchup Time
DAL vs LAC 3:30 PM EST
IND vs MIL 7:00 PM EST
MIN @PHO 9:30 PM EST
NY @PHI 1:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
COL vs WPG 2:30 PM EST
EDM @LA 10:30 PM EST
NSH vs VAN 5:00 PM EST
NYR @WAS 8:00 PM EST