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Christian Braun or Lauri Markkanen

Who Should I Start? - Week 23 • Start New
Christian Braun

Christian Braun

SGDenver Nuggets DEN
Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

PFUtah Jazz UTA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Braun over Markkanen

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Christian Braun
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Markkanen over Braun

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Lauri Markkanen
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Performance Christian Braun
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.502.504.5033.250.250.254
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.002.864.2933.290.710.147
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Lauri Markkanen
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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
15.500.753.5023.750.000.254
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Christian Braun
OWN
96%
-3.11 compared to last week
START
71%
+1.85 compared to last week
OWN/START Lauri Markkanen
OWN
91%
-6.49 compared to last week
START
37%
-27.87 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Christian Braun
61st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Lauri Markkanen
57th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Christian Braun

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 61st among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 16th with 1888 total points (26.97 avg).
  • He is currently 996 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.4 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 57.41% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 46.94% from beyond the arc this month. Very good.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a shooting guard with 3.00 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a guard with 4.69 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 1 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +7.9, APG: +1.02, RPG: +1.41, MPG: +14.22 STLS: +0.58 BLKS: +0.09
Breakdown Lauri Markkanen

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 57th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 21st with 1294 total points (28.76 avg).
  • He is currently 1989 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 9.3.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 39.29% from the field this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Shooting 33.33% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.19 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 0.88 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 27 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.33, APG: -0.01, RPG: -0.21, MPG: +6.67 STLS: --0.04 BLKS: EVEN
Next Up Health Check
Injury Christian Braun

FOOT - Since Mar 25, 2025

Braun is dealing with left foot strain but is expected to take the court for the Nuggets.
Injury Lauri Markkanen

ILLNESS - Since Mar 19, 2025

Markkanen is dealing with an illness and will not take the court for the Jazz.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Christian Braun
DateOpponentResult
Mar 24VS CHIL 129-119
Mar 26VS MIL
Mar 28VS UTA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
19.003.005.1735.171.500.676
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Lauri Markkanen
DateOpponentResult
Mar 25VS MEM
Mar 27VS HOU
Mar 28@DEN
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
20.000.806.4031.400.000.205
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Christian Braun
20.37
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Lauri Markkanen
15.41
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Christian Braun
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 DEN 80 15.2 .497 .360 .618 4.7 0.8 2.5 0.2 0.6 0.5
23-24 DEN 86 19.3 .458 .368 .693 7.2 1.5 3.7 0.4 0.5 0.6
24-25 DEN 70 33.1 .575 .393 .822 15.1 2.4 5.0 0.5 1.1 1.0
3-YEAR AVG 59 16.9 .476 .359 .664 5.8 1.1 3.0 0.3 0.5 0.5
Totals 255 21.5 .521 .374 .738 8.4 1.5 3.6 0.4 0.7 0.7
Career Lauri Markkanen
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 CHI 68 29.7 .434 .363 .843 15.2 1.2 7.5 0.6 0.6 1.2
18-19 CHI 54 32.1 .427 .364 .870 18.7 1.4 9.1 0.7 0.7 1.6
19-20 CHI 50 29.6 .425 .344 .824 14.7 1.5 6.3 0.5 0.8 1.6
20-21 CHI 43 26.1 .477 .391 .840 14.1 0.9 5.4 0.3 0.4 1.0
21-22 CLE 68 29.4 .452 .365 .868 14.6 1.3 5.5 0.5 0.8 0.9
22-23 UTA 64 34.1 .499 .395 .879 25.8 1.9 8.7 0.6 0.7 1.9
23-24 UTA 55 32.5 .480 .399 .899 23.2 2.0 8.2 0.5 0.9 1.4
24-25 UTA 45 30.9 .421 .344 .874 18.7 1.5 6.0 0.4 0.6 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 62 31.9 .480 .387 .883 21.0 1.7 7.4 0.5 0.8 1.4
Totals 455 30.5 .455 .373 .868 18.1 1.4 7.1 0.5 0.7 1.4
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