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o229.5
-2.5
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o215
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Christian Braun or Kyrie Irving

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

Christian Braun

SGDenver Nuggets DEN
Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving

PGDallas Mavericks DAL
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Braun over Irving

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Christian Braun
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Irving over Braun

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Kyrie Irving
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Performance Christian Braun
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.002.334.3331.330.000.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.433.144.2932.710.570.147
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Kyrie Irving
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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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Christian Braun
OWN
96%
-3.52 compared to last week
START
83%
+11.18 compared to last week
OWN/START Kyrie Irving
OWN
37%
-3.32 compared to last week
START
20%
-3.47 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Christian Braun
48th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Kyrie Irving
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Christian Braun

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 48th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 17th with 1857 total points (26.91 avg).
  • He is currently 1027 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.6 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 57.05% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 44.90% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn 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 4.56 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: +8, APG: +1.02, RPG: +1.43, MPG: +14.19 STLS: +0.57 BLKS: +0.08
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 14th with 1936 total points (38.72 avg).
  • He is currently 1591 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 38.7.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 42.71% 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'.
  • He is ranked 70th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.08.
  • Assists per game numbers are only 1.21 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 1.93 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 20 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +7.37, APG: +1.02, RPG: +1.29, MPG: +12.33 STLS: +0.45 BLKS: +0.15
Next Up Health Check
Injury Christian Braun

No Injury Reported

Injury Kyrie Irving

KNEE - Since Mar 3, 2025

Irving has suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Christian Braun
DateOpponentResult
Mar 24VS CHI
Mar 26VS MIL
Mar 28VS UTA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
19.203.005.2034.401.600.605
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Kyrie Irving
DateOpponentResult
Mar 24@BKN
Mar 25@NY
Mar 27@ORL
Mar 29@CHI
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
19.003.675.0029.671.670.003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Christian Braun
19.65
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Kyrie Irving
-156.24
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 69 33.0 .576 .388 .825 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 254 21.4 .521 .372 .739 8.3 1.5 3.5 0.4 0.7 0.7
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 60 36.9 .494 .379 .905 27.1 5.5 5.1 0.8 1.1 2.1
23-24 DAL 63 34.4 .497 .412 .905 25.7 5.1 5.0 0.4 1.3 1.9
24-25 DAL 50 35.6 .473 .401 .916 24.7 4.6 4.8 0.5 1.3 2.2
3-YEAR AVG 52 36.1 .491 .400 .911 26.5 5.4 4.9 0.6 1.3 2.1
Totals 814 34.4 .475 .394 .888 23.7 5.6 4.1 0.4 1.3 2.5
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