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Lauri Markkanen or Kyle Kuzma

Who Should I Start? - Week 20 • Start New
Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

PFUtah Jazz UTA
Kyle Kuzma

Kyle Kuzma

PFMilwaukee Bucks MIL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Latest News Kyle Kuzma
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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
14.000.507.0030.500.500.002
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Kyle Kuzma
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.002.257.7531.750.250.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.632.386.8833.130.380.258
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lauri Markkanen
OWN
100%
-0.35 compared to last week
START
35%
-16.8 compared to last week
OWN/START Kyle Kuzma
OWN
85%
+1.03 compared to last week
START
73%
+20.41 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lauri Markkanen
29th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Kyle Kuzma
20th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lauri Markkanen

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 29th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 18th with 1216 total points (29.66 avg).
  • He is currently 1489 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.7.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 43.56% from the field this month. Not very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 31.25% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.31 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 2.69 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 22 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +0.38, APG: -0.07, RPG: -0.5, MPG: +5.47 STLS: +0.01 BLKS: --0.01
Breakdown Kyle Kuzma

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 20th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 26th with 1054 total points (25.71 avg).
  • He is currently 1651 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.9 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 42.75% from the field this month. Not very good for a big man.
  • Shooting 30.00% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a power forward with 2.64 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a center / power forward with 7.73 rpg this 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: -6.59, APG: -1.47, RPG: -0.090000000000001, MPG: --1.47 STLS: +0.05 BLKS: --0.45
Next Up Health Check
Injury Lauri Markkanen

BACK - Since Feb 25, 2025

Markkanen is dealing with lower back soreness and is uncertain to take the court for the Jazz.
Injury Kyle Kuzma

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lauri Markkanen
DateOpponentResult
Mar 03VS DETL 134-106
Mar 05@WASL 125-122
Mar 07@TOR
Mar 09@PHI
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
25.001.509.0034.001.000.502
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Kyle Kuzma
DateOpponentResult
Mar 04@ATLW 127-121
Mar 05VS DALW 137-107
Mar 08VS ORL
Mar 09VS CLE
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.201.606.8026.600.200.205
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Lauri Markkanen
23.17
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Kyle Kuzma
21.94
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 41 31.6 .424 .345 .870 19.1 1.6 6.2 0.4 0.7 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 62 31.9 .480 .387 .883 21.0 1.7 7.4 0.5 0.8 1.4
Totals 451 30.6 .456 .373 .867 18.1 1.5 7.1 0.5 0.7 1.4
Career Kyle Kuzma
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 LAL 75 30.9 .449 .369 .704 16.1 1.8 6.2 0.4 0.6 1.8
18-19 LAL 71 33.0 .459 .306 .753 18.9 2.5 5.5 0.4 0.6 1.9
19-20 LAL 54 24.4 .432 .297 .739 12.5 1.3 4.5 0.4 0.4 1.6
20-21 LAL 60 28.1 .437 .357 .679 12.7 1.8 6.4 0.6 0.5 1.7
21-22 WAS 70 32.5 .450 .346 .708 16.8 3.5 8.3 0.8 0.7 2.5
22-23 WAS 63 34.5 .447 .333 .741 21.2 3.8 7.3 0.4 0.6 3.0
23-24 WAS 69 32.2 .462 .337 .782 22.3 4.3 6.7 0.7 0.5 2.7
24-25 WAS 41 29.1 .422 .290 .631 15.1 2.5 6.3 0.2 0.5 2.3
3-YEAR AVG 67 33.0 .454 .338 .744 20.1 3.8 7.4 0.7 0.6 2.7
Totals 525 30.7 .448 .334 .726 17.0 2.7 6.4 0.5 0.6 2.1
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