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Dereck Lively II or Kyle Kuzma

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Dereck Lively II

Dereck Lively II

CDallas Mavericks DAL
Kyle Kuzma

Kyle Kuzma

PFMilwaukee Bucks MIL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lively II over Kuzma

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Dereck Lively II
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kuzma over Lively II

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Kyle Kuzma
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Performance Dereck Lively II
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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 Kyle Kuzma
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.750.755.5032.750.250.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.861.006.2931.570.290.007
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dereck Lively II
OWN
36%
-1.11 compared to last week
START
 
6%
-1.85 compared to last week
OWN/START Kyle Kuzma
OWN
82%
-2.65 compared to last week
START
67%
+33.83 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dereck Lively II
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Kyle Kuzma
22nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dereck Lively II

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 38th with 807 total points (26.03 avg).
  • He is currently 2892 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 26.
  • Performance Stats

  • Assists per game numbers are 0 apg.
  • He does not have enough rebounds this month to be analyzed. This could be due to an injury.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 36 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.82, APG: +1.79, RPG: +2.93, MPG: +6.71 STLS: +0.06 BLKS: +0.71
Breakdown Kyle Kuzma

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 22nd among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 25th with 1128 total points (25.07 avg).
  • He is currently 1783 points behind the leader: Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.9 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 44.44% from the field this month. Not very impressive for a big man.
  • Shooting 31.91% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a power forward with 2.17 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a center / power forward with 7.17 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: -7.1, APG: -1.7, RPG: -0.18, MPG: --1.58 STLS: --0.01 BLKS: --0.49
Next Up Health Check
Injury Dereck Lively II

ANKLE - Since Jan 14, 2025

Lively II is dealing with a stress fracture in his right ankle and will not take the court for the Mavericks. He is expected to remain out for 2-3 months.
Injury Kyle Kuzma

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dereck Lively II
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10@SAW 133-129
Mar 12@SAL 126-116
Mar 14@HOU
Mar 16VS PHI
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.004.006.0020.500.502.254
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Kyle Kuzma
DateOpponentResult
Mar 11@INDL 115-114
Mar 13VS LALW 126-106
Mar 15VS IND
Mar 16VS OKC
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.251.253.7531.250.500.004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Dereck Lively II
14.71
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Kyle Kuzma
21.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Dereck Lively II
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
23-24 DAL 60 22.8 .745 .0 .511 8.8 1.1 6.8 1.4 0.6 0.9
24-25 DAL 31 23.7 .695 .0 .642 9.2 2.6 7.9 1.7 0.5 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 30 22.8 .745 .0 .511 8.8 1.1 6.8 1.4 0.6 0.9
Totals 107 23.0 .719 .333 .574 8.7 1.6 7.3 1.4 0.6 1.0
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 45 29.3 .427 .293 .631 14.9 2.4 6.2 0.2 0.5 2.4
3-YEAR AVG 67 33.0 .454 .338 .744 20.1 3.8 7.4 0.7 0.6 2.7
Totals 529 30.7 .448 .334 .726 17.0 2.7 6.3 0.5 0.6 2.1
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