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Dereck Lively II or Elfrid Payton

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

Dereck Lively II

CDallas Mavericks DAL
Elfrid Payton

Elfrid Payton

PGn/a
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lively II over Payton

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Dereck Lively II
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Payton over Lively II

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Elfrid Payton
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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 Elfrid Payton
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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 Dereck Lively II
OWN
36%
-1.11 compared to last week
START
 
6%
-1.85 compared to last week
OWN/START Elfrid Payton
OWN
 
1%
+1.11 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.37 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dereck Lively II
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Elfrid Payton
Not Ranked
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 Elfrid Payton

    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 80th with 218 total points (16.77 avg).
  • He is currently 3096 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 16.8.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 17.65% from the field this month.
  • He is ranked 48th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.52.
  • Bad point guard averaging only 2.29 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 1.71 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 13 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.08, APG: +5.23, RPG: +2.85, MPG: +20.08 STLS: +1.23 BLKS: +0.46
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 Elfrid Payton

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 Elfrid Payton
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Dereck Lively II
14.71
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Elfrid Payton
2.40
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 Elfrid Payton
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
14-15 ORL 81 30.2 .424 .268 .551 9.0 6.5 4.3 0.2 1.8 2.5
15-16 ORL 72 29.1 .435 .330 .593 10.6 6.4 3.5 0.3 1.2 2.4
16-17 ORL 79 29.4 .469 .266 .688 12.6 6.3 4.8 0.5 1.1 2.1
17-18 ORL 63 28.7 .493 .326 .649 12.7 6.2 4.3 0.3 1.3 2.7
18-19 NO 42 29.6 .435 .314 .743 10.6 7.6 5.2 0.4 1.0 2.7
19-20 NY 45 27.5 .439 .203 .570 10.0 7.2 4.7 0.4 1.6 2.1
20-21 NY 54 24.5 .443 .290 .686 11.2 3.4 3.6 0.2 0.8 1.7
21-22 PHO 54 10.8 .410 .263 .412 3.3 2.1 1.8 0.1 0.6 0.9
24-25 NO 13 20.1 .388 .0 .500 4.1 5.2 2.8 0.5 1.2 2.1
3-YEAR AVG 40 17.1 .426 .282 .615 6.8 2.7 2.6 0.1 0.7 1.2
Totals 515 26.1 .446 .287 .623 9.8 5.6 4.0 0.3 1.2 2.1
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