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Christian Braun or Dereck Lively II

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Christian Braun

Christian Braun

SGDenver Nuggets DEN
Dereck Lively II

Dereck Lively II

CDallas Mavericks DAL
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Braun over Lively II

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Christian Braun
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lively II over Braun

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Dereck Lively II
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Performance Christian Braun
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.003.004.2534.000.250.504
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.003.434.4336.430.860.717
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Christian Braun
OWN
100%
+0.74 compared to last week
START
76%
+0.65 compared to last week
OWN/START Dereck Lively II
OWN
36%
-1.11 compared to last week
START
 
6%
-1.85 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Christian Braun
50th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Dereck Lively II
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Christian Braun

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 50th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 15th with 1741 total points (27.20 avg).
  • He is currently 912 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?
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.8 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 51.39% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 42.22% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a shooting guard with 3.25 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a guard with 5.33 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: +8.3, APG: +1.02, RPG: +1.52, MPG: +14.45 STLS: +0.64 BLKS: +0.1
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
Next Up Health Check
Injury Christian Braun

FOOT - Since Mar 13, 2025

Braun is dealing with a foot injury but is expected to take the court for the Nuggets.
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.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Christian Braun
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10@OKCW 140-127
Mar 12VS MINL 115-95
Mar 14VS LAL
Mar 15VS WAS
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.301.904.6032.200.800.5010
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Christian Braun
22.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Dereck Lively II
14.71
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 64 33.1 .566 .382 .824 15.2 2.3 5.1 0.5 1.1 0.9
3-YEAR AVG 59 16.9 .476 .359 .664 5.8 1.1 3.0 0.3 0.5 0.5
Totals 249 21.2 .515 .369 .736 8.2 1.4 3.5 0.4 0.7 0.6
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
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