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Sam Merrill or Nickeil Alexander-Walker

Who Should I Start? - Week 10 • Start New
Sam Merrill

Sam Merrill

SGCleveland Cavaliers CLE
Nickeil Alexander-Walker

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

SGMinnesota Timberwolves MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrill over Alexander-Walker

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Sam Merrill
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alexander-Walker over Merrill

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nickeil Alexander-Walker
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Performance Sam Merrill
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.671.331.6716.331.000.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.201.601.6018.400.800.405
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nickeil Alexander-Walker
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.003.003.2522.500.500.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.172.673.1722.670.830.006
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Sam Merrill
OWN
 
0%
+0.03 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.03 compared to last week
OWN/START Nickeil Alexander-Walker
OWN
10%
+2.02 compared to last week
START
 
8%
+2.09 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Sam Merrill
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nickeil Alexander-Walker
78th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Sam Merrill

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SG's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 51st with 348 total points (13.38 avg).
  • He is currently 860 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 35.00% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 30.99% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.09 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 1.91 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 5 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.28, APG: +1.29, RPG: +1.2, MPG: +14.07 STLS: +0.52 BLKS: +0.16
Breakdown Nickeil Alexander-Walker

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 78th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 38th with 489 total points (17.46 avg).
  • He is currently 719 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.19% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 38.00% from beyond the arc this month.
  • Assists per game numbers are 2.18 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.09 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.62, APG: -0.04, RPG: +0.95, MPG: +0.29 STLS: --0.04 BLKS: --0.31
Next Up Health Check
Injury Sam Merrill

No Injury Reported

Injury Nickeil Alexander-Walker

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Sam Merrill
DateOpponentResult
Dec 23VS UTAW 124-113
Dec 27@DENW 149-135
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.332.003.0020.331.330.673
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nickeil Alexander-Walker
DateOpponentResult
Dec 23@ATLL 117-104
Dec 25@DALW 105-99
Dec 27@HOUW 113-112
Dec 29VS SA
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.673.833.1723.830.830.176
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Sam Merrill
6.96
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nickeil Alexander-Walker
11.21
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Sam Merrill
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 MIL 26 7.0 .484 .488 .1000 3.2 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.4
21-22 MEM 9 11.0 .467 .425 .500 6.8 1.0 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.7
23-24 CLE 63 16.8 .403 .405 .929 7.8 1.8 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.3
24-25 CLE 27 19.4 .387 .351 .944 7.4 1.7 1.9 0.3 0.6 0.5
3-YEAR AVG 38 12.8 .413 .404 .895 5.9 1.3 1.5 0.1 0.3 0.3
Totals 147 14.0 .404 .391 .915 6.1 1.4 1.6 0.1 0.4 0.3
Career Nickeil Alexander-Walker
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
19-20 NO 40 12.3 .342 .342 .607 5.3 1.9 2.0 0.2 0.3 1.0
20-21 NO 41 20.2 .418 .348 .750 10.2 2.0 3.1 0.5 1.0 1.4
21-22 NO 70 21.9 .373 .313 .750 10.8 2.4 2.8 0.4 0.7 1.4
22-23 UTA 62 16.6 .449 .374 .677 6.7 1.9 1.9 0.4 0.6 1.0
23-24 MIN 85 23.4 .435 .381 .817 8.1 2.6 2.1 0.5 0.8 0.9
24-25 MIN 29 23.0 .485 .436 .758 9.4 2.5 2.8 0.3 0.9 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 72 21.0 .410 .352 .750 8.6 2.3 2.3 0.4 0.7 1.1
Totals 350 20.1 .412 .355 .743 8.5 2.3 2.3 0.4 0.7 1.2
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