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Amen Thompson or Lauri Markkanen

Who Should I Start? - Week 12 • Start New
Amen Thompson

Amen Thompson

PGHouston Rockets HOU
Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Markkanen

PFUtah Jazz UTA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Thompson over Markkanen

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Amen Thompson
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Markkanen over Thompson

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Lauri Markkanen
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Performance Amen Thompson
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
23.003.0016.0040.001.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
16.003.0010.6736.331.000.333
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Lauri Markkanen
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
15.003.004.0026.002.000.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
17.751.754.7531.251.250.504
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Amen Thompson
OWN
100%
+6.48 compared to last week
START
90%
+29.46 compared to last week
OWN/START Lauri Markkanen
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
95%
+45.63 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Amen Thompson
19th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Lauri Markkanen
14th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Amen Thompson

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 19th among PG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 24th with 851 total points (26.59 avg).
  • He is currently 1002 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 7.7 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 58.24% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Shooting 13.33% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • He is ranked 90th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 1.17.
  • Bad point guard averaging only 2.36 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are great for a guard with 6.82 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 3 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +9.7, APG: +1.48, RPG: +5.74, MPG: +20.5 STLS: +0.66 BLKS: +0.91
Breakdown Lauri Markkanen

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 14th among PF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 16th with 829 total points (30.70 avg).
  • He is currently 866 points behind the leader: Karl-Anthony Towns
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 41.14% from the field this month. Not very good at all for a big man.
  • Shooting 34.02% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.18 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.82 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 11 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +2.18, APG: +0.75, RPG: -0.13, MPG: +7.72 STLS: +0.1 BLKS: --0.24
Next Up Health Check
Injury Amen Thompson

No Injury Reported

Injury Lauri Markkanen

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Amen Thompson
DateOpponentResult
Jan 07@WASW 135-112
Jan 09@MEM
Jan 11@ATL
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.002.007.0026.002.002.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Lauri Markkanen
DateOpponentResult
Jan 07VS ATLL 124-121
Jan 09VS MIA
Jan 11@PHO
Jan 12VS BKN
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.002.504.7531.250.500.504
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Amen Thompson
17.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Lauri Markkanen
22.93
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Amen Thompson
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
23-24 HOU 61 21.7 .534 .143 .682 9.5 2.6 6.5 0.6 1.3 1.5
24-25 HOU 32 27.4 .554 .233 .673 12.2 2.3 7.3 1.0 1.0 2.0
3-YEAR AVG 31 21.7 .534 .143 .682 9.5 2.6 6.5 0.6 1.3 1.5
Totals 93 23.7 .542 .182 .678 10.4 2.5 6.8 0.7 1.2 1.6
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 27 31.3 .433 .368 .888 19.5 2.0 6.3 0.3 0.8 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 62 31.9 .480 .387 .883 21.0 1.7 7.4 0.5 0.8 1.4
Totals 437 30.5 .458 .376 .869 18.1 1.5 7.2 0.5 0.7 1.4
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