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Ausar Thompson or Sam Merrill

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Ausar Thompson

Ausar Thompson

SGDetroit Pistons DET
Sam Merrill

Sam Merrill

SGCleveland Cavaliers CLE
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Thompson over Merrill

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Ausar Thompson
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrill over Thompson

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Sam Merrill
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Performance Ausar Thompson
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.331.005.3319.001.001.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.292.435.2923.431.710.867
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Sam Merrill
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.000.333.0021.330.330.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.570.292.5718.710.570.297
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ausar Thompson
OWN
84%
-10.16 compared to last week
START
51%
-14.32 compared to last week
OWN/START Sam Merrill
OWN
 
2%
+1.5 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.37 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ausar Thompson
62nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Sam Merrill
97th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ausar Thompson

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 62nd among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 43rd with 979 total points (22.25 avg).
  • He is currently 1674 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 59.09% from the field this month. Very impressive.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a shooting guard with 3.00 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty good for a guard with 4.85 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 21 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +0.97, APG: +0.4, RPG: -1.18, MPG: --2.7 STLS: +0.75 BLKS: --0.37
Breakdown Sam Merrill

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 97th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 58th with 725 total points (12.95 avg).
  • He is currently 1928 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?
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 44.62% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 41.07% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.67 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.33 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 9 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.42, APG: +0.08, RPG: +0.73, MPG: +7.1 STLS: +0.45 BLKS: +0.15
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ausar Thompson

No Injury Reported

Injury Sam Merrill

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ausar Thompson
DateOpponentResult
Mar 11VS WASW 123-103
Mar 13VS WAS
Mar 15VS OKC
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.001.005.0020.000.002.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Sam Merrill
DateOpponentResult
Mar 11VS BKNW 109-104
Mar 14@MEM
Mar 16VS ORL
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
5.001.142.0021.430.570.007
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ausar Thompson
18.93
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Sam Merrill
10.71
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ausar Thompson
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
23-24 DET 63 24.6 .483 .186 .597 8.8 1.9 6.4 0.9 1.1 1.3
24-25 DET 44 21.2 .548 .206 .598 9.5 2.3 5.0 0.5 1.8 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 32 24.6 .483 .186 .597 8.8 1.9 6.4 0.9 1.1 1.3
Totals 107 23.2 .509 .191 .597 9.1 2.0 5.8 0.8 1.4 1.4
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 56 18.8 .403 .369 .966 7.1 1.4 2.1 0.2 0.7 0.4
3-YEAR AVG 38 12.8 .413 .404 .895 5.9 1.3 1.5 0.1 0.3 0.3
Totals 176 14.7 .407 .390 .929 6.2 1.3 1.7 0.1 0.4 0.3
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