DRAFT ADVICE AND POSITION RANK

Draft Paul George as a weekly fantasy starter in 2019-2020. His 3218 projected fantasy points puts him at #5 behind Luka Doncic and ahead of Ben Simmons. He is expected to be out through 10/21 which impacts his fantasy ranking. He has averaged 44.4 fantasy points in his past 77 games, which is more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 39.2 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#6) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is owned in 100% of fantasy leagues so everyone expects him to be an elite forward. He is projected to be very good, but not one of the very best at his position. Paul George is expected to come up slightly short of last season's #2 fantasy position rank.

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WEEK 1 AND 2 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Paul George is projected for 115.4 fantasy points in 3 games the rest of week which is good enough to be the #5 ranked forward and a must start for most owners. This is projected to be a better than average week with more fantasy points per game than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Blake Griffin but behind Kawhi Leonard the rest of the week. Week 2 is projected to be slightly better based on projected rank (#3). He is projected for 158.4 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Below the projection are actual stats from last season.