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Cooper Flagg
Mavericks · F · 19
Cooper Flagg
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2025-26
25
Pelicans · F · 26
Trey Murphy III
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Cooper Flagg vs Trey Murphy III

8-9categories
Flagg · Murphy III
FlaggMurphy III
70Games
availability
66
33.5Minutes
per game
35.5
21.0Points
per game
21.5
6.7Rebounds
per game
5.7
4.5Assists
per game
3.8
2.1Steals + blocks
per game
1.9
2.3Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.8
46.8%Field goal %47.0%
29.5%Three-point %
3.5 vs 8.6 attempts
37.9%
82.7%Free throw %88.6%
54.8%True shooting
TS%
61.3%
26.4%Usage
USG%
22.3%
21.2%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
16.0%
9.3%Rebound %
of available
7.8%
-5.2Net rating
on court
-3.6
12.8%PIE
player impact estimate
12.2%
-3.8Plus-minus
per game
-2.6

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Trey Murphy III scored more in 2025-26, 0.5 points a game apart (21.5 vs 21.0), on Flagg's heavier usage (26.4% vs 22.3%).

Murphy III is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 61.3% to 54.8%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Flagg (4.5 vs 3.8 assists), the glass to Flagg (6.7 vs 5.7 rebounds).

With Murphy III on the floor his team outscored opponents by -3.6 per 100 possessions, against -5.2 for Flagg; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Flagg $14.5M through 2028-29, Murphy III $27.0M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
FlaggMurphy III
22-48Record when playing21-45
21.7Points at home22.1
20.3Points on the road20.9
22.4Points in wins22.1
20.4Points in losses21.2
51Season high44
1130-point games10
13Double-doubles4
Flagg · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 vs CHI10 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at SAS33 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast
Wed, Apr 8 at PHX11 pts · 11 reb · 6 ast
Tue, Apr 7 at LAC25 pts · 9 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs LAL45 pts · 8 reb · 9 ast
Murphy III · last 5
Fri, Apr 3 at SAC13 pts · 4 reb · 4 ast
Thu, Apr 2 at POR19 pts · 8 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Mar 24 at NYK16 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Sat, Mar 21 vs CLE10 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Mar 19 vs LAC27 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast
Flagg · contract
2026-27$14.5M
2027-28$15.2M
2028-29$19.2M
Murphy III · contract
2026-27$27.0M
2027-28$29.0M
2028-29$31.0M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).