Cooper Flagg or Trey Murphy III: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball
Net Prophet ranks Cooper Flagg 14th and Trey Murphy III 16th for the 2026-27 season, 2 picks apart. A category counts as won only when the projected gap clears 0.25 standard deviations of that category across the 177 ranked players this comparison is drawn from.
Cooper Flagg wins 4 of the nine categories, Trey Murphy III wins 4, and 1 is too close to call.
Our board separates them by 2 picks; consensus ADP separates them by 19 picks, with Cooper Flagg going earlier in the room.
Cooper Flagg leads in PTS, 24.1 to 21.8 per game as the board projects them.
Both are eligible at SG/SF, so this is a straight swap for the same roster slot.
The board grades Cooper Flagg "durable" for availability and Trey Murphy III "moderate".
Both rank inside the 177 players this comparison set is drawn from.
Draft position
Where each is ranked and where the room is taking them (2026-27).
Measure
Cooper Flagg
Trey Murphy III
Net Prophet rank
#14
#16
Consensus ADP
#32
#51
Category by category
Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category
Cooper Flagg
Trey Murphy III
Edge
PTS
24.1
21.8
Cooper Flagg wins
REB
6.9
5.6
Cooper Flagg wins
AST
5.6
4.1
Cooper Flagg wins
STL
1.2
1.3
Trey Murphy III wins
BLK
0.9
0.4
Cooper Flagg wins
3PM
1.2
3.3
Trey Murphy III wins
TO
2.5
1.9
Trey Murphy III wins
FG%
46.9%
46.3%
too close to call
FT%
81.7%
89.0%
Trey Murphy III wins
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