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Chris Boucher or Nick Richards

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Chris Boucher

Chris Boucher

PF • Toronto Raptors TOR
Nick Richards

Nick Richards

C • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Chris Boucher
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.500.507.7520.500.501.254
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.670.337.1720.670.831.006
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nick Richards
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.000.001.5010.500.502.502
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Chris Boucher
OWN
42%
-0.77 compared to last week
START
31%
+0.21 compared to last week
OWN/START Nick Richards
OWN
 
5%
-1.28 compared to last week
START
 
4%
+1.34 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Chris Boucher
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Richards
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Chris Boucher

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among PF's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 29th with 844 total points (19.18 avg).
  • He is currently 1277 points behind the leader: Julius Randle
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.1 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 50.00% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 40.00% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.38 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are pretty bad for a center / power forward with 4.69 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 10 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.6, APG: +0.18, RPG: +0.55, MPG: +2.63 STLS: +0.16 BLKS: --0.18
Breakdown Nick Richards

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 37th with 641 total points (16.87 avg).
  • He is currently 1556 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.4.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 71.43% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 0.86 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.47, APG: +0.31, RPG: +3.73, MPG: +10.1 STLS: +0.09 BLKS: +0.56
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Chris Boucher

No Injury Reported

Injury Nick Richards

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Chris Boucher
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19VS CLEW 108-105
Oct 21@BKNL 109-105
Oct 22@MIAL 112-109
Oct 24@MIAW 98-90
Oct 26VS PHIW 119-109
Oct 28VS PHIL 112-90
Oct 31VS ATLW 139-109
Nov 02@SAW 143-100
Nov 04@DALL 111-110
Nov 06VS CHIW 113-104
Nov 07@CHIL 111-97
Nov 09VS HOUW 116-109
Nov 11@OKCL 132-113
Nov 12@INDL 118-104
Nov 14@DETW 115-111
Nov 16VS MIAW 112-104
Nov 19@ATLL 124-122
Nov 23VS BKNL 112-98
Nov 26VS DALW 105-100
Nov 28VS CLEW 100-88
Nov 30@NOL 126-108
Dec 02@BKNL 114-105
Dec 03VS ORLW 121-108
Dec 05VS BOSL 116-110
Dec 07VS LALW 126-113
Dec 09@ORLL 113-109
Dec 11@ORLL 111-99
Dec 14VS SACL 124-123
Dec 16VS BKNL 119-116
Dec 18VS GSL 126-110
Dec 19@PHIL 104-101
Dec 21@NYW 113-106
Dec 23@CLEW 118-107
Dec 27VS LACL 124-113
Dec 29VS MEML 119-106
Dec 30VS PHOW 113-104
Jan 02@INDL 122-114
Jan 04VS MILL 104-101
Jan 06VS NYL 112-108
Jan 08VS PORW 117-105
Jan 10VS CHAW 132-120
Jan 12VS CHAW 124-114
Jan 14VS ATLL 114-103
Jan 16@NYW 123-121
Jan 17@MILL 130-122
Jan 19@MINL 128-126
Jan 21VS BOSL 106-104
Jan 22VS NYW 125-116
Jan 25@SACW 113-95
Jan 27@GSL 129-117
Jan 28@PORW 123-105
Jan 30@PHOL 114-106
Feb 01@UTA
Feb 03@HOU
Feb 05@MEM
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.320.485.5719.800.700.7544
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nick Richards
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19@SAW 129-102
Oct 21VS NOL 124-112
Oct 23@ATLW 126-109
Oct 26@NYL 134-131
Oct 28@ORLL 113-93
Oct 29VS GSW 120-113
Oct 31VS SACL 115-108
Nov 02@CHIL 106-88
Nov 04@MEML 130-99
Nov 05VS BKNL 98-94
Nov 07VS WASL 108-100
Nov 09VS PORL 105-95
Nov 10@MIAL 117-112
Nov 12@MIAL 132-115
Nov 14@ORLW 112-105
Nov 16VS INDL 125-113
Nov 18@CLEL 132-122
Nov 20@WASL 106-102
Nov 23VS PHIW 107-101
Nov 25VS MINW 110-108
Nov 28@BOSL 140-105
Dec 02VS WASW 117-116
Dec 03VS MILL 105-96
Dec 05VS LACL 119-117
Dec 07@BKNL 122-116
Dec 09VS NYL 121-102
Dec 11@PHIL 131-113
Dec 14VS DETL 141-134
Dec 16VS ATLL 125-106
Dec 18@DENL 119-115
Dec 19@SACW 125-119
Dec 21@LACL 126-105
Dec 23@LALW 134-130
Dec 26@PORL 124-113
Dec 27@GSL 110-105
Dec 29VS OKCW 121-113
Dec 31VS BKNL 123-106
Jan 02VS LALL 121-115
Jan 04VS MEML 131-107
Jan 06@MILW 138-109
Jan 08@INDL 116-111
Jan 10@TORL 132-120
Jan 12@TORL 124-114
Jan 14VS BOSL 122-106
Jan 16VS BOSL 130-118
Jan 18@HOUW 122-117
Jan 21@ATLW 122-118
Jan 23@UTAL 120-102
Jan 24@PHOL 128-97
Jan 26VS CHIW 111-96
Jan 29VS MIAW 122-117
Jan 31@MILL 124-115
Feb 02@CHI
Feb 03@DET
Feb 05VS ORL
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.080.535.4716.320.240.8738
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Chris Boucher
13.32
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Richards
7.70
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Chris Boucher
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
18-19 TOR 28 5.8 .443 .342 .867 3.4 0.1 2.0 0.9 0.2 0.2
19-20 TOR 55 13.0 .458 .283 .796 6.3 0.4 4.4 1.0 0.4 0.4
20-21 TOR 59 23.5 .519 .389 .787 13.6 1.1 6.7 1.9 0.6 0.8
21-22 TOR 86 20.7 .477 .303 .783 9.6 0.3 6.1 1.0 0.6 0.5
22-23 TOR 44 19.8 .473 .324 .769 9.3 0.5 5.6 0.8 0.7 0.5
3-YEAR AVG 69 19.3 .490 .338 .785 9.9 0.6 5.8 1.2 0.5 0.6
Totals 281 18.0 .485 .336 .784 9.1 0.5 5.4 1.1 0.5 0.5
Career Nick Richards
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
20-21 CHA 15 3.6 .500 .0 .556 0.9 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2
21-22 CHA 51 7.6 .640 .0 .702 3.2 0.3 2.1 0.4 0.2 0.6
22-23 CHA 38 16.3 .624 .0 .721 8.1 0.5 5.5 0.9 0.2 0.8
3-YEAR AVG 23 6.6 .622 .0 .678 2.6 0.2 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.5
Totals 106 10.1 .623 .0 .706 4.6 0.3 3.1 0.5 0.2 0.6
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