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Nick Richards or JaVale McGee

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Nick Richards

Nick Richards

C • Charlotte Hornets CHA
JaVale McGee

JaVale McGee

C • Dallas Mavericks DAL
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Nick Richards
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
4.000.001.5010.500.502.502
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
Performance JaVale McGee
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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
3.000.000.003.000.000.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nick Richards
OWN
 
10%
+2.85 compared to last week
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9%
+2.76 compared to last week
OWN/START JaVale McGee
OWN
 
6%
+0.76 compared to last week
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4%
+0.44 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nick Richards
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus JaVale McGee
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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 73.33% 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 0.93 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.44, APG: +0.3, RPG: +3.72, MPG: +10.04 STLS: +0.09 BLKS: +0.55
Breakdown JaVale McGee

    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 62nd with 219 total points (8.11 avg).
  • He is currently 1978 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.1.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 70.00% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.20 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 1.07 rpg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 24 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -4.64, APG: -0.31, RPG: -3.6, MPG: --6.24 STLS: --0.12 BLKS: --0.19
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Nick Richards

No Injury Reported

Injury JaVale McGee

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nick Richards
DateOpponentResult
Jan 23@UTAL 120-102
Jan 24@PHOL 128-97
Jan 26VS CHIW 111-96
Jan 29VS MIA
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.400.202.8013.800.401.605
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups JaVale McGee
DateOpponentResult
Jan 24VS WASL 127-126
Jan 26@PHOW 99-95
Jan 28@UTAL 108-100
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
3.330.333.009.330.670.673
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Nick Richards
7.70
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating JaVale McGee
6.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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
Career JaVale McGee
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
08-09 WAS 76 15.1 .494 .0 .661 6.4 0.3 3.9 1.0 0.4 0.8
09-10 WAS 59 16.3 .510 .0 .638 6.6 0.2 4.1 1.7 0.3 0.9
10-11 WAS 79 27.5 .550 .0 .585 10.1 0.5 8.0 2.4 0.5 1.3
11-12 WAS 61 25.0 .556 .0 .461 11.3 0.5 7.8 2.2 0.6 1.4
12-13 DEN 79 17.9 .574 .1000 .591 9.0 0.3 4.8 2.0 0.4 1.1
13-14 DEN 5 15.7 .436 .0 .1000 7.0 0.4 3.4 1.4 0.2 1.6
14-15 DEN 22 10.7 .549 .0 .645 4.5 0.1 2.7 0.8 0.1 0.8
15-16 DAL 33 10.5 .579 .0 .500 4.9 0.1 3.8 0.8 0.2 0.6
16-17 GS 75 9.4 .646 .0 .509 5.9 0.2 3.1 0.9 0.3 0.5
17-18 GS 64 9.3 .613 .0 .731 4.7 0.5 2.6 0.9 0.3 0.4
18-19 LAL 76 22.0 .626 .83 .623 12.0 0.7 7.7 1.9 0.6 1.4
19-20 LAL 61 16.6 .640 .500 .653 6.8 0.6 5.8 1.5 0.5 0.8
20-21 CLE 39 14.1 .517 .238 .656 7.5 0.9 5.0 1.2 0.5 1.4
21-22 PHO 83 14.9 .638 .222 .721 9.1 0.6 6.4 1.0 0.3 1.3
22-23 DAL 27 7.5 .623 .250 .560 4.1 0.3 2.5 0.6 0.1 0.9
3-YEAR AVG 67 15.2 .602 .244 .681 7.7 0.6 5.9 1.2 0.4 1.1
Totals 862 16.4 .577 .176 .607 7.8 0.4 5.2 1.4 0.4 1.0
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