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Doug McDermott or Nick Richards

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Doug McDermott

Doug McDermott

SF • San Antonio Spurs SA
Nick Richards

Nick Richards

C • Charlotte Hornets CHA
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Doug McDermott
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.001.501.5021.500.250.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.000.861.1419.860.430.007
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 Doug McDermott
OWN
 
4%
+0.83 compared to last week
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2%
-0.78 compared to last week
OWN/START Nick Richards
OWN
 
5%
-0.08 compared to last week
START
 
5%
+1.26 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Doug McDermott
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Richards
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Doug McDermott

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SF's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 48th with 630 total points (14.65 avg).
  • He is currently 1400 points behind the leader: LeBron James
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.1 PPG.

    • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.57% from the field this month. Very good.
  • Shooting 44.00% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 1.00 apg this month.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 13 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.64, APG: +0.4, RPG: +0.53, MPG: +2.39 STLS: +0.03 BLKS: +0.05
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 1625 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 17 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.52, APG: +0.31, RPG: +3.72, MPG: +10.08 STLS: +0.09 BLKS: +0.56
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Doug McDermott

No Injury Reported

Injury Nick Richards

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Doug McDermott
DateOpponentResult
Oct 19VS CHAL 129-102
Oct 21@INDW 137-134
Oct 22@PHIW 114-105
Oct 24@MINW 115-106
Oct 26@MINL 134-122
Oct 28VS CHIW 129-124
Oct 30VS MINW 107-98
Nov 02VS TORL 143-100
Nov 04VS LACL 113-106
Nov 05@DENL 126-101
Nov 07VS DENL 115-109
Nov 09VS MEML 124-122
Nov 11VS MILW 111-93
Nov 14@GSL 132-95
Nov 15@PORL 117-110
Nov 17@SACL 130-112
Nov 19@LACL 119-97
Nov 20@LALL 123-92
Nov 23VS NOL 129-110
Nov 25VS LALL 105-94
Nov 26VS LALL 143-138
Nov 30@OKCL 119-111
Dec 02VS NOL 117-99
Dec 04VS PHOL 133-95
Dec 08VS HOUW 118-109
Dec 10@MIAW 115-111
Dec 12VS CLEW 112-111
Dec 14VS PORL 128-112
Dec 17VS MIAL 111-101
Dec 19@HOUW 124-105
Dec 22@NOL 126-117
Dec 23@ORLL 133-113
Dec 26VS UTAW 126-122
Dec 27@OKCL 130-114
Dec 29VS NYW 122-115
Dec 31VS DALL 126-125
Jan 02@BKNL 139-103
Jan 04@NYL 117-114
Jan 06VS DETW 121-109
Jan 07VS BOSL 121-116
Jan 09@MEML 121-113
Jan 11@MEML 135-129
Jan 13VS GSL 144-113
Jan 15VS SACL 132-119
Jan 17VS BKNW 106-98
Jan 20VS LACL 131-126
Jan 23@PORL 147-127
Jan 25@LALL 113-104
Jan 26@LACL 138-100
Jan 28VS PHOL 128-118
Jan 30VS WASL 127-106
Feb 01VS SACL 119-109
Feb 03VS PHI
Week Today Home Away
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
10.091.402.3520.050.190.1443
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 Doug McDermott
9.08
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Richards
7.70
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Doug McDermott
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
14-15 CHI 36 8.7 .402 .317 .667 3.0 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.1 0.5
15-16 CHI 81 22.8 .452 .425 .857 9.4 0.7 2.4 0.1 0.2 0.6
16-17 CHI 44 24.5 .445 .376 .881 10.2 1.0 3.0 0.1 0.3 0.7
17-18 NY 81 21.8 .467 .426 .790 7.8 1.0 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.7
18-19 IND 78 17.2 .492 .409 .840 7.4 0.9 1.4 0.1 0.2 0.6
19-20 IND 62 19.8 .491 .445 .827 10.4 1.1 2.5 0.1 0.2 0.6
20-21 IND 57 23.8 .533 .385 .814 13.4 1.3 3.5 0.1 0.3 0.8
21-22 SA 56 23.2 .458 .422 .804 11.1 1.3 2.3 0.1 0.3 0.8
22-23 SA 43 20.0 .474 .423 .781 10.1 1.4 2.3 0.1 0.2 1.0
3-YEAR AVG 64 22.2 .497 .417 .819 11.8 1.2 2.7 0.1 0.2 0.7
Totals 556 20.7 .477 .414 .824 9.4 1.0 2.3 0.1 0.2 0.7
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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