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Lonzo Ball or Nick Richards

Who Should I Start? - Week 15 • Start New
Lonzo Ball

Lonzo Ball

PGChicago Bulls CHI
Nick Richards

Nick Richards

CPhoenix Suns PHO
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ball over Richards

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Lonzo Ball
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Richards over Ball

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nick Richards
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Performance Lonzo Ball
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
7.003.503.5024.502.000.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.203.803.8024.401.600.605
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nick Richards
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.000.509.5021.500.001.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.251.008.7522.250.500.504
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lonzo Ball
OWN
38%
-11.48 compared to last week
START
21%
+0.94 compared to last week
OWN/START Nick Richards
OWN
65%
+3.6 compared to last week
START
39%
-7.13 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lonzo Ball
47th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Richards
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lonzo Ball

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 47th among PG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 52nd with 457 total points (19.04 avg).
  • He is currently 1769 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.4 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 39.76% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 36.62% from beyond the arc this month. Not horrible, but not too good either.
  • He is ranked 26th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.97.
  • Below average point guard averaging only 3.07 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.87 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 22 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +6.5, APG: +3.71, RPG: +3.33, MPG: +20.08 STLS: +1.58 BLKS: +0.54
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 41st with 492 total points (21.39 avg).
  • He is currently 1918 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 56.76% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are alright for a center but nothing to brag about at 1.00 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are average for a center / power forward with 5.70 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 19 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.79, APG: +0.66, RPG: +1.63, MPG: +1.86 STLS: +0.06 BLKS: +0.11
Next Up Health Check
Injury Lonzo Ball

No Injury Reported

Injury Nick Richards

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lonzo Ball
DateOpponentResult
Jan 20@LACW 112-99
Jan 23@GSL 131-106
Jan 25VS PHI
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
5.673.003.0022.671.670.333
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nick Richards
DateOpponentResult
Jan 20@CLEL 118-92
Jan 22@BKNW 108-84
Jan 25VS WAS
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.000.509.5021.500.001.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Lonzo Ball
10.69
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Richards
14.65
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Lonzo Ball
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 LAL 51 34.3 .360 .302 .456 10.2 7.3 7.0 0.8 1.7 2.6
18-19 LAL 48 29.9 .408 .325 .417 9.9 5.5 5.3 0.4 1.5 2.2
19-20 NO 55 32.2 .413 .384 .567 12.5 6.9 6.2 0.5 1.5 3.0
20-21 NO 50 31.1 .421 .378 .786 14.4 5.8 4.6 0.6 1.5 2.2
21-22 CHI 38 33.4 .422 .427 .667 12.6 5.0 5.4 1.0 1.9 2.3
24-25 CHI 24 20.1 .361 .331 .750 6.5 3.7 3.3 0.5 1.6 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 13 33.4 .422 .427 .667 12.6 5.0 5.4 1.0 1.9 2.3
Totals 278 31.1 .399 .362 .581 11.4 6.0 5.5 0.6 1.6 2.4
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 63 18.2 .629 .1000 .747 8.2 0.6 6.4 1.1 0.2 0.9
23-24 CHA 66 25.7 .692 .0 .733 9.7 0.8 8.0 1.1 0.4 1.0
24-25 CHA 23 20.7 .581 .0 .678 8.9 1.3 7.7 1.1 0.3 1.6
3-YEAR AVG 60 18.0 .661 .333 .736 7.3 0.6 5.7 0.9 0.2 0.9
Totals 220 17.1 .647 .200 .722 7.0 0.6 5.5 0.8 0.2 0.9
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