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Anfernee Simons or Nick Richards

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Anfernee Simons

Anfernee Simons

SGPortland Trail Blazers POR
Nick Richards

Nick Richards

CPhoenix Suns PHO
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Simons over Richards

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Anfernee Simons
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Richards over Simons

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nick Richards
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Performance Anfernee Simons
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
21.503.003.2535.001.000.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
23.883.632.8835.131.000.008
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nick Richards
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
14.000.678.6721.330.000.673
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
13.001.149.8624.430.000.717
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Anfernee Simons
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
88%
+8.23 compared to last week
OWN/START Nick Richards
OWN
50%
+2.4 compared to last week
START
28%
+7.29 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Anfernee Simons
44th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Richards
40th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Anfernee Simons

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 44th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 13th with 1869 total points (29.67 avg).
  • He is currently 784 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.3 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 44.77% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 34.71% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are good for a shooting guard with 4.38 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.00 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 1 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.54, APG: +1.36, RPG: +0.37, MPG: +10.44 STLS: +0.53 BLKS: +0.02
Breakdown Nick Richards

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 40th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 33rd with 994 total points (22.09 avg).
  • He is currently 2705 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 4.3 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 67.78% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.64 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 8.14 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 20 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +0.95, APG: +0.29, RPG: +1.71, MPG: --0.44 STLS: --0.07 BLKS: --0.06
Next Up Health Check
Injury Anfernee Simons

No Injury Reported

Injury Nick Richards

ANKLE - Since Mar 12, 2025

Richards is dealing with right ankle soreness and is uncertain to take the court for the Suns
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Anfernee Simons
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10@GSL 130-120
Mar 12VS NYL 114-113
Mar 16VS TOR
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
17.673.002.6733.671.000.003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nick Richards
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10@MEML 120-118
Mar 12@HOUL 111-104
Mar 14VS SAC
Mar 16@LAL
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.001.009.2021.800.000.805
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Anfernee Simons
25.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Richards
19.65
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Anfernee Simons
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
18-19 POR 20 6.9 .444 .345 .563 3.8 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.6
19-20 POR 64 21.4 .402 .340 .818 8.8 1.4 2.3 0.2 0.4 0.9
20-21 POR 55 16.2 .427 .444 .776 8.2 1.5 2.2 0.1 0.3 0.7
21-22 POR 58 29.1 .445 .404 .890 17.5 3.9 2.6 0.1 0.5 2.0
22-23 POR 61 34.5 .447 .378 .892 21.0 4.1 2.6 0.2 0.7 2.0
23-24 POR 45 33.8 .428 .384 .915 22.6 5.5 3.6 0.1 0.5 2.8
24-25 POR 63 32.3 .430 .369 .908 19.3 4.8 2.8 0.1 0.9 2.1
3-YEAR AVG 55 32.4 .441 .388 .900 20.2 4.4 2.9 0.2 0.6 2.2
Totals 386 26.1 .432 .385 .879 14.8 3.2 2.5 0.1 0.5 1.6
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 45 21.5 .596 .0 .721 9.3 1.0 8.5 1.0 0.2 1.4
3-YEAR AVG 60 18.0 .661 .333 .736 7.3 0.6 5.7 0.9 0.2 0.9
Totals 242 17.6 .642 .167 .729 7.2 0.6 5.9 0.9 0.2 0.9
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