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Nick Richards or Fred VanVleet

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

Nick Richards

CPhoenix Suns PHO
Fred VanVleet

Fred VanVleet

PGHouston Rockets HOU
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Richards over VanVleet

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nick Richards
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting VanVleet over Richards

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Fred VanVleet
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Performance Nick Richards
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
6.001.009.5022.500.251.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.290.7111.2923.430.140.867
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Fred VanVleet
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.003.500.5026.000.500.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
12.335.172.6733.500.500.176
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nick Richards
OWN
56%
-12.03 compared to last week
START
35%
-20.99 compared to last week
OWN/START Fred VanVleet
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
39%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nick Richards
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Fred VanVleet
21st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nick Richards

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 28th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 35th with 628 total points (21.66 avg).
  • He is currently 2115 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 1 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 54.84% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.82 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 9.00 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: +1.08, APG: +0.5, RPG: +1.81, MPG: +0.78 STLS: +0.07 BLKS: --0.01
Breakdown Fred VanVleet

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 21st among PG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 18th with 1276 total points (29.67 avg).
  • He is currently 1152 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.9.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 41.53% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 42.35% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • He is ranked 16th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 3.55.
  • Average numbers for a point with 4.07 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 2.07 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 6 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: -1.59, APG: -2.33, RPG: +0.27, MPG: +0.040000000000006 STLS: +0.52 BLKS: --0.5
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nick Richards

No Injury Reported

Injury Fred VanVleet

ANKLE - Since Feb 2, 2025

VanVleet is dealing with a right ankle strain and will not take the court for the Rockets. He is considered week-to-week.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nick Richards
DateOpponentResult
Feb 03@PORL 121-119
Feb 05@OKC
Feb 07VS UTA
Feb 08VS DEN
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
2.750.506.5017.250.500.504
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Fred VanVleet
DateOpponentResult
Feb 03@NYL 124-118
Feb 04@BKNL 99-97
Feb 06@MIN
Feb 08@DAL
Feb 09VS TOR
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
8.505.004.3334.331.670.336
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nick Richards
17.43
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Fred VanVleet
22.87
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 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 29 21.3 .554 .0 .676 8.8 1.2 8.3 1.1 0.3 1.7
3-YEAR AVG 60 18.0 .661 .333 .736 7.3 0.6 5.7 0.9 0.2 0.9
Totals 226 17.3 .640 .167 .720 7.0 0.6 5.7 0.8 0.2 0.9
Career Fred VanVleet
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
16-17 TOR 32 8.5 .359 .393 .850 3.2 0.9 1.2 0.1 0.5 0.5
17-18 TOR 76 20.0 .426 .414 .832 8.6 3.2 2.4 0.3 0.9 1.0
18-19 TOR 66 27.2 .405 .373 .848 10.8 4.8 2.6 0.3 0.9 1.3
19-20 TOR 48 35.6 .409 .388 .843 17.6 6.6 3.8 0.3 1.8 2.3
20-21 TOR 50 35.7 .391 .367 .886 19.4 6.2 4.2 0.7 1.7 1.8
21-22 TOR 74 36.1 .402 .377 .866 19.3 6.5 4.3 0.5 1.7 2.4
22-23 TOR 68 36.3 .390 .342 .889 19.2 7.3 4.2 0.5 1.8 2.0
23-24 HOU 72 36.3 .415 .386 .862 17.3 8.1 3.8 0.8 1.4 1.7
24-25 HOU 43 34.8 .384 .342 .825 14.2 5.5 3.9 0.4 1.6 1.6
3-YEAR AVG 71 36.2 .402 .368 .873 18.6 7.3 4.1 0.6 1.6 2.1
Totals 537 31.0 .402 .372 .863 15.0 5.7 3.5 0.5 1.4 1.7
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