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Kristaps Porzingis or Nick Richards

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Kristaps Porzingis

Kristaps Porzingis

CBoston Celtics BOS
Nick Richards

Nick Richards

CPhoenix Suns PHO
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Porzingis over Richards

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Kristaps Porzingis
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Richards over Porzingis

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nick Richards
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Performance Kristaps Porzingis
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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
0
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
13.501.008.8323.330.000.676
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kristaps Porzingis
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
42%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Nick Richards
OWN
49%
-1.84 compared to last week
START
25%
-9.97 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kristaps Porzingis
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Richards
37th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kristaps Porzingis

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 7th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 30th with 1030 total points (33.23 avg).
  • He is currently 2669 points behind the leader: Nikola Jokic
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 33.2.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 47.17% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 45.45% from beyond the arc this month. Pretty damn good.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.42 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are bad for a center / power forward at 1.58 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 35 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.5, APG: +0.54, RPG: +1.74, MPG: +7.93 STLS: +0.37 BLKS: +0.34
Breakdown Nick Richards

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 37th 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 slightly better numbers than 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 68.60% from the field this month. Very impressive for a big man.
  • Assists per game numbers are 0.62 apg.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are good for a center / power forward with 8.46 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 Kristaps Porzingis

ILLNESS - Since Mar 11, 2025

Porzingis is battling an illness and is uncertain to take the court for the Celtics.
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 Kristaps Porzingis
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10VS UTAW 114-108
Mar 12VS OKCL 118-112
Mar 14@MIA
Mar 15@BKN
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.001.509.0030.500.501.002
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 Kristaps Porzingis
22.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Richards
19.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Kristaps Porzingis
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
15-16 NY 71 28.2 .424 .339 .842 14.3 1.3 7.3 1.8 0.7 1.7
16-17 NY 66 32.8 .450 .358 .786 18.1 1.5 7.2 2.0 0.7 1.8
17-18 NY 48 32.3 .439 .393 .793 22.7 1.2 6.6 2.4 0.8 1.9
19-20 DAL 51 31.1 .420 .349 .776 19.2 1.7 9.5 2.1 0.7 1.6
21-22 DAL 40 30.7 .473 .362 .850 20.2 1.6 9.1 1.5 0.5 1.3
21-22 DAL 53 28.1 .466 .313 .854 19.9 2.4 8.0 1.7 0.8 1.6
22-23 WAS 64 32.1 .499 .389 .853 23.2 2.6 8.4 1.5 0.9 2.1
23-24 BOS 61 28.9 .510 .377 .861 19.6 2.0 7.0 1.9 0.8 1.5
24-25 BOS 31 28.3 .472 .404 .816 18.7 1.9 6.6 1.6 0.8 1.2
3-YEAR AVG 59 29.8 .492 .363 .856 21.0 2.3 7.8 1.7 0.8 1.8
Totals 504 30.4 .462 .364 .830 19.4 1.8 7.7 1.8 0.7 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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