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Max Christie or Nick Richards

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Max Christie

Max Christie

SGDallas Mavericks DAL
Nick Richards

Nick Richards

CPhoenix Suns PHO
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Christie over Richards

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Richards over Christie

 
 
 
 
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Performance Max Christie
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.503.504.0031.250.750.254
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
9.253.253.6331.131.000.138
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 Max Christie
OWN
53%
-9.52 compared to last week
START
38%
-3.12 compared to last week
OWN/START Nick Richards
OWN
50%
+2.58 compared to last week
START
29%
+7.77 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Max Christie
58th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Richards
40th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Max Christie

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 58th among SG's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 35th with 1083 total points (17.75 avg).
  • He is currently 1570 points behind the leader: James Harden
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 38.81% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 33.33% from beyond the arc this month. Not too good.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a shooting guard with 3.46 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 3.69 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 5 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +5.84, APG: +1.13, RPG: +1.25, MPG: +14.39 STLS: +0.57 BLKS: +0.18
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 Max Christie

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 Max Christie
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10@SAW 133-129
Mar 12@SAL 126-116
Mar 14@HOU
Mar 16VS PHI
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
11.603.004.4029.201.000.405
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 Max Christie
12.85
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Richards
19.65
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Max Christie
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
22-23 LAL 39 12.1 .418 .417 .875 3.2 0.5 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.3
23-24 LAL 66 13.9 .423 .353 .804 4.3 0.9 2.2 0.2 0.3 0.5
24-25 LAL 61 26.7 .431 .376 .852 9.5 2.0 3.1 0.4 0.8 1.0
3-YEAR AVG 36 12.9 .423 .370 .803 3.8 0.8 2.0 0.2 0.3 0.4
Totals 170 17.9 .427 .374 .834 5.9 1.2 2.4 0.3 0.5 0.6
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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