Nick Richards

Charlotte Hornets

Position:

C

Offensive Role:

Defensive Role:

Hang Back Big

Height:

6'10.5"

Positional Size:

C+

Weight:

245

Wingspan:

7'2.25"

Age:

27

Hometown:

Kingston, Jamaica

Nick Richards Stats

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	GP	MPG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2021	18	3.5	0.2 - 0.5	0.444	0 - 0.1	0	0.4 - 0.6	0.636	0.6	0.1	0	0	0.4	0.2	0.8
2022	50	7.3	1.2 - 1.8	0.667	0 - 0	0	0.6 - 0.9	0.698	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1	0.5	3
2023	65	18.7	3 - 4.8	62.9	0 - 0	100	2.1 - 2.8	74.9	6.4	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.4	0.9	8.2
2024	67	26.2	3.9 - 5.6	69.1	0 - 0	0	2 - 2.7	73.7	8	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.6	1.1	9.7
2025	5	27.4 ↑	4.2 - 6.6 ↑	63.6 ↓	0 - 0.2 –	0.0 ↓	2.6 - 4.4 ↑	59.1 ↓	10 ↑	1.8 ↑	0.4 ↑	2.4 ↑	2.8 ↑	1.4 ↑	11 ↑
Career	205	17.3	2.6 - 4	66.0	0 - 0	25.0	1.6 - 2.1	72.8	5.4	0.6	0.2	0.9	2	0.8	6.8

	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2021	63	54.2	11.1	122.2								-0.1
2022	367	68.9		47.8		1.3	18.2	0.7	0.4	6		-0.1
2023	1217	67.6	0.3	58.5	44.8	1.3	18.9	1	1.5	6	0.79	0.2
2024	1759	71.7	0.3	47.6	44.8	1	16.1	0.6	0.6	7	0.21	-0.1
2025	137	64.4	3	66.7		1.5	22	3.5	0.8	7	0.11	0.1

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2021	63										-5.9	-2.1	-8
2022	367				-1.7	-0.2	-1.9				-2.6	-0.2	-2.8
2023	1217	-0.9	0	-0.9	-1.3	0.3	-1				-1	-0.2	-1.3
2024	1759	-2	-0.1	-2.1	-1.3	0.4	-0.9	-1.1	0.6	-0.5	-1.6	-0.7	-2.3
2025	137	-1.1 30%	0.3 63%	-0.8 46%	-1.2	0.4	-0.8	-1.2	0.7	-0.5	0.1	0.3	0.4

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	69.9%	97
SQ	33.6	19
FTr	52.4%	98
3PAr	1%	5
ORB	2.1	96
cTOV	12.2%	7
Load	17.6	20
Creation	1.1	18
Portability	0.6	9
Passer Rating	1.3	6
CraftedOPM	-1.8	13

Stat	Value
Deflections	1	7
raDTOV	-0.1	38
DRB	0.2	72
Rim Defense	-1.8	57
Rim Frequency	50.3	99
BLKpct	5.1	95
Versatility	7	14
rPF	0.8	24
CraftedDPM	0	50

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 137 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Drew Eubanks	92
2	Jaxson Hayes	92
3	Bruno Fernando	92
4	Walker Kessler	90
5	DeAndre Jordan	89
6	Rudy Gobert	89
7	Donovan Clingan	88
8	Moussa Diabaté	87
9	Zach Edey	87
10	Isaiah Jackson	85

defense

	Player	Score
1	Thomas Bryant	90
2	Jett Howard	89
3	Trayce Jackson-Davis	88
4	Matas Buzelis	86
5	Jalen Smith	85
6	Onyeka Okongwu	84
7	Yves Missi	84
8	Daniel Theis	83
9	Bruno Fernando	83
10	Jock Landale	83

overall

	Player	Score
1	Drew Eubanks	88
2	Bruno Fernando	88
3	DeAndre Jordan	86
4	Walker Kessler	86
5	Zach Edey	86
6	James Wiseman	85
7	Jaxson Hayes	85
8	Rudy Gobert	84
9	Yves Missi	84
10	Dereck Lively II	83

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.