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Nick Richards

Phoenix Suns

Birthdate:

11/29/1997 (27)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Rim Protector

Height:

6'10.5"

Weight:

245

Wingspan:

7'2.25"

Positional Size:

B-

Hometown:

Kingston, Jamaica

Nick Richards Stats

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Season	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	44.4	0 - 0.1	0	0.4 - 0.6	63.6	0.6	0.1	0	0	0.4	0.2	0.8
2022	50	7.3	1.2 - 1.8	66.7	0 - 0	0	0.6 - 0.9	69.8	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	57	22 ↑	3.6 - 6.1 ↑	59.1 ↓	0 - 0 –	0.0 ↓	2.1 - 2.8 ↑	74.4 ↑	8.2 ↑	0.9 ↑	0.2 –	1 ↑	2.5 ↑	1.4 ↑	9.3 ↑
Career	257	18.1	2.8 - 4.4	64.0	0 - 0	20.0	1.7 - 2.2	73.8	5.9	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	0.9	7.3

Season	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	1197	63.4	0.6	47.2	43.5	1.6	21.4	0.4	0.2	10.1	0.3	-0.4

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	1197	-1.2 35%	-0.5 28%	-1.9 24%	-1.4	-0.3	-1.7	-1.1	0.6	-0.4	-1.9	-1.3	-3.2

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	65.5%	95
SQ	43.8	29
FTr	47.3%	97
3PAr	0.5%	4
ORB	2	95
cTOV	14.7%	3
Load	20.1	21
Creation	1.5	28
Portability	0.3	4
Passer Rating	0.5	2
CraftedOPM	-1.4	30

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.1	5
raDTOV	-0.4	18
DRB	-0.1	56
Rim Defense	-3.6	71
Rim Frequency	46.9	97
BLKpct	4.3	91
Versatility	9.3	12
rPF	1.2	14
CraftedDPM	-0.4	36

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 1197 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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1	Bruno Fernando	85
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*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.