Nick Richards

6'11"245 lb

Born 1997-11-29 (Age: 24)Pre-NBA: Kentucky

2020Rd 2Pk 42NO

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2026-27	-	-	-	-
2025-26	5.8	0.3	5.1	56.2%
2024-25	9.3	0.9	8.2	63.4%
2023-24	9.7	0.8	8.0	71.7%
2022-23	8.2	0.6	6.4	67.6%

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2026-27 · MIA

Drafted 42nd in 2020 (second round) by the Pelicans. First logged with the Hornets on Nov 30, 2020. How they got him

2021-22 percentile ranking

20-2125-26

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Season stats

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Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2025-26	PHX/CHI	48	5.8	0.3	5.1	14.6	1.6	3.5	1.2	1.8
2024-25	CHA/PHX	57	9.3	0.9	8.2	22.0	2.6	5.6	1.4	2.5
2023-24	CHA	67	9.7	0.8	8.0	26.3	2.6	5.5	1.1	2.6
2022-23	CHA	65	8.2	0.6	6.4	18.7	2.3	4.1	0.9	2.4
2021-22	CHA	50	3.0	0.3	1.7	7.3	0.7	1.0	0.5	1.0
2020-21	CHA	18	0.8	0.1	0.6	3.5	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.4

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Contract

$2.4M over 2026-27 only · $2.4M guaranteed

MIA payroll

Projected surplus

+$1.4M

80% range -$1.2M to +$8.5M

Estimated worth

$3.8M

Against $2.4M in salary

Among contracts

36th percentile

By total surplus, of 406 we can estimate

Projected to be worth more than his salary this season.

Surplus

2026-27Paid $2.4M, worth about $3.8M (likely $1.3M to $10.9M)

Salary
Estimated worth
Likely range (80%)
Gain or loss

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27	$2.4M	$3.8M	$1.3M–$10.9M	+$1.4M	—

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (15,241 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

Signed 1-yr minimum contract August 27, 2026.

How this works

Worth is what his projected DRBL wins would cost on the open market. We count wins above a minimum-salary player in the same minutes and price them at what teams paid per DRBL win from 2020-21 to 2025-26: 9.8% of the cap, about $16.2M in 2026-27.

Projections weight his last 3 seasons 3, 2 and 1, newest first, and pull toward what players at his salary usually produce, then adjust for age. Playing time comes from recent minutes, age and salary, since teams play the players they pay. A season lost to injury still pulls the playing time down.

Surplus is worth minus salary. A team can always bench a player, so worth never drops below the minimum salary. A player option leaves the team only the downside, because he walks when he could earn more. A team option or a non-guaranteed year leaves only the upside.

To test it, we refit the model three times, each with only the seasons through 2022-23, 2023-24 or 2024-25, valued what players were actually paid afterward, and compared with what they did. The typical miss the next season was 0.91 wins, against 1.09 for assuming a player repeats his last season. Three seasons out it was 1.18 wins, against 1.54. 12% of players beat the top of the range. Fewer than 2% fell below the bottom, since worth can't drop under the minimum salary.

Cap figures after 2026-27 assume 5.8% growth a year, the recent average. The percentile compares total surplus across the 406 current contracts we can estimate.

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Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Impact								Profile								Shooting														Defense								Hustle						Advanced
Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	DARKO	DARKO-O	DARKO-D	WAR1	VORP	DRBL/100	DRBL-O	DRBL-D	MP	PTS	TRB	ORB	DRB	AST	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	eFG%	TS%	STL	BLK	STL%	BLK%	DRB%	DRtg	DBPM	DWS	Defl	Contest	ScrAst	Chrg	Loose	BoxOut	3PAr	FTr	USG%	TOV%	AST%	ORB%	TRB%	AST/TO	ORtg	NET	PER	OWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	BPM
2025-26	28	PHX/CHI	C	48	6	-1.57	-1.44	-0.12	-1.4	-0.7	-1.1	-1.3	-1.8	14.6	5.8	5.1	1.6	3.5	0.3	1.2	1.8	2.1	4.2	51.2%	0.1	0.4	27.8%	2.0	3.8	53.6%	1.4	2.1	64.4%	52.5%	56.2%	0.2	0.7	0.7%	4.1%	25.6%	116.0	-1.2	0.8	0.6	4.0	1.9	-	0.2	0.9	9.0%	0.502	18.2%	19.4%	3.2%	11.8%	18.7%	0.25	105.0	-11.0	11.9	-0.2	0.6	0.040	-4.9	-6.1
2024-25	27	CHA/PHX	C	57	43	-0.58	-1.19	0.61	-1.1	-0.4	-0.6	0.8	-2.2	22.0	9.3	8.2	2.6	5.6	0.9	1.4	2.5	3.6	6.1	59.1%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	3.6	6.1	59.4%	2.1	2.8	74.4%	59.1%	63.4%	0.2	1.0	0.5%	4.2%	27.5%	117.0	-1.3	1.2	0.7	7.3	3.3	0.1	0.4	1.7	0.6%	0.461	17.3%	16.3%	5.9%	13.1%	20.4%	0.64	122.0	5.0	16.6	1.8	3.0	0.114	-2.0	-3.3
2023-24	26	CHA	C	67	51	-0.58	-1.11	0.53	1.3	-0.1	0.6	2.6	-1.3	26.3	9.7	8.0	2.6	5.5	0.8	1.1	2.6	3.9	5.6	69.1%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	3.9	5.6	69.3%	2.0	2.7	73.7%	69.1%	71.7%	0.4	1.1	0.7%	3.9%	24.2%	118.0	-0.7	1.3	0.7	6.5	4.3	0.0	0.5	2.1	0.3%	0.476	13.3%	13.8%	4.5%	10.7%	17.2%	0.73	134.0	16.0	16.7	3.8	5.1	0.140	-1.6	-2.3
2022-23	25	CHA	C	65	9	-1.32	-1.75	0.43	1.5	0.2	0.8	2.9	-0.8	18.7	8.2	6.4	2.3	4.1	0.6	0.9	2.4	3.0	4.8	62.9%	0.0	0.0	100.0%	3.0	4.8	62.8%	2.1	2.8	74.9%	63.1%	67.6%	0.2	1.1	0.4%	5.1%	24.0%	113.0	-0.2	1.5	0.6	6.4	2.9	0.0	0.2	1.3	0.3%	0.585	15.6%	13.0%	4.5%	12.6%	18.2%	0.67	130.0	17.0	18.3	2.7	4.2	0.165	-1.0	-1.3
2021-22	24	CHA	C	50	5	-1.48	-2.03	0.55	0.1	-0.1	0.1	1.1	-0.9	7.3	3.0	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.2	1.8	66.7%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	1.2	1.8	66.7%	0.6	0.9	69.8%	66.7%	68.9%	0.2	0.4	1.2%	5.4%	15.2%	113.0	-0.2	0.3	0.2	2.5	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0%	0.478	15.4%	18.1%	4.9%	9.7%	12.4%	0.60	122.0	9.0	15.9	0.6	1.0	0.125	-2.6	-2.8
2020-21	23	CHA	PF	18	0	-1.68	-1.79	0.11	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	0.2	3.5	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.5	44.4%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	0.2	0.4	50.0%	0.4	0.6	63.6%	44.4%	54.2%	0.0	0.0	-	-	12.2%	119.0	-2.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.1%	0.012	11.5%	17.8%	4.2%	6.8%	9.5%	0.50	107.0	-12.0	5.5	-	-	0.026	-5.9	-8.0

Nick Richards

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