Nathan Mensah Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2023-24

Inside his season

Through Feb. 9

Mensah is averaging 1.3 points a game on 49.6% true shooting. He's making 42.9% of his twos, and takes 42.9 free throws per 100 shots.

Tonight at the Clippers

Last time, Dec. 26, 2023: no points on 0 for 0 shooting, no assists and 1 rebound in a 113-104 loss.

His work inside

He's grabbing 7.6 rebounds per 36 minutes, 134th among the 436 players with 200 minutes.
He's blocking 1.6 shots per 36 minutes, 41st.

With him on the floor

The Hornets have been outscored by 30.0 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 91.6 to 121.6, with garbage time left out. They're minus 11.4 overall.

There's no full season before this one to compare him with.

Lineup numbers leave garbage time out and count points per 100 the NBA’s way; ages are exact, game by game, from 2015-16 on.

Inside his season

His last game

Feb. 9, 2024, a 120-84 loss at Milwaukee

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His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Before this game he averaged 1.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 24 regular-season games.

Shot making: 4 points from the field on 3 shotsabout what the league scores from the same zones
Guarded by: Antetokounmpo: 6 poss, 0 ptsJackson: 6 poss, 2 ptsPortis: 6 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Antetokounmpo: 12 poss, 2 ptsPortis: 6 poss, 6 ptsLopez: 3 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 1.32 miles4.13 mph on average10 touches
Hustle: 3 shots contested1 box-out1 screen assist
Rating: Performance Score −2.766.7% true shooting8.3% usage

His last game

His season

Career

1 season

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2023-24CHA	CHA	25	12.3	1.3	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.6	.429	0.0	–	.750	.496	−5.3
Career1 season	1 season	25	12.3	1.3	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.6	.429	0.0	–	.750	.496	−5.3

Blue: his best season in each column (20 games or more, four in the playoffs; 3P% with two tries a game, FT% with one).

Career bests

Performance Score, 25 games

Best game+2.84 points on 2 for 2 shooting at Indiana, Dec. 20, 2023Box score Best four games+0.21.5 points a game, Dec. 20 to 28, 2023Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Mensah	NBA avg
Paint	66.7%	44.0%
Mid-range	6.1%	7.3%
Threes	0.0%	33.7%
Free throws	27.3%	14.9%
Fast break	0.0%	12.6%
Off turnovers	12.1%	14.4%
Unassisted makes	33.3%	36.8%

Advanced

2023-24, 25 games

Usage rate	6.8%
Assist rate	4.3%
Assists per turnover	0.64
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	24.6
Offensive rating	94.9
Defensive rating	114.5
Net rating	−19.6
Offensive rebound rate	8.7%
Defensive rebound rate	12.7%
Effective FG%	42.9%
Fouls drawn a game	0.8

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 25.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Mensah	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	57.1%	29.6%	56.3%	66.3%
Paint (non-rim)	39.3%	19.7%	18.2%	44.1%
Mid-range	3.6%	11.2%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Feb 9	@ MIL	L84–120	18:06	4	4	0	0	0	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	4	−11
Feb 7	vs TOR	L117–123	5:50	0	1	0	0	0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	+4
Feb 4	vs IND	L99–115	1:44	0	0	0	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0
Feb 2	@ OKC	L106–126	6:12	0	1	0	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	+10
Jan 31	vs CHI	L110–117

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	10–25	89.3%	41.4%	40.0%	59.8%
8–16 ft	2–3	10.7%	13.4%	66.7%	44.3%
16–24 ft	0–0	0.0%	5.7%	—	40.7%
24+ ft	0–0	0.0%	39.3%	—	36.8%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	3–3	10.7%	6.0%	100.0%	89.1%
Layups	6–15	53.6%	27.4%	40.0%	56.8%
Floaters	2–6	21.4%	8.4%	33.3%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.0
Contested shots	4.2
Twos contested	3.3
Threes contested	0.9
Charges drawn	0.36
Loose balls recovered	0.1
Box outs	1.3
Screen assists	2.0
Points from screen assists	4.7

Per game	Mensah	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	0.90	1.93
Average speed (mph)	4.15	4.24
Touches	7.8	43.3
Passes	6.1	30.1
Potential assists	0.5	5.0
Secondary assists	0.0	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	3.1	2.7
Defensive rebound chances	3.1	6.0

Stat	Mensah	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	12	0.8	2.8	0.5	27.3%	—	75.0%	35.3%	−7.3
Away	13	1.8	2.5	0.2	52.9%	—	75.0%	58.5%	−3.5
Result

Corner three		0.0%	10.1%	—	39.0%

Above-break three		0.0%	29.2%	—	36.0%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Feb 9	@ MIL	L84–120	18:06	4	4	0	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	−11
Feb 7	vs TOR	L117–123	5:50	0	1	0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	+4
Feb 4	vs IND	L99–115	1:44	0	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0
Feb 2	@ OKC	L106–126	6:12	0	1	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	+10
Jan 31	vs CHI	L110–117	8:40	0	1	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	−6
Jan 29	vs NYK	L92–113	6:01	0	1	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	−7
Jan 26	vs HOU	L104–138	6:45	0	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	+3
Jan 24	@ DET	L106–113	7:11	0	2	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	−10
Jan 22	@ MIN	W128–125	14:58	2	3	1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	−3
Jan 20	vs PHI	L89–97	17:46	0	3	2	0–0	0–0	0–0	3	+9

Hooks	1–2	7.1%	3.0%	50.0%	47.3%

Month

Dec

1.7

3.3

0.2

57.1%

—

50.0%

57.1%

−9.8

Jan

1.3

2.6

0.5

37.5%

—

87.5%

48.7%

−5.1

Feb

1.0

1.5

0.0

40.0%

—

40.0%

+0.8

Nathan Mensah

Inside his season

Tonight at the Clippers

His work inside

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Advanced

Shot profile

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

By shot type

Hustle

Movement and touches

Rim defense

Pick your games

Splits

Last 10 games

Trends

Career bests

His last game

Inside his season

Tonight at the Clippers

His work inside

With him on the floor