2021–22 Denver Nuggets season
2021–22 Denver Nuggets season | |
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Head coach | Michael Malone |
General manager | Calvin Booth |
President | Tim Connelly |
Owners | Ann Walton Kroenke |
Arena | Ball Arena |
Results | |
Record | 48–34 (.585) |
Place | Division: 2nd (Northwest) Conference: 6th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First Round (lost to Warriors 1–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | Altitude Sports and Entertainment |
Radio | KKSE |
The 2021–22 Denver Nuggets season was the 46th season of the
Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School / club team |
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1 | 26 | Nah'Shon Hyland
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PG/SG | United States | VCU (So.) |
The Nuggets owned one first-round pick in the draft, having their second round pick traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder via the Philadelphia 76ers and Golden State Warriors.[4]
Roster
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Standings
Division
Northwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y – Utah Jazz | 49 | 33 | .598 | – | 29–12 | 20–21 | 15–1 | 82 |
x – Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 1.0 | 23–18 | 25–16 | 6–10 | 82 |
x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 46 | 36 | .561 | 3.0 | 26–15 | 20–21 | 12–4 | 82 |
Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 22.0 | 17–24 | 10–31 | 1–15 | 82 |
Oklahoma City Thunder | 24 | 58 | .293 | 25.0 | 12–29 | 12–29 | 6–10 | 82 |
Conference
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z – Phoenix Suns * | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 82 |
2 | y – Memphis Grizzlies * | 56 | 26 | .683 | 8.0 | 82 |
3 | x – Golden State Warriors | 53 | 29 | .646 | 11.0 | 82 |
4 | x – Dallas Mavericks | 52 | 30 | .634 | 12.0 | 82 |
5 | y – Utah Jazz * | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15.0 | 82 |
6 | x – Denver Nuggets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 16.0 | 82 |
7 | x – Minnesota Timberwolves | 46 | 36 | .561 | 18.0 | 82 |
8 | pi – Los Angeles Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | 82 |
9 | x – New Orleans Pelicans | 36 | 46 | .439 | 28.0 | 82 |
10 | pi − San Antonio Spurs | 34 | 48 | .415 | 30.0 | 82 |
11 | Los Angeles Lakers | 33 | 49 | .402 | 31.0 | 82 |
12 | Sacramento Kings | 30 | 52 | .366 | 34.0 | 82 |
13 | Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 37.0 | 82 |
14 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 24 | 58 | .293 | 40.0 | 82 |
15 | Houston Rockets | 20 | 62 | .244 | 44.0 | 82 |
Game log
Preseason
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Preseason: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1)
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2021–22 preseason schedule |
Regular season
2021–22 game log Total: 48–34 (home: 23–18; road: 25–16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
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November: 6–8 (home: 5–3; road: 1–5)
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December: 7–6 (home: 1–2; road: 6–4)
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January: 11–5 (home: 5–3; road: 6–2)
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February: 8–4 (home: 4–1; road: 4–3)
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March: 10–6 (home: 5–5; road: 5–1)
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April: 2–3 (home: 1–3; road: 1–0)
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2021–22 season schedule |
Playoffs
2022 playoff game log Total: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
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Player statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game
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Regular season
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Will Barton | 71 | 71 | 32.1 | .438 | .365 | .803 | 4.8 | 3.9 | .8 | .4 | 14.7 |
Bol Bol | 14 | 0 | 5.8 | .556 | .250 | .400 | 1.4 | .4 | .1 | .1 | 2.4 |
Facundo Campazzo | 65 | 4 | 18.2 | .361 | .301 | .769 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 | .4 | 5.1 |
Vlatko Čančar | 15 | 1 | 11.7 | .561 | .583 | .643 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .1 | .2 | 4.1 |
Petr Cornelie | 13 | 0 | 2.9 | .333 | .125 | .750 | 1.1 | .2 | .1 | .1 | 1.1 |
DeMarcus Cousins | 31 | 2 | 13.9 | .456 | .324 | .736 | 5.5 | 1.7 | .6 | .4 | 8.9 |
PJ Dozier | 18 | 0 | 18.9 | .364 | .313 | .769 | 3.5 | 1.6 | .6 | .3 | 5.4 |
James Ennis III | 3 | 0 | 4.7 | .333 | .000 | .000 | .7 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 1.3 |
Bryn Forbes | 35 | 1 | 17.4 | .424 | .410 | .921 | .9 | 1.0 | .2 | .1 | 8.6 |
Aaron Gordon | 75 | 75 | 31.7 | .520 | .335 | .743 | 5.9 | 2.5 | .6 | .6 | 15.0 |
JaMychal Green | 67 | 8 | 16.2 | .486 | .266 | .871 | 4.2 | .9 | .6 | .4 | 6.4 |
Jeff Green | 75 | 63 | 24.7 | .524 | .315 | .833 | 3.1 | 1.3 | .4 | .4 | 10.3 |
Markus Howard | 31 | 0 | 5.7 | .386 | .400 | .870 | .4 | .2 | .3 | .0 | 4.1 |
Bones Hyland | 69 | 4 | 19.0 | .403 | .366 | .856 | 2.7 | 2.8 | .6 | .3 | 10.1 |
Nikola Jokić | 74 | 74 | 33.5 | .583 | .337 | .810 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 1.5 | .9 | 27.1 |
Carlik Jones | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | .500 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
Monté Morris | 75 | 74 | 29.9 | .484 | .395 | .869 | 3.0 | 4.4 | .7 | .2 | 12.6 |
Zeke Nnaji | 41 | 1 | 17.0 | .516 | .463 | .631 | 3.6 | .4 | .4 | .3 | 6.6 |
Michael Porter Jr. | 9 | 9 | 29.4 | .359 | .208 | .556 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.1 | .2 | 9.9 |
Davon Reed | 48 | 5 | 13.9 | .503 | .430 | .667 | 2.3 | 1.1 | .5 | .2 | 4.4 |
Austin Rivers | 67 | 18 | 22.1 | .417 | .342 | .727 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .8 | .1 | 6.0 |
Rayjon Tucker | 3 | 0 | 9.7 | .500 | .000 | .750 | 1.3 | 1.3 | .3 | .0 | 2.0 |
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Will Barton | 5 | 5 | 34.4 | .409 | .393 | .667 | 5.6 | 2.8 | .8 | .2 | 13.8 |
Facundo Campazzo | 4 | 0 | 3.3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .8 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Vlatko Čančar | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | .667 | .500 | .000 | 1.0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 2.5 |
DeMarcus Cousins | 5 | 0 | 11.4 | .655 | .667 | .733 | 3.4 | 1.2 | .6 | .2 | 10.6 |
Bryn Forbes | 5 | 0 | 15.2 | .400 | .364 | .800 | .6 | 1.4 | .2 | .0 | 4.0 |
Aaron Gordon | 5 | 5 | 32.0 | .426 | .200 | .714 | 7.2 | 2.6 | .4 | 1.2 | 13.8 |
JaMychal Green | 5 | 0 | 13.8 | .375 | .200 | 1.000 | 2.4 | .4 | .0 | .2 | 4.0 |
Jeff Green | 5 | 5 | 22.6 | .353 | .375 | .800 | 3.6 | .4 | .6 | .4 | 3.8 |
Bones Hyland | 5 | 0 | 17.4 | .361 | .348 | .857 | 2.0 | 3.2 | .2 | .0 | 9.2 |
Nikola Jokić | 5 | 5 | 34.2 | .575 | .278 | .848 | 13.2 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 31.0 |
Monté Morris | 5 | 5 | 31.2 | .490 | .423 | .750 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 1.2 | .0 | 14.0 |
Zeke Nnaji | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.5 |
Austin Rivers | 5 | 0 | 21.6 | .444 | .333 | 1.000 | .6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .2 | 4.2 |
Transactions
Overview
Players Added Via draft
Via trade Via free agency |
Players Lost Via trade Via free agency Waived |
Trades
January 19, 2022[7] | Three-team trade | |
To Denver Nuggets
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To Boston Celtics | |
To San Antonio Spurs
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Failed Bol Bol trade
On 10 January 2022, the Nuggets attempted to trade Bol Bol and draft compensation to the Detroit Pistons for Rodney McGruder.[8][9] The trade unraveled three days later, however, as Bol failed his physical examination. Thereafter, the transaction was voided; Bol and McGruder stayed with their respective teams.[10] On 19 January, the Nuggets traded Bol again (along with PJ Dozier), this time to the Boston Celtics, as part of a three-team deal.[11]
Free agency
Re-signed
Date | Player | Contract terms | Ref. |
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August 11, 2021 | Will Barton | 2 Years, $30 million | [12] |
August 15, 2021 | Markus Howard | Two-way contract | [13] |
August 19, 2021 | JaMychal Green | 2 Years, $16.4 million 2022-23 Player Option |
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September 1, 2021 | Austin Rivers | 1 Year, $2.4 million | [15] |
September 28, 2021 | Aaron Gordon | 4 Years, $87 million | [16] |
September 29, 2021 | Michael Porter Jr. | 5 Years, $172 million Max Extension |
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Additions
Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team | Ref. |
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August 12, 2021 | Jeff Green | 2 Years, $9 million 2022–23 Player Option |
Brooklyn Nets | [18] |
September 17, 2021 | Petr Cornelie | Two-way contract | Élan Béarnais | [19] |
December 4, 2021 December 19, 2021 December 30, 2021 January 9, 2022 |
Davon Reed | 10-day contract 10-day contract 10-day contract Two-way contract |
Grand Rapids Gold | [20] [21] [22] [23] |
December 31, 2021 | Rayjon Tucker | 10-day contract | Minnesota Timberwolves | [24] |
January 1, 2022 | Carlik Jones | 10-day contract | Dallas Mavericks | [25] |
January 10, 2022 | James Ennis III | 10-day contract | Los Angeles Clippers | [26] |
January 21, 2022 | DeMarcus Cousins | 10-day contract | Milwaukee Bucks | [27] |
Subtractions
Date | Player | Reason | New team | Ref. |
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August 16, 2021 | JaVale McGee | Free Agency | Phoenix Suns | [28] |
September 10, 2021 | Paul Millsap | Free Agency | Brooklyn Nets | [29] |
September 27, 2021 | Shaquille Harrison | Free Agency | Philadelphia 76ers | [30] |
January 9, 2022 | Petr Cornelie | Waived | Grand Rapids Gold | [23] |
January 11, 2022 | Rayjon Tucker | Free Agency | Wisconsin Herd | [31] |
Carlik Jones | Free Agency | Texas Legends | [31] | |
January 21, 2022 | James Ennis III | Free Agency | Hapoel Haifa
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See also
Notes
References
- ^ "MVP Nikola Jokic ejected, Suns sweep Nuggets 125-118". espn.com. June 13, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ "Nuggets go cold from 3, eliminated from playoffs in Game 5 loss to Warriors". KKTV. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "Nuggets' Nikola Jokic wins 2021-22 Kia Most Valuable Player award". NBA.com. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "2021 NBA draft order: Complete picks for the first and second round". espn.com. June 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ "NBA postpones 5 upcoming games due to Health and Safety Protocols". NBA.com. December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
- ^ "NBA postpones tonight's Warriors-Nuggets game". NBA.com. December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Acquire Bryn Forbes in Three-Team Trade". NBA.com. January 19, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "Nuggets Acquire Rodney McGruder". NBA.com. January 10, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "Nuggets trade Bol Bol to Pistons for McGruder, draft pick". AP News. January 11, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "Report: Bol Bol fails physical, Pistons void trade with Nuggets". NBC Sports. January 13, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "Report: Bol Bol to Celtics, Bryn Forbes to Nuggets in 3-Team Trade with Spurs". Bleacher Report. January 19, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets re-sign free agent Will Barton III". NBA.com. August 11, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Sign Markus Howard to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. August 15, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Re-sign JaMychal Green". NBA.com. August 19, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Re-Sign Austin Rivers". NBA.com. September 1, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Extend Aaron Gordon". NBA.com. September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "Nuggets Sign Michael Porter Jr. to Contract Extension". NBA.com. September 29, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets sign Jeff Green". NBA.com. August 12, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "Nuggets Sign Petr Cornelie to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. September 17, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Sign Davon Reed to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Sign Davon Reed to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. December 19, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Sign Davon Reed to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. December 30, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ a b "Denver Nuggets Sign Davon Reed to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. January 9, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Sign Rayjon Tucker to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. December 31, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Sign Carlik Jones to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Sign James Ennis III to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ "Denver Nuggets Sign DeMarcus Cousins to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ "SUNS SIGN JAVALE MCGEE". NBA.com. August 16, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "BROOKLYN NETS SIGN PAUL MILLSAP". NBA.com. September 10, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ Lauren Rosen [@LaurenMRosen] (September 27, 2021). "The @sixers make it official: The team has signed Shaquille Harrison. Harrison will wear No. 8" (Tweet). Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "NBA G League Transactions". GLeague.com. January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.