2021–22 Denver Nuggets season

The 2021–22 Denver Nuggets season is the 46th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the franchise's 55th season of existence overall. The Nuggets entered the season after a second-round loss at the hands of the eventual Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns.[1]

2021–22 Denver Nuggets season
Head coachMichael Malone
General managerCalvin Booth
PresidentTim Connelly
OwnersAnn Walton Kroenke
ArenaBall Arena
Results
Record13–13 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Northwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionAltitude Sports and Entertainment
RadioKKSE

Draft
Main article: 2021 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School / club team
1 26 Nah'Shon Hyland 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.[2]

Current roster
Denver Nuggets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 5 Barton, Will 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1991-01-06 Memphis
F/C 10 Bol, Bol 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1999-11-16 Oregon
G 7 Campazzo, Facundo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1991-03-23 Argentina
F 31 Čančar, Vlatko 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1997-04-10 Slovenia
F 21 Cornelie, Petr (TW) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995-07-26 France
G/F 35 Dozier, PJ 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996-10-25 South Carolina
F 50 Gordon, Aaron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1995-09-16 Arizona
F/C 0 Green, JaMychal 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1990-06-21 Alabama
F 32 Green, Jeff 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986-08-28 Georgetown
G 00 Howard, Markus (TW) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-03-03 Marquette
G 3 Hyland, Nah'Shon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 169 lb (77 kg) 2000-09-14 Virginia Commonwealth
C 15 Jokić, Nikola (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 284 lb (129 kg) 1995-02-19 Serbia
G 11 Morris, Monté 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1995-06-27 Iowa State
G 27 Murray, Jamal  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1997-02-23 Kentucky
F/C 22 Nnaji, Zeke 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 2001-01-09 Arizona
F 1 Porter, Michael  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1998-06-29 Missouri
G 25 Rivers, Austin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992-08-01 Duke
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 14, 2021

Standings

Division
Northwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
Utah Jazz 20 7 .741 2.5 10–4 10–3 5–0 27
Denver Nuggets 14 14 .500 9.0 8–5 6–9 2–3 28
Minnesota Timberwolves 13 15 .464 10.0 7–9 6–6 2–2 28
Portland Trail Blazers 11 18 .379 12.5 10–7 1–11 1–3 29
Oklahoma City Thunder 8 19 .296 14.5 4–10 4–9 0–2 27

Conference
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 Golden State Warriors * 23 5 .821 – 28
2 Phoenix Suns 23 5 .821 0.0 28
3 Utah Jazz * 20 7 .741 2.5 27
4 Memphis Grizzlies * 18 11 .621 5.5 29
5 Los Angeles Clippers 16 13 .552 7.5 29
6 Los Angeles Lakers 16 13 .552 7.5 29
7 Dallas Mavericks 14 14 .500 9.0 28
8 Denver Nuggets 14 14 .500 9.0 28
9 Minnesota Timberwolves 13 15 .464 10.0 28
10 Sacramento Kings 12 17 .414 11.5 29
11 Portland Trail Blazers 11 18 .379 12.5 29
12 San Antonio Spurs 10 17 .370 12.5 27
13 Houston Rockets 9 20 .310 14.5 29
14 New Orleans Pelicans 9 21 .300 15.0 30
15 Oklahoma City Thunder 8 19 .296 14.5 27

Game log

Preseason
2021 preseason game log
Total: 1–4 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–1)
Preseason: 1–4 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 4 @ L.A. Clippers L 102–103 Michael Porter Jr. (23) JaMychal Green (8) Monté Morris (6) Staples Center
7,825		 0–1
2 October 6 @ Golden State L 116–118 Nikola Jokić (17) Nikola Jokić (10) Nah'Shon Hyland (6) Chase Center
16,923		 0–2
3 October 8 Minnesota L 112–114 (OT) Nah'Shon Hyland (21) Nikola Jokić (9) Nikola Jokić (10) Ball Arena
11,927		 0–3
3 October 13 @ Oklahoma City L 99–108 Nikola Jokić (22) Nikola Jokić (12) Campazzo, Jokić (5) Paycom Center
N/A[lower-alpha 1]		 0–4
4 October 13 @ Oklahoma City W 113–107 Markus Howard (31) Bol Bol (12) Nah'Shon Hyland (7) Paycom Center
N/A[lower-alpha 1]		 1–4
2021–22 preseason schedule

Regular season
2021–22 game log
Total: 14–14 (Home: 8–5; Road: 6–9)
October: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 20 @ Phoenix W 110–98 Nikola Jokić (27) Nikola Jokić (13) Barton, Porter Jr. (5) Footprint Center
16,074		 1–0
2 October 22 San Antonio W 102–96 Nikola Jokić (32) Nikola Jokić (16) Nikola Jokić (7) Ball Arena
19,520		 2–0
3 October 25 Cleveland L 87–99 Nikola Jokić (24) Nikola Jokić (19) Monté Morris (6) Ball Arena
14,221		 2–1
4 October 26 @ Utah L 110–122 Nikola Jokić (24) Michael Porter Jr. (9) Nikola Jokić (6) Vivint Arena
18,306		 2–2
5 October 29 Dallas W 106–75 Will Barton (17) Nikola Jokić (16) Nikola Jokić (8) Ball Arena
18,315		 3–2
6 October 30 @ Minnesota W 93–91 Nikola Jokić (26) Nikola Jokić (19) Nikola Jokić (7) Target Center
17,136		 4–2
November: 6–8 (Home: 5–3; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
7 November 1 @ Memphis L 97–106 Nikola Jokić (23) Aaron Gordon (10) Nikola Jokić (7) FedExForum
12,683		 4–3
8 November 3 @ Memphis L 106–108 Nikola Jokić (34) Jokić, Porter Jr. (11) Will Barton (7) FedExForum
12,977		 4–4
9 November 6 Houston W 95–94 Nikola Jokić (28) Nikola Jokić (14) Will Barton (6) Ball Arena
16,046		 5–4
10 November 8 Miami W 113–96 Barton, Jokić (25) Nikola Jokić (15) Nikola Jokić (10) Ball Arena
15,577		 6–4
11 November 10 Indiana W 101–98 Will Barton (30) Aaron Gordon (9) Hyland, Morris (4) Ball Arena
15,232		 7–4
12 November 12 Atlanta W 105–96 Aaron Gordon (23) Nikola Jokić (19) Nikola Jokić (10) Ball Arena
16,849		 8–4
13 November 14 Portland W 124–95 Nikola Jokić (28) Zeke Nnaji (10) Nikola Jokić (9) Ball Arena
14,583		 9–4
14 November 15 @ Dallas L 101–111 Nikola Jokić (35) Nikola Jokić (16) Monté Morris (8) American Airlines Center
19,797		 9–5
15 November 18 Philadelphia L 89–103 Nikola Jokić (30) Nikola Jokić (10) Will Barton (8) Ball Arena
14,547		 9–6
16 November 19 Chicago L 108–114 Aaron Gordon (28) P.J. Dozier (10) Monté Morris (5) Ball Arena
19,520		 9–7
17 November 21 @ Phoenix L 97–126 Jeff Green (19) Aaron Gordon (10) Gordon, JaMychal Green (4) Footprint Center
16,072		 9–8
18 November 23 @ Portland L 100–119 Jeff Green (24) Will Barton (8) Will Barton (7) Moda Center
17,052		 9–9
19 November 26 Milwaukee L 109–120 Aaron Gordon (18) Barton, Gordon (9) Monté Morris (8) Ball Arena
19,520		 9–10
20 November 29 @ Miami W 120–111 Nikola Jokić (24) Nikola Jokić (15) Nikola Jokić (7) FTX Arena
19,600		 10–10
December: 4–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
21 December 1 @ Orlando L 103–108 Monté Morris (22) Nikola Jokić (15) Nikola Jokić (7) Amway Center
14,191		 10–11
22 December 4 @ New York W 113–99 Nikola Jokić (32) Nikola Jokić (11) Will Barton (6) Madison Square Garden
18,272		 11–11
23 December 6 @ Chicago L 97–109 Barton, Morris (19) Jeff Green (13) Nikola Jokić (15) United Center
21,236		 11–12
24 December 8 @ New Orleans W 120–114 (OT) Nikola Jokić (39) Nikola Jokić (11) Nikola Jokić (11) Smoothie King Center
15,035		 12–12
25 December 9 @ San Antonio L 111–123 Aaron Gordon (25) Nikola Jokić (13) Nikola Jokić (10) AT&T Center
12,855		 12–13
26 December 11 @ San Antonio W 127–112 Nikola Jokić (35) Nikola Jokić (17) Campazzo, Jokić (8) AT&T Center
14,607		 13–13
27 December 13 Washington W 113–107 Nikola Jokić (28) Nikola Jokić (19) Nikola Jokić (9) Ball Arena
14,632		 14–13
28 December 15 Minnesota L 107–124 Nikola Jokić (27) Nikola Jokić (10) Nikola Jokić (11) Ball Arena
15,365		 14–14
29 December 17 @ Atlanta State Farm Arena
30 December 19 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center
31 December 22 @ Oklahoma City Paycom Center
32 December 24 Charlotte Ball Arena
33 December 26 @ L. A. Clippers Staples Center
34 December 28 @ Golden State Chase Center
35 December 30 Golden State Ball Arena
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
36 1 January @ Houston Toyota Center
37 3 January @ Dallas American Airlines Center
38 5 January Utah Ball Arena
39 7 January Sacramento Ball Arena
40 9 January @ Oklahoma City Paycom Center
41 11 January @ L. A. Clippers Staples Center
42 13 January Portland Ball Arena
43 15 January L. A. Lakers Ball Arena
44 16 January Utah Ball Arena
45 19 January L. A. Clippers Ball Arena
46 21 January Memphis Ball Arena
47 23 January Detroit Ball Arena
48 25 January @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena
49 26 January @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center
50 30 January @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
51 1 February @ Minnesota Target Center
52 2 February @ Utah Vivint Arena
53 4 February New Orleans Ball Arena
54 6 February Brooklyn Ball Arena
55 8 February New York Ball Arena
56 11 February @ Boston TD Garden
57 12 February @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena
58 14 February Orlando Ball Arena
59 16 February @ Golden State Chase Center
All-Star Break
60 24 February @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center
61 26 February Sacramento Ball Arena
62 27 February @ Portland Moda Center
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
63 2 March Oklahoma City Ball Arena
64 4 March Houston Ball Arena
65 6 March New Orleans Ball Arena
66 9 March @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center
67 10 March Golden State Ball Arena
68 12 March Toronto Ball Arena
69 14 March @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
70 16 March @ Washington Capital One Arena
71 18 March @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
72 20 March Boston Ball Arena
73 22 March L. A. Clippers Ball Arena
74 24 March Phoenix Ball Arena
75 26 March Oklahoma City Ball Arena
76 28 March @ Charlotte Spectrum Center
77 30 March @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
78 1 April Minnesota Ball Arena
79 3 April @ L. A. Lakers Staples Center
80 5 April San Antonio Ball Arena
81 7 April Memphis Ball Arena
82 9 April L. A. Lakers Ball Arena
2021–22 season schedule

Transactions
Main article: List of 2021–22 NBA season transactions

Overview
Players Added

Via draft

Via trade

Via free agency

 Players Lost

Via free agency

Via retirement

Waived

Re-signed
Date Player Contract terms Ref.
August 11, 2021Will Barton2 Years, $30 million[3]
August 15, 2021Markus HowardTwo-way contract[4]
August 19, 2021JaMychal Green2 Years, $16.4 million
2022-23 Player Option		[5]
September 1, 2021Austin Rivers1 Year, $2.4 million[6]
September 28, 2021Aaron Gordon4 Years, $87 million[7]
September 29, 2021Michael Porter Jr.5 Years, $172 million
Max Extension		[8]

Additions
Date Player Contract terms Former team Ref.
August 12, 2021Jeff Green2 Years, $9 million
2022–23 Player Option		Brooklyn Nets[9]
September 17, 2021Petr CornelieTwo-way contract Élan Béarnais[10]
December 4, 2021Davon Reed10-day contractGrand Rapids Gold[11]

Subtractions
Date Player Reason New team Ref.
August 16, 2021JaVale McGeeFree AgencyPhoenix Suns[12]
September 10, 2021Paul MillsapFree AgencyBrooklyn Nets[13]
September 27, 2021Shaquille HarrisonFree AgencyPhiladelphia 76ers[14]

Notes
  1. Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.

References
  1. "MVP Nikola Jokic ejected, Suns sweep Nuggets 125-118". espn.com. June 13, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  2. "2021 NBA draft order: Complete picks for the first and second round". espn.com. June 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  3. "Denver Nuggets re-sign free agent Will Barton III". NBA.com. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. "Denver Nuggets Sign Markus Howard to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  5. "Denver Nuggets Re-sign JaMychal Green". NBA.com. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. "Denver Nuggets Re-Sign Austin Rivers". NBA.com. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. "Denver Nuggets Extend Aaron Gordon". NBA.com. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  8. "Nuggets Sign Michael Porter Jr. to Contract Extension". NBA.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  9. "Denver Nuggets sign Jeff Green". NBA.com. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  10. "Nuggets Sign Petr Cornelie to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  11. "Denver Nuggets Sign Davon Reed to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  12. "SUNS SIGN JAVALE MCGEE". NBA.com. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  13. "BROOKLYN NETS SIGN PAUL MILLSAP". NBA.com. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  14. 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.
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