2017–18 Denver Nuggets season

Denver Nuggets
2017–18 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	Michael Malone
General manager	Artūras Karnišovas
President	Tim Connelly
Owners	Ann Walton Kroenke
Arena	Pepsi Center
Results
Record	46–36 (.561)
Place	Division: 5th (Northwest); Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio	KKSE

The 2017–18 Denver Nuggets season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On June 15, 2017, the Nuggets officially promoted both Artūras Karnišovas and Tim Connelly to become the team's newest general manager and president of basketball operations respectively.[1][2] On December 2, 2017, the Nuggets would retire Fat Lever's number during their 115–100 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite compiling their first winning season since 2013, they missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season after losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a win-or-go-home situation in the regular season finale, also ending the Timberwolves' 14-year playoff drought.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	24	Tyler Lydon	PF	United States	Syracuse
2	49	Vlatko Čančar	SF	Slovenia	KK Mega Leks
2	51	Monté Morris	PG	United States	Iowa State

Roster

Roster listing

2017–18 Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
F	00	Arthur, Darrell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1988–03–25	Kansas
G	5	Barton, Will	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1991–01–06	Memphis
G	25	Beasley, Malik	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	1996–11–26	Florida State
F	21	Chandler, Wilson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1987–05–10	DePaul
F	3	Craig, Torrey (TW)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1990–12–19	USC Upstate
F	35	Faried, Kenneth	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1989–11–19	Morehead State
G	34	Harris, Devin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983–02–27	Wisconsin
G	14	Harris, Gary	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1994–09–14	Michigan State
F	41	Hernangómez, Juan	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1995–09–28	Spain
F	22	Jefferson, Richard	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	1980–06–21	Arizona
C	15	Jokić, Nikola (C)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1995–02–19	Serbia
F	20	Lydon, Tyler	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1996–04–09	Syracuse
F	7	Lyles, Trey	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	1995–11–05	Kentucky
F	4	Millsap, Paul	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	256 lb (116 kg)	1985–02–10	Louisiana Tech
G	11	Morris, Monté (TW)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1995–06–27	Iowa State
G	27	Murray, Jamal	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1997–02–23	Kentucky
C	24	Plumlee, Mason	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1990–03–05	Duke

Head coach

Michael Malone

Assistant coach(es)

David Adelman
Ryan Bowen
Jordi Fernández
Chuck Hayes
Micah Nori
Wes Unseld, Jr.
Bob Weiss
John Beckett (player development)
Stephen Graham (player development)
Ognjen Stojaković (player development)

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: 2018–02–08

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	0.0	28–13	21–20	9–7	82
x – Oklahoma City Thunder	48	34	.585	1.0	27–14	21–20	5–11	82
x – Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	1.0	28–13	20–21	7–9	82
x – Minnesota Timberwolves	47	35	.573	2.0	30–11	17–24	10–6	82
Denver Nuggets	46	36	.561	3.0	31–10	15–26	9–7	82

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Houston Rockets *	65	17	.793	–	82
2	y – Golden State Warriors *	58	24	.707	7.0	82
3	y – Portland Trail Blazers *	49	33	.598	16.0	82
4	x – Oklahoma City Thunder	48	34	.585	17.0	82
5	x – Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	17.0	82
6	x – New Orleans Pelicans	48	34	.585	17.0	82
7	x – San Antonio Spurs	47	35	.573	18.0	82
8	x – Minnesota Timberwolves	47	35	.573	18.0	82

9	Denver Nuggets	46	36	.561	19.0	82
10	Los Angeles Clippers	42	40	.512	23.0	82
11	Los Angeles Lakers	35	47	.427	30.0	82
12	Sacramento Kings	27	55	.329	38.0	82
13	Dallas Mavericks	24	58	.293	41.0	82
14	Memphis Grizzlies	22	60	.268	43.0	82
15	Phoenix Suns	21	61	.256	44.0	82

Game log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log
Total: 3–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 3–1)

Pre-season: 3–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 3–1)

2017–18 season schedule

Regular season

2017–18 game log
Total: 46–36 (Home: 31–10; Road: 15–26)

October: 3–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–3)

November : 9–5 (Home: 8–1; Road: 1–4)

December : 7–8 (Home: 3–2; Road: 4–6)

January : 7–8 (Home: 7–3; Road: 0–5)

February : 7–3 (Home: 5–2; Road: 2–1)

March : 8–7 (Home: 3–1; Road: 5–6)

April : 5–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–1)

2017–18 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend
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

Regular season

Denver Nuggets statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Darrell Arthur	19	1	7.4	.468	.348	.667	.8	.5	.4	.2	2.8
Will Barton	81	40	33.1	.452	.370	.805	5.0	4.1	1.0	.6	15.7
Malik Beasley	62	0	9.4	.410	.341	.667	1.1	.5	.2	.1	3.2
Wilson Chandler	74	71	31.7	.445	.358	.772	5.4	2.2	.6	.5	10.0
Torrey Craig	39	5	16.1	.453	.293	.629	3.3	.6	.3	.4	4.2
Kenneth Faried	32	7	14.4	.514	.000	.706	4.8	.6	.4	.4	5.9
Devin Harris^a	27	0	19.7	.406	.343	.845	1.6	2.5	.5	.1	8.2
Gary Harris	67	65	34.4	.485	.396	.827	2.6	2.9	1.8	.2	17.5
Juan Hernangómez	25	3	11.1	.387	.280	.833	2.2	.5	.2	.1	3.3
Richard Jefferson	20	0	8.2	.444	.286	.571	.9	.8	.1	.1	1.5
Nikola Jokić	75	73	32.6	.499	.396	.850	10.7	6.1	1.2	.8	18.5
Tyler Lydon	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Trey Lyles	73	2	19.1	.491	.381	.697	4.8	1.2	.4	.5	9.9
Paul Millsap	38	37	30.1	.464	.345	.696	6.4	2.7	1.0	1.2	14.6
Monté Morris	3	0	8.3	.667	.000	1.000	.7	2.3	1.0	.0	3.3
Emmanuel Mudiay^a	42	0	17.9	.401	.373	.808	2.2	2.9	.5	.1	8.5
Jamal Murray	81	80	31.7	.451	.378	.905	3.7	3.4	1.0	.3	16.7
Mason Plumlee	74	26	19.4	.601	.000	.456	5.4	1.9	.7	1.1	7.1

^a Statistics with the Denver Nuggets

Transactions

Trades

June 22, 2017[3]	To Denver Nuggets Trey Lyles Draft rights to Tyler Lydon (pick 24)	to Utah Jazz Draft rights to Donovan Mitchell (pick 13)
July 6, 2017[4]	To Denver Nuggets 2019 Second Round Pick (from Atlanta)	To Los Angeles Clippers Danilo Gallinari
	To Atlanta Hawks Jamal Crawford Diamond Stone 2018 First Round Pick (from Los Angeles)
February 8, 2018[5]	To Denver Nuggets Devin Harris 2018 Second Round Pick (from Portland via Denver)	To New York Knicks Emmanuel Mudiay
	To Dallas Mavericks Doug McDermott 2018 Second Round Pick (from L.A. Clippers via New York)

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Mason Plumlee[6]	September 20, 2017

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Paul Millsap[7]	July 13, 2017	Atlanta Hawks
Torrey Craig[8]	Two-way contract	Gold Coast Rollers
Monté Morris^{^}[9]	Two-way contract	Iowa State Cyclones

^{^} Team's second round draft pick this year.

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Mike Miller[10]	Waived

References

"Denver Nuggets Promote Tim Connelly and Arturas Karnisovas". NBA.com. June 15, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
Dempsey, Christopher (June 15, 2017). "Nuggets Keep Front Office Stability with Karnisovas, Connelly Promotions". NBA.com. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
"2017 NBA Draft Trade Tracker". NBA.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
"L.A. Clippers acquire veteran forward Danilo Gallinari in three-team trade". NBA.com. July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
"Knicks acquire Emmanual Mudiay in 3-team trade". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
"Nuggets Re-Sign Mason Plumlee". Denver Nuggets. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
"Nuggets Sign Free Agent Paul Millsap". NBA.com. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
"Nuggets Sign Rookie Torrey Craig to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
"Nuggets Sign Rookie Monte Morris to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
"Denver Nuggets waive veteran guard Mike Miller". NBA.com. July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.

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[1] "Denver Nuggets Promote Tim Connelly and Arturas Karnisovas". NBA.com. June 15, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017.

[2] Dempsey, Christopher (June 15, 2017). "Nuggets Keep Front Office Stability with Karnisovas, Connelly Promotions". NBA.com. Retrieved June 16, 2017.

[3] "2017 NBA Draft Trade Tracker". NBA.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[4] "L.A. Clippers acquire veteran forward Danilo Gallinari in three-team trade". NBA.com. July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.

[5] "Knicks acquire Emmanual Mudiay in 3-team trade". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.

[6] "Nuggets Re-Sign Mason Plumlee". Denver Nuggets. Retrieved September 20, 2017.

[7] "Nuggets Sign Free Agent Paul Millsap". NBA.com. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

[8] "Nuggets Sign Rookie Torrey Craig to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

[Monte-Morris-9] "Nuggets Sign Rookie Monte Morris to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[10] "Denver Nuggets waive veteran guard Mike Miller". NBA.com. July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.