2016–17 Denver Nuggets season

2016–17 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	Michael Malone
General manager	Tim Connelly
Owner(s)	Ann Walton Kroenke
Arena	Pepsi Center
Results
Record	7–12 (.368)
Place	Division: 4th (Northwest) Conference: 10th (Western)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio	KKSE

The 2016–17 Denver Nuggets season is the 41st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

• June 23, 2016: The 2016 NBA Draft takes place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
• September 9, 2016: Chuck Hayes retires as a player to become a player development coach and hold a front office role for the team somewhere at an entry level position.
• October 29, 2016: The Denver Nuggets officially retire Dikembe Mutombo's number.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	7	Jamal Murray	SG	Canada	Kentucky
1	15	Juan Hernangómez	SF/PF	Spain	Movistar Estudiantes (Spain)
1	19	Malik Beasley	SG	United States	Florida State
2	53	Petr Cornelie	PF	France	Le Mans Sarthe (France)
2	56	Daniel Hamilton	SG/SF	United States	Connecticut

Roster

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) 175 lb (79 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 35 Faried, Kenneth 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1989–11–19 Morehead State F 8 Gallinari, Danilo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988–08–08 Italy F 7 Gee, Alonzo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1987–05–29 Alabama 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 C 15 Jokić, Nikola 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1995–02–19 Serbia G/F 3 Miller, Mike 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1980–02–19 Florida G 0 Mudiay, Emmanuel (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1996–03–05 Prime Prep Academy (TX) G 27 Murray, Jamal 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1997–02–23 Kentucky G 1 Nelson, Jameer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1982–02–09 Saint Joseph's C 23 Nurkić, Jusuf 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1994–08–23 Bosnia and Herzegovina	Head coach Michael Malone Assistant coach(es) Ryan Bowen Jordi Fernández Chris Finch Micah Nori Wes Unseld, Jr. 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 (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2016–11–16

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Oklahoma City Thunder	13	8	.619	0.0	9–4	4–4	2–0	21
Utah Jazz	12	9	.571	1.0	6–4	6–5	2–1	21
Portland Trail Blazers	11	10	.524	2.0	7–4	4–6	3–0	21
Denver Nuggets	7	13	.350	5.5	3–7	4–6	1–4	20
Minnesota Timberwolves	6	14	.300	6.5	3–6	3–8	0–3	20

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Golden State Warriors *	17	3	.850	–	20
2	San Antonio Spurs *	16	4	.800	1.0	20
3	Los Angeles Clippers	16	6	.727	2.0	22
4	Houston Rockets	13	7	.650	4.0	20
5	Oklahoma City Thunder *	13	8	.619	4.5	21
6	Memphis Grizzlies	13	8	.619	4.5	21
7	Utah Jazz	12	9	.571	5.5	21
8	Portland Trail Blazers	11	10	.524	6.5	21
9	Los Angeles Lakers	10	12	.455	8.0	22
10	Sacramento Kings	7	13	.350	10.0	20
11	Denver Nuggets	7	13	.350	10.0	20
12	New Orleans Pelicans	7	14	.333	10.5	21
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	6	14	.300	11.0	20
14	Phoenix Suns	6	14	.300	11.0	20
15	Dallas Mavericks	4	15	.211	12.5	19

Game log

Pre-season

2016 pre-season game log Total: 4–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 3–3)
Pre-season: 4–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 3–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 3 @ Raptors W 108–106 Jusuf Nurkić (15) Jusuf Nurkić (10) Will Barton (5) Scotiabank Saddledome 19,600 1–0 2 October 7 @ Lakers W 101–97 Will Barton (20) Jusuf Nurkić (14) Mudiay, Murray (6) Staples Center 16,461 2–0 3 October 9 @ Lakers L 115–124 Jusuf Nurkić (21) Jusuf Nurkić (16) Emmanuel Mudiay (7) Citizens Business Bank Arena 8,389 2–1 4 October 12 @ Timberwolves L 88–105 Wilson Chandler (16) Faried, Toupane (7) Kennedy, Toupane (3) Pinnacle Bank Arena 7,153 2–2 5 October 14 Warriors L 128–129 (OT) Danilo Gallinari (19) Nikola Jokic (10) Jamal Murray (7) Pepsi Center 10,104 2–3 6 October 16 @ Trail Blazers W 106–97 Wilson Chandler (18) Jusuf Nurkić (9) Will Barton (7) Moda Center 18,135 3–3 7 October 18 @ Thunder L 87–97 Danilo Gallinari (18) Jusuf Nurkić (13) Will Barton (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena N/A 3–4 8 October 21 Mavericks W 101–75 Danilo Gallinari (16) Kenneth Faried (9) Jokic, Nelson (4) Pepsi Center 8,453 4–4
2016–17 season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log Total: 7–13 (Home: 3–7; Road: 4–6)
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 26 @ New Orleans W 107–102 Jusuf Nurkic (23) Jusuf Nurkic (9) Nurkic, Mudiay, Nelson (3) Smoothie King Center 15,869 1–0 2 October 29 Portland L 113–115 (OT) Nikola Jokic (23) Nikola Jokic (17) Emmanuel Mudiay (4) Pepsi Center 18,055 1–1 3 October 31 @ Toronto L 102–105 Mudiay, Barton, Gallinari (16) Jusuf Nurkic (9) Emmanuel Mudiay (4) Air Canada Centre 19,800 1–2
November : 6–9 (Home: 3–5; Road: 3–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 3 @ Minnesota W 102–99 Wilson Chandler (19) Jameer Nelson (7) Jameer Nelson (7) Target Center 11,219 2–2 5 November 5 @ Detroit L 86–103 Wilson Chandler (21) Jusuf Nurkic (12) Jameer Nelson (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,218 2–3 6 November 6 @ Boston W 123–107 Emmanuel Mudiay (30) Kenneth Faried (11) Jameer Nelson (7) TD Garden 17,452 3–3 7 November 8 @ Memphis L 107–108 Emmanuel Mudiay (23) Kenneth Faried (11) Emmanuel Mudiay (7) FedExForum 15,109 3–4 8 November 10 Golden State L 101–125 Jamal Murray (14) Kenneth Faried (11) Jamal Murray (6) Pepsi Center 17,569 3–5 9 November 12 Detroit L 95–106 Emmanuel Mudiay (19) Wilson Chandler (10) Gary Harris (4) Pepsi Center 13,997 3–6 10 November 13 @ Portland L 105–112 Danilo Gallinari (19) Kenneth Faried (14) Nikola Jokic (3) Moda Center 19,362 3–7 11 November 16 Phoenix W 120–104 Wilson Chandler (28) Kenneth Faried (15) Emmanuel Mudiay (6) Pepsi Center 10,247 4–7 12 November 18 Toronto L 111–113 (OT) Emmanuel Mudiay (25) Nikola Jokic (12) Emmanuel Mudiay (9) Pepsi Center 12,476 4–8 13 November 20 Utah W 105–91 Wilson Chandler (17) Jusuf Nurkic (11) Mudiay, Gallinari (8) Pepsi Center 12,565 5–8 14 November 22 Chicago W 110–107 Jamal Murray (24) Jusuf Nurkic (14) Jameer Nelson (7) Pepsi Center 14,328 6–8 15 November 23 @ Utah L 83–108 Jamal Murray (23) Kenneth Faried (10) Jusuf Nurkic (6) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,229 6–9 16 November 25 Oklahoma City L 129–132 (OT) Jameer Nelson (21) Wilson Chandler (11) Jameer Nelson (13) Pepsi Center 14,327 6–10 17 November 27 @ Phoenix W 120–114 Wilson Chandler (25) Nikola Jokic (11) Emmanuel Mudiay (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena 15,365 7–10 18 November 30 Miami L 98–106 Nelson, Gallinari, Jokic, Chandler (17) Nikola Jokic (14) Jameer Nelson (8) Pepsi Center 11,471 7–11
December: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 2 Houston L 110–128 Wilson Chandler (24) Kenneth Faried (10) Emmanuel Mudiay (6) Pepsi Center 15,549 7–12 20 December 3 @ Utah L 98–105 Barton, Chandler (20) Kenneth Faried (6) Jameer Nelson (7) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 7–13 21 December 5 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 22 December 7 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center 23 December 8 @ Washington Verizon Center 24 December 10 @ Orlando Amway Center 25 December 12 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 26 December 15 Portland Pepsi Center 27 December 17 New York Pepsi Center 28 December 19 Dallas Pepsi Center 29 December 20 @ L.A. Clippers Staples Center 30 December 23 Atlanta Pepsi Center 31 December 26 @ L.A. Clippers Staples Center 32 December 28 Minnesota Pepsi Center 33 December 30 Philadelphia Pepsi Center
January : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 January 2 @ Golden State Oracle Arena 35 January 3 Sacramento Pepsi Center 36 January 5 San Antonio Pepsi Center 37 January 7 @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 38 January 12 @ Indiana The O2 Arena 39 January 16 Orlando Pepsi Center 40 January 17 @ L.A. Lakers Staples Center 41 January 19 @ San Antonio AT&T Center 42 January 21 L.A. Clippers Pepsi Center 43 January 22 @ Minnesota Target Center 44 January 24 Utah Pepsi Center 45 January 26 Phoenix Pepsi Center 46 January 28 @ Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 47 January 31 @ L.A. Lakers Staples Center
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 1 Memphis Pepsi Center 49 February 3 Milwaukee Pepsi Center 50 February 4 @ San Antonio AT&T Center 51 February 6 Dallas Pepsi Center 52 February 8 @ Atlanta Philips Arena 53 February 10 @ New York Madison Square Garden 54 February 11 @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 55 February 13 Golden State Pepsi Center 56 February 15 Minnesota Pepsi Center All-Star Break 57 February 23 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 58 February 24 Brooklyn Pepsi Center 59 February 26 Memphis Pepsi Center 60 February 28 @ Chicago United Center
March : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 1 @ Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center 62 March 4 Charlotte Pepsi Center 63 March 6 Sacramento Pepsi Center 64 March 8 Washington Pepsi Center 65 March 10 Boston Pepsi Center 66 March 11 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 67 March 13 L.A. Lakers Pepsi Center 68 March 16 L.A. Clippers Pepsi Center 69 March 18 Houston Pepsi Center 70 March 20 @ Houston Toyota Center 71 March 22 Cleveland Pepsi Center 72 March 24 @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse 73 March 26 New Orleans Pepsi Center 74 March 28 @ Portland Moda Center 75 March 31 @ Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 2 @ Miami American Airlines Arena 77 April 4 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 78 April 5 @ Houston Toyota Center 79 April 7 New Orleans Pepsi Center 80 April 9 Oklahoma City Pepsi Center 81 April 11 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 82 April 12 @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2016	To Denver Nuggets Cash considerations[1]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Rights to 2016 draft pick Daniel Hamilton
August 30, 2016	To Denver Nuggets Two 2nd–Round Picks in 2017 NBA draft[2]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Joffrey Lauvergne

Contracts

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Darrell Arthur[3]	Signed 3-year contract worth $23 million
Mike Miller[4]	Signed 2-year contract worth $7 million 2017–18 Non-guaranteed

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Malik Beasley[5]	Signed a 4–year contract worth $7.8 million Team option in 2018 & 2019	Florida State Seminoles
Jamal Murray[6]	Signed a 4–year contract worth $14.5 million Team option in 2018 & 2019	Kentucky Wildcats
Juan Hernangómez[7]	Signed a 4–year contract worth $9.6 million Team option in 2018 & 2019	Movistar Estudiantes
Robbie Hummel[8]	Signed a 2–year contract worth $2.0 million Non-guaranteed training camp invite	EA7 Olimpia Milano
D. J. Kennedy[8]	Signed a 1–year contract worth $874 K Non-guaranteed training camp invite	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
Jarnell Stokes[8]	Signed a 2–year contract worth $2.0 million Non-guaranteed training camp invite	Sioux Falls Skyforce
Nate Wolters[8]	Signed a 3–year contract worth $3.2 million Non-guaranteed training camp invite	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan
Alonzo Gee[9]	Signed a 1–year contract worth $1.1 million	New Orleans Pelicans

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
D. J. Augustin[10]	Signed a 4-year contract worth $29 million	Orlando Magic
D. J. Kennedy[11]	Waived	Guangzhou Long-Lions
JaKarr Sampson[11]	Waived	Iowa Energy
Axel Toupane[11]	Waived	Raptors 905
Nate Wolters[12]	Waived	Crvena zvezda
Robbie Hummel[12]	Waived	Khimki
Jarnell Stokes[13]	Waived	TBA

References

1. Horne, Erik. "Thunder journal: OKC drafts Daniel Hamilton in second round". newsok.com. NewsOK. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
2. "Nuggets Acquire Two Second Round Picks From Oklahoma City". nba.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
3. "Denver Nuggets Re-Sign Forward Darrell Arthur". NBA.com. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
4. "Denver Nuggets Re-Sign Mike Miller". NBA.com. July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
5. Andrews, Malika (July 12, 2016). "Nuggets ink Malik Beasley to rookie deal". Denver Post.
6. Andrews, Malika (July 19, 2016). "Nuggets sign Jamal Murray to rookie contract, agree to deal with Mike Miller". Denver Post.
7. "BREAKING: Juancho Hernangomez officially signs with the Denver Nuggets". Mile High Sports. July 29, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
8. "Nuggets Sign Four Players to Contracts". NBA.com. September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
9. "Denver Nuggets Sign Alonzo Gee". NBA.com. November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
10. Denton, John (July 7, 2016). "Orlando Magic Sign D.J. Augustin". NBA.com. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
11. NuggetsPR (October 15, 2016). "#Nuggets Waive Kennedy, Sampson and...". Twitter. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
12. InsideHoops (October 22, 2016). "Nuggets waive Nate Wolters and Robbie Hummel". InsideHoops.com. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
13. "Denver Nuggets Waive Jarnell Stokes". NBA.com. November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.