2013–14 Denver Nuggets season

Denver Nuggets
2013–14 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	Brian Shaw
Arena	Pepsi Center
Results
Record	36–46 (.439)
Place	Division: 4th (Northwest); Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio	KCKK

The 2013–14 Denver Nuggets season was the 47th season of the franchise, and its 38th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Nuggets struggled for much of the year, finishing with a 36-46 record, missing the playoffs for the first time in 11 years.

Key dates

May 31: GM Masai Ujiri accepts position with Toronto Raptors.^[1]
June 6: Head coach George Karl is relieved of coaching duties.^[2]
June 17: Tim Connelly named executive VP of basketball operations.^[3]
June 25: Brian Shaw named head coach.^[4]
June 27: The 2013 NBA draft took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	46	Erick Green ^[1]	PG	USA	Virginia Tech
2	55	Joffrey Lauvergne ^[2]	C	France	Partizan Belgrade

¹ Acquired from the Utah Jazz.
² Acquired from the Memphis Grizzlies.

Roster

2013–14 Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
F	5000000000000000000♠00	Arthur, Darrell	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1988–03–25	Kansas
G	5000000000000000000♠0	Brooks, Aaron	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	1985–01–14	Oregon
F	7001210000000000000♠21	Chandler, Wilson	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1987–05–10	DePaul
F	7001350000000000000♠35	Faried, Kenneth	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1989–11–18	Morehead State
G	7001940000000000000♠94	Fournier, Evan	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–10–29	France
G	7000400000000000000♠4	Foye, Randy	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	1983–09–24	Villanova
F	7000800000000000000♠8	Gallinari, Danilo	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1988–08–08	Italy
F/C	7000700000000000000♠7	Hickson, JJ	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	1988–09–04	North Carolina State
G	7000300000000000000♠3	Lawson, Ty	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1987–11–03	North Carolina
C	7001340000000000000♠34	McGee, JaVale	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1988–01–19	Nevada
F	7001300000000000000♠30	Miller, Quincy	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992–11–18	Baylor
C	7001250000000000000♠25	Mozgov, Timofey	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1986–07–16	Russia
F/C	7001150000000000000♠15	Randolph, Anthony	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1989–07–15	LSU
G	7001100000000000000♠10	Robinson, Nate	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1984–05–31	Washington
F	7001240000000000000♠24	Veselý, Jan	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	1990–04–24	Czech Republic

Head coach

Brian Shaw

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2014–02–20

Pre-season

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 2–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–4)

Pre-season: 2–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–4)

2013–14 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Oklahoma City Thunder	59	23	.720	0.0	34–7	25–16	11–5	82
x-Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	5.0	31–10	23–18	13–3	82
Minnesota Timberwolves	40	42	.488	19.0	24–17	16–25	7–9	82
Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	23.0	22–19	14–27	5–11	82
Utah Jazz	25	57	.305	34.0	16–25	9–32	4–12	82

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-San Antonio Spurs *	62	20	.756	–	82
2	y-Oklahoma City Thunder *	59	23	.720	3.0	82
3	y-Los Angeles Clippers *	57	25	.695	5.0	82
4	x-Houston Rockets	54	28	.659	8.0	82
5	x-Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	8.0	82
6	x-Golden State Warriors	51	31	.622	11.0	82
7	x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	12.0	82
8	x-Dallas Mavericks	49	33	.598	13.0	82

9	Phoenix Suns	48	34	.585	14.0	82
10	Minnesota Timberwolves	40	42	.488	22.0	82
11	Denver Nuggets	36	46	.439	26.0	82
12	New Orleans Pelicans	34	48	.415	28.0	82
13	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	34.0	82
14	Los Angeles Lakers	27	55	.329	35.0	82
15	Utah Jazz	25	57	.305	37.0	82

Game Log

2013–14 game log
Total: 36–46 (Home: 22–19; Road: 14–27)

October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)

November : 9–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 3–3)

December : 5–10 (Home: 1–5; Road: 4–5)

January : 8–7 (Home: 5–4; Road: 3–3)

February : 3–9 (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–5)

March : 7–10 (Home: 5–3; Road: 2–7)

April : 4–4 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–3)

2013–14 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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Darrell Arthur	68	1	17.1	.395	.375	.850	3.1	.9	.57	.69	5.9
Aaron Brooks^a	29	12	29.0	.406	.362	.900	2.7	5.2	.93	.24	11.9
Wilson Chandler	62	55	31.1	.416	.348	.720	4.7	1.8	.74	.50	13.6
Kenneth Faried	80	77	27.2	.545	.000	.650	8.6	1.2	.88	.86	13.7
Evan Fournier	76	4	19.8	.419	.376	.760	2.7	1.5	.45	.09	8.4
Randy Foye	81	78	30.7	.413	.380	.850	2.9	3.5	.83	.48	13.2
Jordan Hamilton^a	39	11	17.2	.390	.349	.740	3.4	.9	.79	.33	6.8
JJ Hickson	69	52	26.9	.508	.000	.520	9.2	1.4	.68	.74	11.8
Ty Lawson	62	61	35.8	.431	.356	.800	3.5	8.8	1.61	.16	17.6
JaVale McGee	5	5	16.0	.447	.000	1.000	3.4	.4	.20	1.40	7.0
Andre Miller^a	30	2	19.0	.458	.500	.740	2.4	3.3	.50	.23	5.9
Quincy Miller	52	16	15.2	.367	.319	.710	2.8	.5	.42	.62	4.9
Timofey Mozgov	82	30	21.6	.523	.167	.750	6.4	.8	.33	1.22	9.4
Anthony Randolph	43	5	12.3	.386	.295	.750	2.8	.7	.60	.44	4.8
Nate Robinson	44	1	19.7	.428	.377	.840	1.8	2.5	.82	.09	10.4
Jan Vesely^a	21	0	14.6	.506	.000	.420	3.7	.5	1.29	.76	4.4

^a Statistics with the Denver Nuggets.

Transactions

Trades

June 27, 2013 ^[5]	To Denver Nuggets Erick Green Cash considerations	To Utah Jazz Rudy Gobert
June 27, 2013 ^[6]	To Denver Nuggets Darrell Arthur Joffrey Lauvergne	To Memphis Grizzlies Kosta Koufos
July 10, 2013^[7]	Three–team trade
	To Utah Jazz / Andris Biedrins (from Golden State) Richard Jefferson (from Golden State) Brandon Rush (from Golden State) two first-round picks (from Golden State) three second-round picks (from Golden State) second round-pick (from Denver Nuggets) Cash considerations	To Golden State Warriors Andre Iguodala (from Denver) *sign and trade Kevin Murphy (from Utah)
	To Denver Nuggets Randy Foye (from Utah) second round-pick (from Golden State)
February 20, 2014 ^[8]	To Denver Nuggets Aaron Brooks	To Houston Rockets Jordan Hamilton
February 20, 2014^[9]	Three–team trade
	To Washington Wizards Andre Miller (from Denver)	To Philadelphia 76ers Eric Maynor (from Washington) second round-pick (from Denver) second round-pick (from Washington)
	To Denver Nuggets Jan Veselý (from Washington)

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
J.J. Hickson^[10]	3 years, $15 million	Portland Trail Blazers

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Corey Brewer^[11]	Free Agent	Minnesota Timberwolves

References

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[1] Nuggets executive Masai Ujiri accepts position with Toronto

[2] George Karl will not return as Nuggets coach in 2013–14

[3] Nuggets name Tim Connelly executive VP of basketball ops

[4] Denver Nuggets Name Brian Shaw As Head Coach

[5] Denver Nuggets Acquire Draft Rights To Erick Green

[6] Nuggets Acquire F Darrell Arthur From Memphis Grizzlies

[7] Denver Nuggets Acquire Randy Foye In Three-Team Trade

[8] Denver Nuggets Acquire G Aaron Brooks From Houston

[9] Denver Nuggets Acquire Jan Vesely From Washington

[10] Denver Nuggets Sign Free-Agent Forward J.J. Hickson

[11] Wolves Sign Free Agent Corey Brewer

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