Denver Nuggets draft history

The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA), but changed its name to Rockets before the first season.[1] It changed its name again to the Nuggets in 1974.[2] The team joined the NBA in 1976 after the ABA–NBA merger. They first participated in the NBA draft in 1977.

Selections

YearRoundPickNameNationalityCollege/HS/Club
197719Tom LaGarde United StatesNorth Carolina
1977121Anthony Roberts United StatesOral Roberts
1977365Robert Smith United StatesUNLV
19775109John Billups United StatesOle Miss
19776130Jim Town United StatesMassachusetts
19777148Willie High United StatesAlabama State
19778169Len Saunders United StatesFlorida
1978117Rod Griffin United StatesWake Forest
1978121Mike Evans United StatesKansas State
1978346Hollis Copeland United StatesRutgers
19785106Mike Edwards United StatesTexas–Pan American
19786127Robert Heard United StatesColumbus (GA)[lower-alpha 1]
19787148Jack Gilloon United StatesSouth Carolina
19788166Larry Vaculik United StatesColorado
19789183Tom Schneeberger United StatesAir Force
197810198Phil Taylor United StatesArizona
1979230Gary Garland United StatesDePaul
19795102Larry Williams United StatesLouisville
19796122Odell Ball United StatesMarquette
19797144John Johnson United StatesCreighton
19798162Matt Teahan United StatesDenver
19799179Emmett Lewis United StatesColorado
198015James Ray United StatesJacksonville
1980123Carl Nicks United StatesIndiana State
1980241Jawann Oldham United StatesSeattle
1980347Kurt Nimphius United StatesArizona State
1980348Eddie Lee United StatesCincinnati
1980351Ronnie Valentine United StatesOld Dominion
1980473Sammie Ellis United StatesPittsburgh
1980597James Patrick United StatesTexas State
19806119Ernie Hill United StatesOklahoma City
19807143Tommy Springer United StatesVanderbilt
19809184Jim Graziano United StatesSouth Carolina
198010202Earl Sango United StatesRegis University
1981234Ken Green United StatesTexas–Pan American
19815101Willie Sims United StatesLSU
19816124Alonzo Weatherley United StatesDenver
19817147Greg Manning United StatesMaryland
19818169Curtis Redding United StatesSt. John's (NY)
19819191Andrew Burton United StatesAustin Peay State
198110211Derrick Rowland United StatesPotsdam State
1982119Rob Williams United StatesArizona State
1982362Roylin Bond United StatesPepperdine
1982473Alford Turner United StatesLouisiana-Lafayette
19825109Bill Duffy United StatesSanta Clara
19826131Chris Brust United StatesNorth Carolina
19827153Jeb Barlow United StatesNorth Carolina
19828178Donny Speer United StatesUAB
19829200Dean Sears United StatesUCLA
198210220Mike Phillips United StatesNiagara
19839184Jim Graziano United StatesSouth Carolina
1983115Howard Carter United StatesLSU
1983237David Russell United StatesSt. John's (NY)
1983361David Little United StatesOklahoma
1983483York Gross United StatesUC Santa Barbara
19835107James Braddock United StatesNorth Carolina
19836129Glen Green United StatesMurray State
19837153Maurice McDaniel United StatesCatawba (SC)
19838175Cliff Tribus United StatesDavidson
19839198Bobby Van Noy United StatesCatawba (SC)
198310218Cleveland McCrae United StatesCatawba (SC)
1984242Willie White United StatesTennessee-Chattanooga
1984479Karl Tilleman CanadaCalgary (Canada)
19845103Prince Bridges United StatesMissouri
19846131Willie Burton United StatesTennessee
19847149Mark Simpson United StatesCatawba (SC)
19848171Bill Wendtland United StatesTexas Austin
19849194Cecil Exum United States
 Australia
North Carolina
198410220Dexter Bailey United StatesXavier (Ohio)
1985115Blair Rasmussen United StatesOregon
1985243Barry Stevens United StatesIowa State
1985489Pete Williams United StatesArizona
19855112Kenny Brown United StatesTexas A&M
19856135Joe Carrabino United StatesHarvard
19857158Eddie Smith United StatesArizona
1986116Maurice Martin United StatesSt. Joseph's (NY)
1986118Mark Alarie United StatesDuke
1986241Otis Smith United StatesJacksonville
1986364Don Redden United StatesLSU
1986487Anthony Watson United StatesSan Diego State
19865110Jon Collins United StatesEastern Illinois
19866133Anthony Frederick United StatesPepperdine
19867156Mike Marshall United StatesMcNeese State
1987231Andre Moore United StatesLoyola Chicago
1987354Tom Schafer United StatesIowa State
1987477David Boone United StatesMarquette
19875100Ron Grandison United StatesNew Orleans
19876123Kelvin Scarborough United StatesNew Mexico
19877146Rowan Gomes United StatesHampton
19877156Curtis Hunter United StatesNorth Carolina
1988123Jerome Lane United StatesPittsburgh
1988243Todd Mitchell United StatesPurdue
1988247Vernon Maxwell United StatesFlorida
1988366Dwight Boyd United StatesMemphis
1989115Todd Lichti United StatesStanford
1989242Michael Cutright United StatesMcNeese State
1989247Reggie Turner United StatesUAB
199013 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf  United States LSU
1990242 Marcus Liberty  United States Illinois
199114 Dikembe Mutombo  DR Congo
 United States
Georgetown University
199118 Mark Macon  United States Temple
199215 LaPhonso Ellis  United States Notre Dame
1992113 Bryant Stith  United States Virginia
1992246 Robert Werdann  United States St. John's (NY)
199319 Rodney Rogers  United States Wake Forest
1993243 Josh Grant  United States Utah
1994113 Jalen Rose  United States Michigan
1995115 Brent Barry  United States Oregon State
1995244 Anthony Pelle  United States Fresno State
1996123 Efthimi Rentzias  Greece PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece)
1996237 Jeff McInnis  United States North Carolina
199715 Tony Battie  United States Texas Tech
1997232 James Cotton  United States CSU Long Beach
1997241 Jason Lawson  United States Villanova
199813 Raef LaFrentz  United States Kansas
1998123 Tyronn Lue  United States Nebraska
1998254 Tremaine Fowlkes  United States Fresno State
1998255 Ryan Bowen  United States Iowa
1999118 James Posey  United States Xavier (Ohio)
1999233 Chris Herren  United States Fresno State
1999241 Francisco Elson  Netherlands California
2000126 Mamadou N'Diaye  Senegal Auburn
2000253 Dan McClintock  United States Northern Arizona
2001246 Ousmane Cisse  Mali St. Jude Educational Institute (Montgomery, AL)
200215 Nikoloz Tskitishvili  Georgia Benetton Treviso (Italy)
2002125 Frank Williams  United States Illinois
2002233 Vincent Yarbrough  United States Tennessee
200313 Carmelo Anthony  United States Syracuse
2003246 Sani Bečirović  Slovenia Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna (Italy)
2004120 Jameer Nelson  United States St. Joseph's (PA)
2005120 Julius Hodge  United States North Carolina State
2005122 Jarrett Jack  United States Georgia Tech
2005252 Axel Hervelle  Belgium Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain)
2006249 Leon Powe  United States California
2009234 Sergio Llull  Spain Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain)
2011122 Kenneth Faried  United States Morehead State
2012120 Evan Fournier  France Poitiers Basket 86 (France)
2012238 Quincy Miller  United States Baylor
2012250 İzzet Türkyılmaz  Turkey Banvit B.K. (Turkey)
2013127 Rudy Gobert  France Cholet Basket (France)
2014111 Doug McDermott  United States Creighton
2014241 Nikola Jokić  Serbia KK Mega Basket (Serbia)
2014256 Roy Devyn Marble  United States Iowa
201517 Emmanuel Mudiay  DR Congo
 United States
Guangdong Southern Tigers (China)
2015257 Nikola Radičević  Serbia Baloncesto Sevilla (Spain)
201617 Jamal Murray  Canada Kentucky
2016115 Juan Hernangómez  Spain CB Estudiantes (Spain)
2016119 Malik Beasley  United States Florida State
2016253 Petr Cornelie  France Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France)
2016256 Daniel Hamilton  United States Connecticut
2017111 Donovan Mitchell  United States Louisville
2017249 Vlatko Čančar  Slovenia KK Mega Basket (Serbia)
2017251 Monté Morris  United States Iowa State
2018114 Michael Porter Jr.  United States Missouri
2018243 Justin Jackson  Canada Maryland
2018258 Thomas Welsh  United States UCLA

Notes

  1. Granted university status and changed name to Columbus State University in 1996.

References

General
Specific
  1. "December to Remember". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. December 3, 2014. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  2. "Nuggets Nickname History". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
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