2014–15 Denver Nuggets season

Denver Nuggets
2014–15 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	Brian Shaw (fired on March 3); Melvin Hunt (interim)
Arena	Pepsi Center
Results
Record	30–52 (.366)
Place	Division: 4th (Northwest); Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
	Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio	KCKK

The 2014–15 Denver Nuggets season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Preseason

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	11	Doug McDermott	SF	United States	Creighton
2	41	Nikola Jokić	PF	Serbia	Mega Vizura (Serbia)
2	56	Roy Devyn Marble	SG/SF	United States	Iowa

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Portland Trail Blazers	51	31	.622	0.0	32–9	19–22	11–5	82
Oklahoma City Thunder	45	37	.549	6.0	29–12	16–25	10–6	82
Utah Jazz	38	44	.463	13.0	21–20	17–24	9–7	82
Denver Nuggets	30	52	.366	21.0	19–22	11–30	6–10	82
Minnesota Timberwolves	16	66	.195	35.0	9–32	7–34	4–12	82

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Golden State Warriors *	67	15	.817	–	82
2	y-Houston Rockets *	56	26	.683	11.0	82
3	x-Los Angeles Clippers	56	26	.683	11.0	82
4	y-Portland Trail Blazers *	51	31	.622	16.0	82
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	55	27	.671	12.0	82
6	x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	12.0	82
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	17.0	82
8	x-New Orleans Pelicans	45	37	.549	22.0	82

9	Oklahoma City Thunder	45	37	.549	22.0	82
10	Phoenix Suns	39	43	.476	28.0	82
11	Utah Jazz	38	44	.463	29.0	82
12	Denver Nuggets	30	52	.366	37.0	82
13	Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	38.0	82
14	Los Angeles Lakers	21	61	.256	46.0	82
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	16	66	.195	51.0	82

Game log

2014–15 game log
Total: 30–52 (Home: 19–22; Road: 11–30)

October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

November : 7–8 (Home: 4–3; Road: 3–5)

December : 5–11 (Home: 4–5; Road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
17	December 1	@ Utah	W 103–101	T. Lawson & W. Chandler (15)	Timofey Mozgov (10)	Ty Lawson (12)	EnergySolutions Arena 16,768	9–8
18	December 2	Portland	L 103–105	Ty Lawson (24)	Wilson Chandler (10)	Ty Lawson (13)	Pepsi Center 12,822	9–9
19	December 5	@ Washington	L 89–119	Wilson Chandler (20)	J.J. Hickson & T. Mozgov (6)	Ty Lawson (10)	Verizon Center 19,451	9–10
20	December 7	@ Atlanta	L 84–96	Wilson Chandler (29)	Timofey Mozgov (11)	Ty Lawson (10)	Philips Arena 12,143	9–11
21	December 8	@ Toronto	L 107–112 (OT)	Arron Afflalo (25)	Darrell Arthur (13)	Ty Lawson (10)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	9–12
22	December 10	Miami	W 102–82	Wilson Chandler (17)	Timofey Mozgov (10)	Ty Lawson (9)	Pepsi Center 13,433	10–12
23	December 13	@ Houston	L 96–108	Darrell Arthur (20)	J.J. Hickson (10)	Ty Lawson (12)	Toyota Center 18,136	10–13
24	December 14	San Antonio	L 91–99	Arron Afflalo (31)	Timofey Mozgov (13)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 16,544	10–14
25	December 17	Houston	L 111–115 (OT)	Wilson Chandler (23)	Kenneth Faried (11)	Ty Lawson (16)	Pepsi Center 12,107	10–15
26	December 19	LA Clippers	W 109–106	Nate Robinson (20)	Timofey Mozgov (8)	Ty Lawson (14)	Pepsi Center 15,030	11–15
27	December 20	Indiana	W 76–73	Danilo Gallinari (19)	Timofey Mozgov (15)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 14,125	12–15
28	December 22	@ Charlotte	L 82–110	Ty Lawson (18)	Kenneth Faried (9)	Ty Lawson (4)	Time Warner Cable Arena 16,913	12-16
29	December 23	@ Brooklyn	L 96–102	Ty Lawson (29)	Kenneth Faried (14)	Ty Lawson (9)	Barclays Center 17,080	12-17
30	December 26	Minnesota	W 106–102	Kenneth Faried (26)	Kenneth Faried (25)	Ty Lawson (11)	Pepsi Center 14,516	13–17
31	December 28	Toronto	L 102–116	Ty Lawson (25)	Kenneth Faried (16)	Ty Lawson (7)	Pepsi Center 14,216	13–18
32	December 30	LA Lakers	L 103–111	T. Lawson & J. Nurkic (16)	T. Mozgov & J. Nurkic (8)	Ty Lawson (9)	Pepsi Center 17,248	13–19

January : 6–10 (Home: 3–5; Road: 3–5)

February : 1–9 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–5)

March : 8–8 (Home: 5–3; Road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
59	March 1	New Orleans	L 92–99	Danilo Gallinari (21)	J.J. Hickson & Will Barton (10)	Ty Lawson (11)	Pepsi Center 13,109	20–39
60	March 3	Milwaukee	W 106–95	Danilo Gallinari (26)	Kenneth Faried (14)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 12,234	21–39
61	March 4	@ Minnesota	W 100–85	Will Barton (17)	Kenneth Faried (14)	Ty Lawson & Jameer Nelson (9)	Target Center 13,848	22–39
62	March 6	@ San Antonio	L 112–120	Ty Lawson (23)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Ty Lawson (9)	AT&T Center 18,581	22–40
63	March 7	Houston	L 100–114	Wilson Chandler (26)	J.J. Hickson (10)	Ty Lawson (10)	Pepsi Center 15,231	22–41
64	March 9	New York	W 106–78	Kenneth Faried (19)	Kenneth Faried (11)	Ty Lawson (6)	Pepsi Center 14,153	23–41
65	March 11	Atlanta	W 115–102	Danilo Gallinari (23)	J.J. Hickson (9)	Ty Lawson (9)	Pepsi Center 13,217	24–41
66	March 13	Golden State	W 114–103	Danilo Gallinari & Kenneth Faried (24)	Kenneth Faried (17)	Randy Foye (8)	Pepsi Center 19,155	25–41
67	March 15	@ New Orleans	W 118–111 (2OT)	Will Barton (25)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Ty Lawson (9)	Smoothie King Center 17,248	26–41
68	March 16	@ Memphis	L 81–92	Jameer Nelson (24)	Wilson Chandler (8)	Will Barton (4)	FedExForum 17,248	26–42
69	March 19	@ Houston	L 108–118	Danilo Gallinari & Randy Foye (23)	Kenneth Faried (12)	Ty Lawson (10)	Toyota Center 18,456	26–43
70	March 20	@ Miami	L 91–108	Kenneth Faried (20)	J. Nurkic & W. Chandler (7)	Ty Lawson (12)	AmericanAirlines Arena 19,710	26–44
71	March 22	@ Orlando	W 119–100	Danilo Gallinari (40)	J.J. Hickson (8)	Ty Lawson (8)	Amway Center 15,788	27–44
72	March 25	Philadelphia	L 85–99	Ty Lawson (19)	Wilson Chandler (11)	Ty Lawson (6)	Pepsi Center 14,068	27–45
73	March 27	Utah	W 107–91	Ty Lawson & Jameer Nelson (18)	Will Barton (10)	Ty Lawson (9)	Pepsi Center 15,312	28–45
74	March 28	@ Portland	L 114–120	Jameer Nelson (22)	Kenneth Faried (10)	Ty Lawson (7)	Moda Center 19,769	28–46

April : 2–6 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–4)

2014–15 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

NBA roster statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Arron Afflalo	53	53	33.0	.428	.337	.841	3.4	1.9	.6	.1	14.5
Darrell Arthur	58	4	17.0	.404	.236	.780	2.9	1.0	.8	.4	6.6
Will Barton^a	28	0	24.4	.443	.284	.810	4.6	1.9	1.2	.5	11.0
Ian Clark^a	7	0	4.4	.364	.200	1.000	.4	.3	.4	.1	1.9
Wilson Chandler	78	75	31.7	.429	.342	.775	6.1	1.7	.7	.4	13.9
Kenneth Faried	75	71	27.8	.507	.125	.691	8.9	1.2	.8	.8	12.6
Jamaal Franklin	3	0	4.3	.500	.500	.000	.7	1.0	.00	.3	1.0
Randy Foye	50	21	21.7	.368	.357	.818	1.7	2.4	.7	.2	8.7
Danilo Gallinari	59	27	24.2	.401	.355	.895	3.7	1.4	.8	.3	12.4
Alonzo Gee	39	0	13.1	.482	.417	.738	1.8	.5	.7	.2	4.9
Erick Green	43	1	9.5	.377	.298	.833	.7	.9	.3	.00	3.4
Gary Harris	55	6	13.1	.304	.204	.745	1.2	.5	.7	.1	3.4
JJ Hickson	73	8	19.3	.475	.000	.577	6.2	.8	.5	.5	7.6
Joffrey Lauvergne	24	1	11.2	.404	.188	.643	3.2	.5	.3	.4	3.9
Ty Lawson	75	75	35.5	.436	.341	.730	3.1	9.6	1.2	.1	15.2
JaVale McGee	27	17	11.5	.557	.000	.690	2.8	.1	.1	1.1	5.2
Timofey Mozgov	35	35	25.6	.504	.333	.733	7.8	.5	.4	1.2	8.5
Jameer Nelson^a	34	5	20.6	.450	.354	.579	1.9	3.7	.7	.1	9.6
Jusuf Nurkic	62	27	17.8	.446	.000	.636	6.2	.8	.8	1.1	6.9
Nate Robinson	33	1	14.1	.348	.261	.650	1.2	2.3	.4	.1	5.8

^a Statistics with the Denver Nuggets.

Injuries

Player	Duration		Injury type	Games missed
Player	Start	End	Injury type	Games missed

Roster

Roster listing

2014–15 Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
PF	00	Arthur, Darrell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1988–03–25	Kansas
SG	5	Barton, Will	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–01–06	Memphis
SF	21	Chandler, Wilson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1987–05–10	DePaul
SG	20	Clark, Ian	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	1991–03–07	Belmont
PF	35	Faried, Kenneth (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1989–11–18	Morehead State
SG	22	Franklin, Jamaal	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	1991–07–21	San Diego State
SG	4	Foye, Randy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	1983–09–24	Villanova
SF	8	Gallinari, Danilo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1988–08–08	Italy
PG	11	Green, Erick	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–05–09	Virginia Tech
SG	14	Harris, Gary	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1994–09–14	Michigan State
PF	7	Hickson, JJ	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	1988–09–04	North Carolina State
PF	77	Lauvergne, Joffrey	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1991–09–30	France
PG	3	Lawson, Ty (C)	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1987–11–03	North Carolina
PG	28	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

Melvin Hunt (interim)

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: 2015–04–12

Transactions

Trades

June 26, 2014 [1]	To Denver Nuggets Arron Afflalo	To Orlando Magic Evan Fournier 56th pick in 2014 NBA draft
June 26, 2014 [2]	To Denver Nuggets Draft rights to 16th pick Jusuf Nurkić Draft rights to 19th pick Gary Harris 2nd-round pick in 2015 NBA draft	To Chicago Bulls Draft rights to 11th pick Doug McDermott Anthony Randolph
January 7, 2015 [3]	To Denver Nuggets MEM's protected 1st-round pick in 2015 NBA draft OKC's protected 1st-round pick in 2015 NBA draft	To Cleveland Cavaliers Timofey Mozgov 2nd-round pick in 2015 NBA draft
January 13, 2015 [4]	To Denver Nuggets Jameer Nelson	To Boston Celtics Nate Robinson
February 19, 2015 [5]	To Denver Nuggets Will Barton Víctor Claver Thomas Robinson Protected 1st-round pick in 2016 NBA draft	To Portland Trail Blazers Arron Afflalo Alonzo Gee
February 19, 2015 [6]	To Denver Nuggets Cenk Akyol	To Philadelphia 76ers JaVale McGee Chukwudiebere Maduabum OKC's protected 1st-round pick in 2015 NBA draft

Free agents

Signings

Player	Signed	Contract	Ref.
Darrell Arthur	June 24, 2014	Player option $3.45 million	[7]
Nate Robinson	June 24, 2014	Player option $2 million	[7]
Gary Harris	July 31, 2014	Rookie contract 4 years, $7.3 million Team Option in 2016–17, 2017–18	[8]
Jusuf Nurkic	July 31, 2014	Rookie contract 4 years, $8.5 million Team Option in 2016–17, 2017–18	[8]
Erick Green	August 1, 2014	Rookie contract 3 years, $2.33 million	[9]
Jerrelle Benimon	September 29, 2014	Training camp signing	[10]
Alonzo Gee	September 29, 2014	Training camp signing	[10]
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	September 29, 2014	Training camp signing	[10]
Marcus Williams	September 29, 2014	Training camp signing	[10]
Kenneth Faried	October 6, 2014	4-year extension, $50 million	[11]
Joffrey Lauvergne	February 19, 2015	Rookie contract 4 years, $7.3 million 2016–17 and 2017–18 are not guaranteed	[12]

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date	New team	Ref.
Aaron Brooks	Free Agency	July 22, 2014	Chicago Bulls	[13]
Jan Veselý	Free Agency	August 5, 2014	Fenerbahçe Ülker	[14]
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	Personal Reasons	October 1, 2014	A.E.K. Athens B.C.	[15]
Jerrelle Benimon	Waived	October 22, 2014	Idaho Stampede	[16]
Marcus Williams	Waived	October 22, 2014	Free Agent	[16]
Quincy Miller	Waived	October 27, 2014	Reno Bighorns	[17]
Víctor Claver	Waived	February 22, 2015	BC Khimki	[18]
Thomas Robinson	Waived	February 22, 2015	Philadelphia 76ers	[18]

Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.

References

External links

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[1] Nuggets Acquire Arron Afflalo in Trade with Orlando

[2] Nuggets get Gary Harris, Jusuf Nurkic in first round of 2014 NBA Draft

[3] Nuggets Acquire Two 2015 First-Round Picks from Cavaliers

[4] Nuggets Acquire Former All-Star Jameer Nelson From Boston

[5] Nuggets Acquire Barton, Claver, Robinson and Protected First Round Pick From Portland

[6] Nuggets Acquire Rights to Cenk Akyol

[ArthurRobinson-7] Return of Arthur, Robinson helps solidify Nuggets bench strength

[HarrisNurkic-8] Denver Nuggets Sign First-Round Picks Jusuf Nurkic and Gary Harris

[9] Denver Nuggets Sign Erick Green

[Trainingcamp-10] Denver Nuggets Announce 2014-15 Training Camp Roster

[11] Nuggets sign Kenneth Faried to multiyear contract extension

[12] Nuggets Sign Rookie Forward Joffrey Lauvergne

[13] BULLS SIGN FREE AGENT GUARD AARON BROOKS

[14] "Fenerbahce Ulker lands high flier Vesely". Euroleague.net. August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.

[15] Pops Mensah-Bonsu Leaves Nuggets Camp

[BenimonWilliams-16] Nuggets Waive Benimon and Williams

[17] Nuggets Waive Miller

[ClaverRobinson-18] Nuggets Waive Claver and Robinson