2022–23 Denver Nuggets season

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2022–23 Denver Nuggets season
NBA Champions
Conference Champions
Division Champions
Head coach Michael Malone
General manager Calvin Booth
Arena Ball Arena
Results
Record 53–29 (.646)
Place Division: 1st (Northwest)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish NBA Champions
(Defeated Heat 4–1)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio KKSE
< 2021–22 2023–24 >

The 2022–23 Denver Nuggets season was the 47th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season culminated in a win in the NBA Finals, their first title in franchise history, including their time in the ABA.

On April 5, 2023, the Nuggets clinched the top seed in the Western Conference for the first time in franchise history.[1] In the first round of the playoffs, the Nuggets eliminated their division rivals; the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games. In the conference semifinals, they defeated the 4th seeded Phoenix Suns in six games to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the second time in four years. The Nuggets made the Finals for the first time in history by sweeping the 7th seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the Conference Finals to advance to the 2023 NBA Finals.

On June 12, 2023, Denver won their first championship in franchise history after a 94–89 win against the Miami Heat, defeating them in 5 games. They joined the San Antonio Spurs as the only former ABA franchises to win a championship in the NBA, although neither team had won a title in the old league.

Draft

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Main article: 2022 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) Nationality College / Club
1 21 Christian Braun SG  United States Kansas

The Nuggets own their first round pick;[2] their second-round pick was traded to Minnesota via Philadelphia.

Roster

2022–23 Denver Nuggets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 0 Braun, Christian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2001-04-17 Kansas
G/F 11 Brown, Bruce 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1996-08-15 Miami (FL)
C 13 Bryant, Thomas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1997-07-31 Indiana
G 5 Caldwell-Pope, Kentavious 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1993-02-18 Georgia
F 31 Čančar, Vlatko 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1997-04-10 Slovenia
G 21 Gillespie, Collin Injured (TW) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-06-25 Villanova
F 50 Gordon, Aaron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1995-09-16 Arizona
F 32 Green, Jeff 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986-08-28 Georgetown
G 7 Jackson, Reggie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1990-04-16 Boston College
C 15 Jokić, Nikola 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 284 lb (129 kg) 1995-02-19 Serbia
C 6 Jordan, DeAndre 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1988-07-21 Texas A&M
G 27 Murray, Jamal 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1997-02-23 Kentucky
F/C 22 Nnaji, Zeke 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 2001-01-09 Arizona
F 1 Porter, Michael Jr. 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1998-06-29 Missouri
G 14 Smith, Ish 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1988-07-05 Wake Forest
G/F 8 Watson, Peyton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2002-09-11 UCLA
F 10 White, Jack (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1997-08-05 Duke
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
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 Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 14, 2023

Standings

Division

Northwest Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
c – Denver Nuggets 53 29 .646 0.0 34–7 19–22 10–6 82
pi – Minnesota Timberwolves 42 40 .512 11.0 22–19 20–21 8–8 82
pi – Oklahoma City Thunder 40 42 .488 13.0 24–17 16–25 9–7 82
Utah Jazz 37 45 .451 16.0 23–18 14–27 6–10 82
Portland Trail Blazers 33 49 .402 20.0 17–24 16–25 7–9 82

Conference

Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 c – Denver Nuggets * 53 29 .646 – 82
2 y – Memphis Grizzlies * 51 31 .622 2.0 82
3 y – Sacramento Kings * 48 34 .585 5.0 82
4 x – Phoenix Suns 45 37 .549 8.0 82
5 x – Los Angeles Clippers 44 38 .537 9.0 82
6 x – Golden State Warriors 44 38 .537 9.0 82
7 pi – Los Angeles Lakers 43 39 .524 10.0 82
8 pi – Minnesota Timberwolves 42 40 .512 11.0 82
9 pi – New Orleans Pelicans 42 40 .512 11.0 82
10 pi – Oklahoma City Thunder 40 42 .488 13.0 82
11 Dallas Mavericks 38 44 .463 15.0 82
12 Utah Jazz 37 45 .451 16.0 82
13 Portland Trail Blazers 33 49 .402 20.0 82
14 Houston Rockets 22 60 .268 31.0 82
15 San Antonio Spurs 22 60 .268 31.0 82

Game log

Preseason

2022–23 game log
2022–23 season schedule

Regular season

2022–23 game log
2022–23 season schedule

Playoffs

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See also: 2023 NBA playoffs
2023 playoff game log
2023 playoff 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
Christian Braun 76 6 15.5 .495 .354 .625 2.4 .8 .5 .2 4.7
Bruce Brown 80 31 28.5 .483 .358 .758 4.1 3.4 1.1 .6 11.5
Thomas Bryant 18 1 11.4 .485 .444 .722 3.3 .1 .1 .4 4.6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 76 76 31.3 .462 .423 .824 2.7 2.4 1.5 .5 10.8
Vlatko Čančar 60 9 14.8 .476 .374 .927 2.1 1.3 .4 .2 5.0
Aaron Gordon 68 68 30.2 .564 .347 .608 6.6 3.0 .8 .8 16.3
Jeff Green 56 4 19.5 .488 .288 .744 2.6 1.2 .3 .3 7.8
Bones Hyland 42 1 19.5 .399 .378 .866 2.0 3.0 .7 .3 12.1
Reggie Jackson 16 2 19.9 .383 .279 .833 1.8 3.1 .6 .1 7.9
Nikola Jokić 69 69 33.7 .632 .383 .822 11.8 9.8 1.3 .7 24.5
DeAndre Jordan 39 8 15.0 .765 1.000 .458 5.2 .9 .3 .6 5.1
Jamal Murray 65 65 32.8 .454 .398 .833 4.0 6.2 1.0 .2 20.0
Zeke Nnaji 53 5 13.7 .561 .262 .645 2.6 .3 .3 .4 5.2
Michael Porter Jr. 62 62 29.0 .487 .414 .800 5.5 1.0 .6 .5 17.4
Davon Reed 35 1 9.0 .313 .364 .750 1.6 .5 .4 .1 2.3
Ish Smith 43 0 9.3 .397 .167 .500 1.3 2.3 .2 .2 2.5
Peyton Watson 23 2 8.1 .492 .429 .550 1.6 .5 .1 .5 3.3
Jack White 17 0 3.9 .421 .333 .667 1.0 .2 .2 .1 1.2

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Christian Braun 19 0 13.0 .533 .200 .579 2.1 .6 .6 .2 3.2
Bruce Brown 20 0 26.6 .511 .316 .857 4.0 1.9 1.1 .5 12.0
Thomas Bryant 1 0 .5 – – – .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 20 20 33.5 .457 .380 .829 3.3 1.6 1.3 .7 10.6
Vlatko Čančar 5 0 2.0 .000 .000 – .6 .2 .0 .0 .0
Aaron Gordon 20 20 35.6 .518 .391 .652 6.0 2.6 .6 .7 13.3
Jeff Green 20 0 17.2 .452 .321 .895 1.6 .7 .3 .4 4.1
Reggie Jackson 6 0 3.0 .500 .500 – .3 .3 .2 .0 .5
Nikola Jokić 20 20 39.4 .548 .461 .799 13.5 9.5 1.1 1.0 30.0
DeAndre Jordan 4 0 3.4 .667 – .500 1.0 .3 .0 .3 1.3
Jamal Murray 20 20 39.9 .473 .396 .926 5.7 7.1 1.5 .3 26.1
Zeke Nnaji 5 0 2.4 .500 .333 – .4 .0 .2 .0 1.0
Michael Porter Jr. 20 20 32.6 .423 .351 .793 8.1 1.6 .5 .6 13.4
Ish Smith 4 0 2.9 .500 – – .3 .3 .0 .0 .5
Peyton Watson 5 0 2.7 .400 .500 – .8 .2 .0 .2 1.0

Transactions

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Main article: List of 2022–23 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Via trade

Via free agency

 Players Lost

Via trade

Via free agency

Trades

June 23, 2022[3][4] To Denver Nuggets
Draft rights to Peyton Watson (No. 30)
2023 second-round pick[lower-alpha 2]
2024 second-round pick[lower-alpha 3]		 To Oklahoma City Thunder
JaMychal Green
2027 protected first-round pick[lower-alpha 4]
July 6, 2022[5][6] To Denver Nuggets
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Ish Smith		 To Washington Wizards
Will Barton
Monté Morris
July 6, 2022[7] To Denver Nuggets
Draft rights to Ismaël Kamagate (No. 46)		 To Portland Trail Blazers
2024 second-round pick[lower-alpha 5]
February 9, 2023[8][9][10][11] Four-team trade
To Denver Nuggets

Thomas Bryant (from Lakers)

 To Los Angeles Clippers

Bones Hyland (from Denver)
To Los Angeles Lakers

Mo Bamba (from Orlando)
Davon Reed (from Denver)
2024 LAC second-round pick (from Clippers)
2025 LAC second-round pick (from Clippers)

 To Orlando Magic

Patrick Beverley (from Lakers)
2024 DEN second-round pick (from Denver)
Cash considerations (from Lakers)

Free agency

Re-signed

Date Player Signed Ref.
July 7, 2022 Vlatko Čančar 3-year contract [12]
July 8, 2022 Nikola Jokić 5-year extension [13]
July 9, 2022 Davon Reed 2-year contract [14]
July 17, 2022 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 2-year extension [15]

Additions

Date Player Former team Ref.
July 3, 2022 Collin Gillespie (two-way) Villanova [16]
July 7, 2022 Bruce Brown Brooklyn Nets [17]
July 12, 2022 DeAndre Jordan Philadelphia 76ers [18]
July 19, 2022 Jack White (two-way) Melbourne United Australia [19]
February 14, 2023 Reggie Jackson Charlotte Hornets [20]

Subtractions

Date Player Reason left New team Ref.
July 12, 2022 Bryn Forbes Free Agent Minnesota Timberwolves [21]
July 17, 2022 Markus Howard Free Agent Saski Baskonia Spain [22]
July 21, 2022 Austin Rivers Free Agent Minnesota Timberwolves [23]
October 18, 2022 Facundo Campazzo Free Agent Dallas Mavericks [24]
April 11, 2023 DeMarcus Cousins Free Agent Guaynabo Mets Puerto Rico [25]

Notes

  1. ↑ Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.
  2. ↑ The second-best of the picks originally belonging to Oklahoma City, Washington, and Dallas/Miami (better of the two).
  3. ↑ The better of the picks originally belonging to Charlotte and Minnesota.
  4. ↑ At least two years after Denver conveys its pick to Orlando, it will convey this pick to Oklahoma City. The earliest possible date is 2027 (if No. 6–30), rolling over to 2028 and 2029 with same protection; if not conveyed by 2029, it will convert to Denver's 2029 second-round pick.
  5. ↑ The better of the picks originally belonging to Charlotte and Minnesota.

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