2011–12 Denver Nuggets season

2011–12 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach George Karl
Arena Pepsi Center
Results
Record 0–0
Place Division: 0th (Northwest)
Conference: 0th (Western)
Playoff finish TBD
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio KCKK
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The 2011–12 Denver Nuggets season will be the 45th season of the franchise, and its 36th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Contents

Key dates

Draft

Main article: 2011 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team
1 22 Kenneth Faried PF  United States Morehead State University

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From
G 6 Afflalo, Arron (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1985–10–15 UCLA
C 11 Andersen, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1978–07–07 Blinn College TX (JC)*
G/F 13 Brewer, Corey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1986–03–05 Florida
F 0 Carroll, DeMarre 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1986–07–27 Missouri
F 35 Faried, Kenneth 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1989–18–11 Morehead State*
G/F 5 Fernández, Rudy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1985–04–04 Spain
F 8 Gallinari, Danilo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988–08–08 Italy
G/F 1 Hamilton, Jordan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–06–10 Texas
F 7 Harrington, Al 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980–02–17 St. Patrick High School (NJ)*
C 41 Koufos, Kosta 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1989–02–24 Ohio State
G 3 Lawson, Ty 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1987–11–03 North Carolina
G 24 Miller, Andre (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1976–03–19 Utah
C 25 Mozgov, Timofey 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1986–07–16 Russia
C 31 Nenê 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1982–09–13 Brazil
G/F 10 Stone, Julyan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–07–12 UTEP
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Jim Gillen
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
  • * High school

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2011-12-23

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Timofey Mozgov Chris Andersen Kosta Koufos
PF Nenê Al Harrington Kenneth Faried
SF Danilo Gallinari Corey Brewer DeMarre Carroll Jordan Hamilton
SG Arron Afflalo Rudy Fernández Julyan Stone
PG Ty Lawson Andre Miller

Regular Season

Game log

Total: 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2)
January: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 January 1 L. A. Lakers W 99–90 Danilo Gallinari (20) Al Harrington (11) Ty Lawson (10) Pepsi Center
19,155		 3–2
6 January 2 Milwaukee W 91–86 Danilo Gallinari (21) Danilo Gallinari (10) Ty Lawson (6) Pepsi Center
14,142		 4–2
7 January 4 Sacramento Pepsi Center
8 January 6 @ New Orleans New Orleans Arena
9 January 7 @ San Antonio AT&T Center
10 January 9 New Orleans Pepsi Center
11 January 11 New Jersey Pepsi Center
12 January 13 Miami Pepsi Center
13 January 15 Utah Pepsi Center
14 January 17 @ Milwaukee Bradley Center
15 January 18 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
16 January 20 @ Washington Verizon Center
17 January 21 @ New York Madison Square Garden
18 January 25 @ Sacramento Power Balance Pavilion
19 January 27 Toronto Pepsi Center
20 January 29 L. A. Clippers Pepsi Center
21 January 31 @ Memphis FedEx Forum
2011–12 season schedule

Standings

Northwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
Portland Trail Blazers 4 1 .800 – 3–0 1–1 2–0 5
Oklahoma City Thunder 5 2 .714 – 3–1 2–1 1–1 7
Denver Nuggets 4 2 .667 0.5 3–0 1–2 1–1 6
Utah Jazz 3 3 .500 1.5 3–0 0–3 0–1 6
Minnesota Timberwolves 2 3 .400 2.0 2–2 0–1 0–1 5
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 Portland Trail Blazers * 4 1 .800 – 5
2 Oklahoma City Thunder 5 2 .714 – 7
3 San Antonio Spurs * 3 2 .600 1.0 5
4 Los Angeles Lakers * 4 3 .571 1.0 7
5 Denver Nuggets 4 2 .667 0.5 6
6 Los Angeles Clippers 2 2 .500 1.5 4
7 Utah Jazz 3 3 .500 1.5 6
8 Memphis Grizzlies 2 3 .400 2.0 5
9 Phoenix Suns 2 3 .400 2.0 5
10 New Orleans Hornets 2 3 .400 2.0 5
11 Houston Rockets 2 3 .400 2.0 5
12 Golden State Warriors 2 3 .400 2.0 5
13 Minnesota Timberwolves 2 3 .400 2.0 5
14 Sacramento Kings 2 4 .333 2.5 6
15 Dallas Mavericks 2 4 .333 2.5 6

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2011
[2]		 To Denver Nuggets
To Portland Trail Blazers
To Dallas Mavericks
June 23, 2011
[3]		 To Denver Nuggets
To Los Angeles Lakers
  • Future second-round pick
December 13, 2011
[4]		 To Denver Nuggets
To Dallas Mavericks
  • Future second-round pick

Free agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team
DeMarre Carroll December 13, 2011 Houston Rockets

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
J. R. Smith Lockout Concerns Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Wilson Chandler Lockout Concerns Zhejiang Guangsha Lions
Kenyon Martin Lockout Concerns Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers

References

  1. ^ "Report: NBA draft moving to Newark". ESPN.com. October 27, 2010. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5733121. Retrieved June 13, 2011. 
  2. ^ Nuggets acquire Andre Miller, Jordan Hamilton, future pick
  3. ^ Nuggets acquire rights to Nigerian forward from Lakers
  4. ^ Nuggets acquire Brewer, Fernandez from Mavericks

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