2013–14 Denver Nuggets season

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.

2013–14 Denver Nuggets season
Head coachBrian Shaw
ArenaPepsi Center
Results
Record36–46 (.439)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Northwest)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionAltitude Sports and Entertainment
RadioKCKK

Key dates

Draft
Main article: 2013 NBA 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

Roster
Roster listing
2013–14 Denver Nuggets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 00 Arthur, Darrell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1988–03–25 Kansas
G 0 Brooks, Aaron 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1985–01–14 Oregon
F 21 Chandler, Wilson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1987–05–10 DePaul
F 35 Faried, Kenneth 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1989–11–18 Morehead State
G 94 Fournier, Evan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–10–29 France
G 4 Foye, Randy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1983–09–24 Villanova
F 8 Gallinari, Danilo  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988–08–08 Italy
F/C 7 Hickson, JJ 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1988–09–04 North Carolina State
G 3 Lawson, Ty 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1987–11–03 North Carolina
C 34 McGee, JaVale  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1988–01–19 Nevada
F 30 Miller, Quincy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–11–18 Baylor
C 25 Mozgov, Timofey 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1986–07–16 Russia
F/C 15 Randolph, Anthony 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1989–07–15 LSU
G 10 Robinson, Nate  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1984–05–31 Washington
F 24 Veselý, Jan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1990–04–24 Czech Republic
Head coach
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 6 @ L.A. Lakers W 97–88 Lawson & Hamilton (15) Ty Lawson (10) Ty Lawson (6) Staples Center
16,722		 1–0
2 October 8 @ L.A. Lakers L 88–90 JaVale McGee (14) Faried & Hickson (10) Lawson & Fournier (5) Citizens Business Bank Arena
6,023		 1–1
3 October 14 San Antonio W 98–94 Kenneth Faried (22) Kenneth Faried (9) Ty Lawson (8) Pepsi Center
14,671		 2–1
4 October 15 @ Oklahoma City L 81–109 Robinson & Miller (10) JaVale McGee (8) Ty Lawson (4) Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203		 2–2
5 October 19 @ L.A. Clippers L 111–118 (OT) Randolph & Fournier (16) Evan Fournier (7) Quincy Miller (7) Mandalay Bay Events Center
9,535		 2–3
6 October 23 Phoenix L 79–98 Anthony Randolph (15) J. J. Hickson (7) Ty Lawson (8) Pepsi Center
14,652		 2–4
7 October 25 @ Chicago L 89–94 Randolph & McGee (15) JaVale McGee (8) Nate Robinson (5) United Center
21,773		 2–5
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
Denver Nuggets statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Darrell Arthur 68117.1.395.375.8503.1.9.57.695.9
Aaron Brooksa 291229.0.406.362.9002.75.2.93.2411.9
Wilson Chandler 625531.1.416.348.7204.71.8.74.5013.6
Kenneth Faried 807727.2.545.000.6508.61.2.88.8613.7
Evan Fournier 76419.8.419.376.7602.71.5.45.098.4
Randy Foye 817830.7.413.380.8502.93.5.83.4813.2
Jordan Hamiltona 391117.2.390.349.7403.4.9.79.336.8
JJ Hickson 695226.9.508.000.5209.21.4.68.7411.8
Ty Lawson 626135.8.431.356.8003.58.81.61.1617.6
JaVale McGee 5516.0.447.0001.0003.4.4.201.407.0
Andre Millera 30219.0.458.500.7402.43.3.50.235.9
Quincy Miller 521615.2.367.319.7102.8.5.42.624.9
Timofey Mozgov 823021.6.523.167.7506.4.8.331.229.4
Anthony Randolph 43512.3.386.295.7502.8.7.60.444.8
Nate Robinson 44119.7.428.377.8401.82.5.82.0910.4
Jan Veselya 21014.6.506.000.4203.7.51.29.764.4

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)

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
  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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