Denver Nuggets Opening Day Rosters

2021-2022 Denver Nuggets Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Will Barton SG 6-5 181 Jan 6, 1991 30 Memphis 9 2012 2nd Rnd, #40, Portland Trail Blazers
Bol Bol C-F 7-3 220 Nov 16, 1999 21 Oregon 2 2019 2nd Rnd, #44, Miami Heat
Facundo Campazzo PG 5-11 165 Mar 23, 1991 30 Penarol (Argentina) 1 2013 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Vlatko Cancar PF 6-8 236 Apr 10, 1997 24 KK Mega Bemax (Serbia) 2 2017 2nd Rnd, #49, Denver Nuggets
Petr Cornelie C 6-11 220 Jul 26, 1995 26 Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France) 0 2016 2nd Rnd, #53, Denver Nuggets
P.J. Dozier PG 6-6 205 Oct 25, 1996 24 South Carolina 4 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Aaron Gordon SF 6-8 235 Sep 16, 1995 26 Arizona 7 2014 1st Rnd, #4, Orlando Magic
JaMychal Green PF 6-9 227 Jun 21, 1990 31 Alabama 7 2012 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jeff Green PF 6-8 235 Aug 28, 1986 35 Georgetown 13 2007 1st Rnd, #5, Boston Celtics
Markus Howard PG 5-11 180 Mar 3, 1999 22 Marquette 1 2020 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Bones Hyland PG 6-2 169 Sep 14, 2000 21 VCU 0 2021 1st Rnd, #26, Denver Nuggets
Nikola Jokic C 6-11 284 Feb 19, 1995 26 KK Mega Bemax (Serbia) 6 2014 2nd Rnd, #41, Denver Nuggets
Monte Morris PG 6-2 183 Jun 27, 1995 26 Iowa State 4 2017 2nd Rnd, #51, Denver Nuggets
Jamal Murray SG 6-4 215 Feb 23, 1997 24 Kentucky 5 2016 1st Rnd, #7, Denver Nuggets
Zeke Nnaji F-C 6-9 240 Jan 9, 2001 20 Arizona 1 2020 1st Rnd, #22, Denver Nuggets
Michael Porter, Jr. PF 6-10 218 Jun 29, 1998 23 Missouri 3 2018 1st Rnd, #14, Denver Nuggets
Austin Rivers PG/SG 6-4 200 Aug 1, 1992 29 Duke 9 2012 1st Rnd, #10, New Orleans Pelicans

Denver 110, Phoenix 98

October 20, 2021

Regular Season

Footprint Center (Phoenix, Arizona)

Attendance: 16,074

Officials: Kevin Cutler, Marc Davis, Leon Wood

Team Rebounds: Denver (3) Phoenix (5)

Technicals: Denver (0) Phoenix (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DEN (1-0) 26 25 34 25 110
PHX (0-1) 20 38 24 16 98

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 99 111.5 99.3
PHX 99 99.3 111.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .633 0.172 0.130 0.060
PHX .494 0.182 0.244 0.138

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
5 Will Barton Starter SG 33:30 8-14 4-8 0-0 19.0 0.0 6 6 5 2 1 0 0 20
50 Aaron Gordon Starter PF 29:01 5-6 1-1 1-2 14.2 2.0 6 8 4 2 0 1 3 12
15 Nikola Jokic Starter C 34:43 13-22 1-6 0-0 20.2 2.0 11 13 2 3 2 0 3 27
11 Monte Morris Starter PG 28:26 3-8 3-6 0-2 5.2 0.0 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 9
1 Michael Porter, Jr. Starter SF 33:59 6-10 2-3 1-1 15.4 1.0 5 6 5 3 2 0 2 15
32 Jeff Green Bench PF 18:59 4-9 3-6 2-2 3.8 0.0 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 13
0 JaMychal Green Bench C 13:17 1-4 0-2 0-0 -2.0 0.0 2 2 0 3 1 0 2 2
25 Austin Rivers Bench SG 07:43 1-3 0-2 0-0 -1.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
7 Facundo Campazzo Bench PG 19:34 0-3 0-1 0-0 3.5 0.0 3 3 4 1 2 0 2 0
35 P.J. Dozier Bench SG 20:48 3-4 3-4 1-2 10.2 1.0 4 5 1 2 1 0 1 10
  Team                   3         1  
        240 44-83 17-39 5-9 120.4 6 40 49 25 20 9 1 18 110
          53.0% 43.6% 55.6%                    

Phoenix Suns

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Chris Paul Starter PG 33:37 6-11 2-4 1-2 18.0 2.0 2 4 10 3 2 1 3 15
99 Jae Crowder Starter PF 24:06 0-5 0-5 2-2 5.0 0.0 8 8 2 1 1 0 1 2
1 Devin Booker Starter SG 29:57 3-15 2-7 4-4 3.0 1.0 3 4 4 3 1 0 3 12
25 Mikal Bridges Starter SF 33:31 7-16 2-6 0-2 7.2 1.0 4 5 0 2 1 1 1 16
22 Deandre Ayton Starter C 32:36 6-10 1-3 2-2 11.8 2.0 4 6 2 2 1 0 2 15
34 JaVale McGee Bench C 15:08 3-4 0-0 0-0 6.2 1.0 7 8 0 2 0 1 3 6
11 Abdel Nader Bench SF 13:23 0-2 0-1 0-0 1.0 1.0 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 0
15 Cameron Payne Bench PG 14:23 3-9 1-3 3-5 3.1 1.0 1 2 3 2 1 0 3 10
23 Cameron Johnson Bench PF 23:54 4-10 3-5 0-0 5.8 1.0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 11
14 Landry Shamet Bench SG 19:25 4-5 3-3 0-0 9.8 1.0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 11
  Team                   5            
        240 36-87 14-37 12-17 100.9 11 34 50 23 18 9 3 18 98
          41.4% 37.8% 70.6%                    

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Monte Morris
9p, 2r, 3a
Will Barton
20p, 6r, 5a
Michael Porter, Jr.
15p, 6r, 5a
Aaron Gordon
12p, 8r, 4a
Nikola Jokic
27p, 13r, 2a
Rotation Facundo Campazzo
0p, 3r, 4a
P.J. Dozier
10p, 5r, 1a
 
 
Jeff Green
13p, 1r, 1a
JaMychal Green
2p, 2r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
Austin Rivers
2p, 0r, 0a
 
 
 
 
 
 

Phoenix Suns Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Chris Paul
15p, 4r, 10a
Devin Booker
12p, 4r, 4a
Mikal Bridges
16p, 5r, 0a
Jae Crowder
2p, 8r, 2a
Deandre Ayton
15p, 6r, 2a
Rotation Cameron Payne
10p, 2r, 3a
Landry Shamet
11p, 3r, 0a
Abdel Nader
0p, 3r, 1a
Cameron Johnson
11p, 2r, 1a
JaVale McGee
6p, 8r, 0a