Denver Nuggets Opening Day Rosters

2022-2023 Denver Nuggets Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Christian Braun SG 6-6 220 Apr 17, 2001 21 Kansas 0 2022 1st Rnd, #21, Denver Nuggets
Bruce Brown, Jr. G-F 6-4 202 Aug 15, 1996 26 Miami (FL) 4 2018 2nd Rnd, #42, Detroit Pistons
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG 6-5 204 Feb 18, 1993 29 Georgia 9 2013 1st Rnd, #8, Detroit Pistons
Vlatko Cancar PF 6-8 236 Apr 10, 1997 25 KK Mega Bemax (Serbia) 3 2017 2nd Rnd, #49, Denver Nuggets
Collin Gillespie PG 6-1 195 Jun 25, 1999 23 Villanova 0 2022 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Aaron Gordon SF 6-8 235 Sep 16, 1995 27 Arizona 8 2014 1st Rnd, #4, Orlando Magic
Jeff Green PF 6-8 235 Aug 28, 1986 36 Georgetown 14 2007 1st Rnd, #5, Boston Celtics
Bones Hyland PG 6-2 169 Sep 14, 2000 22 VCU 1 2021 1st Rnd, #26, Denver Nuggets
Nikola Jokic C 6-11 284 Feb 19, 1995 27 KK Mega Bemax (Serbia) 7 2014 2nd Rnd, #41, Denver Nuggets
DeAndre Jordan C 6-11 265 Jul 21, 1988 34 Texas A&M 14 2008 2nd Rnd, #35, Los Angeles Clippers
Jamal Murray SG 6-4 215 Feb 23, 1997 25 Kentucky 6 2016 1st Rnd, #7, Denver Nuggets
Zeke Nnaji F-C 6-9 240 Jan 9, 2001 21 Arizona 2 2020 1st Rnd, #22, Denver Nuggets
Michael Porter, Jr. PF 6-10 218 Jun 29, 1998 24 Missouri 4 2018 1st Rnd, #14, Denver Nuggets
Davon Reed SG 6-5 206 Jun 11, 1995 27 Miami (FL) 3 2017 2nd Rnd, #32, Phoenix Suns
Ish Smith PG 6-0 175 Jul 5, 1988 34 Wake Forest 12 2010 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Peyton Watson SG 6-7 200 Sep 11, 2002 20 UCLA 0 2022 1st Rnd, #30, Oklahoma City Thunder
Jack White SF 6-6 225 Aug 5, 1997 25 Duke 0 2020 NBA Draft, Undrafted

Denver 102, Utah 123

October 19, 2022

Regular Season

Delta Center (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Attendance: 18,206

Officials: Kevin Cutler, Tony Brothers, Lauren Holtkamp

Team Rebounds: Denver (2) Utah (13)

Technicals: Denver (0) Utah (1 (Bench))

  1 2 3 4 Final
DEN (0-1) 30 23 27 22 102
UTH (1-0) 37 38 19 29 123

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 101 101.4 122.2
UTH 101 122.2 101.4

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .512 0.209 0.286 0.205
UTH .602 0.189 0.256 0.277

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
5 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Starter SG 35:00 0-3 0-2 2-2 9.0 0.0 4 4 6 2 2 1 1 2
50 Aaron Gordon Starter PF 32:58 10-17 0-2 2-2 19.5 4.0 6 10 2 1 1 1 1 22
15 Nikola Jokic Starter C 33:25 12-17 1-3 2-2 21.0 2.0 2 4 6 4 3 0 3 27
27 Jamal Murray Starter PG 25:55 5-13 1-4 1-1 3.6 1.0 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 12
1 Michael Porter, Jr. Starter SF 35:22 5-10 2-4 3-4 7.8 2.0 5 7 1 4 1 0 4 15
32 Jeff Green Bench PF 14:37 2-5 0-1 2-2 2.2 1.0 3 4 0 3 1 0 2 6
6 DeAndre Jordan Bench C 06:28 0-0 0-0 0-0 2.0 0.0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
14 Ish Smith Bench PG 04:43 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
9 Davon Reed Bench SF 07:51 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
31 Vlatko Cancar Bench PF 01:28 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Bruce Brown, Jr. Bench SG 21:19 3-7 0-2 2-2 0.8 0.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 8
3 Bones Hyland Bench PG 16:12 3-8 1-4 3-3 3.4 0.0 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 10
8 Peyton Watson Bench SF 01:28 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 Christian Braun Bench SG 01:46 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 Zeke Nnaji Bench PF 01:28 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   2            
        240 40-83 5-22 17-18 99.2 10 25 37 21 23 10 3 21 102
          48.2% 22.7% 94.4%                    

Utah Jazz

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
11 Mike Conley Starter PG 32:02 3-8 2-4 5-5 14.6 0.0 2 2 8 0 2 1 3 13
41 Kelly Olynyk Starter PF 14:56 3-5 2-3 0-0 -0.2 0.0 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 8
00 Jordan Clarkson Starter SG 29:33 3-9 1-4 3-4 4.8 1.0 4 5 5 0 0 0 6 10
23 Lauri Markkanen Starter SF 33:03 6-12 3-7 2-2 13.8 0.0 4 4 4 3 2 0 1 17
8 Jarred Vanderbilt Starter C 18:06 3-4 0-0 1-2 10.5 5.0 7 12 1 6 1 0 2 7
22 Rudy Gay Bench PF 25:35 6-8 4-6 0-0 11.0 0.0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 16
16 Simone Fontecchio Bench PF 00:55 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Malik Beasley Bench SG 24:56 5-13 3-9 2-2 10.8 2.0 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 15
6 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Bench PG 00:55 1-1 0-0 0-0 2.2 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
2 Collin Sexton Bench PG 20:47 6-12 1-4 7-8 11.0 1.0 4 5 2 2 0 0 2 20
10 Leandro Bolmaro Bench SG 00:55 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 Talen Horton-Tucker Bench SF 13:42 1-6 0-1 1-2 0.2 0.0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3
30 Ochai Agbaji Bench SF 00:55 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Walker Kessler Bench C 23:40 5-5 0-0 2-6 14.0 2.0 8 10 1 2 1 0 1 12
  Team                   13         0  
        240 42-83 16-38 23-31 128.6 11 32 56 27 21 10 1 19 123
          50.6% 42.1% 74.2%                    

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jamal Murray
12p, 2r, 1a
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
2p, 4r, 6a
Michael Porter, Jr.
15p, 7r, 1a
Aaron Gordon
22p, 10r, 2a
Nikola Jokic
27p, 4r, 6a
Rotation Bones Hyland
10p, 0r, 3a
Bruce Brown, Jr.
8p, 1r, 1a
 
 
Jeff Green
6p, 4r, 0a
 
 
Lim PT Ish Smith
0p, 1r, 0a
Christian Braun
0p, 0r, 0a
Davon Reed
0p, 0r, 0a
Vlatko Cancar
0p, 0r, 0a
DeAndre Jordan
0p, 2r, 1a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Peyton Watson
0p, 0r, 0a
Zeke Nnaji
0p, 0r, 0a
 
 

Utah Jazz Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mike Conley
13p, 2r, 8a
Jordan Clarkson
10p, 5r, 5a
Lauri Markkanen
17p, 4r, 4a
Kelly Olynyk
8p, 0r, 1a
Jarred Vanderbilt
7p, 12r, 1a
Rotation Collin Sexton
20p, 5r, 2a
Malik Beasley
15p, 5r, 1a
Talen Horton-Tucker
3p, 0r, 1a
Rudy Gay
16p, 0r, 2a
Walker Kessler
12p, 10r, 1a
Lim PT Nickeil Alexander-Walker
2p, 0r, 1a
Leandro Bolmaro
0p, 0r, 0a
Ochai Agbaji
0p, 0r, 0a
Simone Fontecchio
0p, 0r, 0a