Phoenix Suns Opening Day Rosters

2021-2022 Phoenix Suns Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Deandre Ayton C 7-0 247 Jul 23, 1998 23 Arizona 3 2018 1st Rnd, #1, Phoenix Suns
Devin Booker SG 6-6 206 Oct 30, 1996 24 Kentucky 6 2015 1st Rnd, #13, Phoenix Suns
Mikal Bridges G-F 6-6 209 Aug 30, 1996 25 Villanova 3 2018 1st Rnd, #10, Philadelphia Sixers
Jae Crowder SF 6-6 235 Jul 6, 1990 31 Marquette 9 2012 2nd Rnd, #34, Cleveland Cavaliers
Chandler Hutchison SG 6-7 197 Apr 26, 1996 25 Boise State 3 2018 1st Rnd, #22, Chicago Bulls
Cameron Johnson PF 6-8 210 Mar 3, 1996 25 North Carolina 2 2019 1st Rnd, #11, Minnesota Timberwolves
Frank Kaminsky PF 7-0 242 Apr 4, 1993 28 Wisconsin 6 2015 1st Rnd, #9, Charlotte Hornets
JaVale McGee C/PF 7-0 270 Jan 19, 1988 33 Nevada 13 2008 1st Rnd, #18, Washington Wizards
Abdel Nader SF 6-6 225 Sep 25, 1993 28 Iowa State 4 2016 2nd Rnd, #58, Boston Celtics
Chris Paul PG 6-0 175 May 6, 1985 36 Wake Forest 16 2005 1st Rnd, #4, New Orleans Pelicans
Cameron Payne PG 6-3 183 Aug 8, 1994 27 Murray State 6 2015 1st Rnd, #14, Oklahoma City Thunder
Elfrid Payton PG 6-3 195 Feb 22, 1994 27 Louisiana 7 2014 1st Rnd, #10, Philadelphia Sixers
Dario Saric F-C 6-10 225 Apr 8, 1994 27 KK Cibona (Croatia) 5 2014 1st Rnd, #12, Orlando Magic
Landry Shamet SG 6-4 190 Mar 13, 1997 24 Wichita State 3 2018 1st Rnd, #26, Philadelphia Sixers
Jalen Smith F-C 6-9 215 Mar 16, 2000 21 Maryland 1 2020 1st Rnd, #10, Phoenix Suns

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