2022–23 Denver Nuggets season

The 2022–23 Denver Nuggets season was the 47th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season culminated in a win in the NBA Finals, their first title in franchise history, including their time in the ABA.

On April 5, 2023, the Nuggets clinched the top seed in the Western Conference for the first time in franchise history. In the first round of the playoffs, the Nuggets eliminated their division rivals, the Minnesota Timberwolves, in five games. In the conference semifinals, they defeated the 4th seeded Phoenix Suns in six games to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the second time in four years. The Nuggets made the Finals for the first time in history by sweeping the 7th seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the Conference Finals to advance to the 2023 NBA Finals.

On June 12, 2023, Denver won their first championship in franchise history after a 94–89 win against the Miami Heat, defeating them in 5 games. They joined the San Antonio Spurs as the only former ABA franchises to win a championship in the NBA, although neither team had won a title in the old league. HoopsHype would later rank this squad as the team with the fifth-easiest path to winning the NBA Finals in 2024 (in terms of the records of their opponents) due to the improbable route they had to take to win it all this season (first by beating a #8 seed, then a #4 seed, before beating a #7 seed in the Western Conference Finals and then a #8 seed (who originally started out as a #7 seed before the play-in tournament began) in order to win the NBA Finals).

Draft

Main article: 2022 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College / Club
1	21	Christian Braun	SG	United States	Kansas

The Nuggets own their first round pick; their second-round pick was traded to Minnesota via Philadelphia. A second-round pick Denver traded to the Miami Heat would later be forfeited by them after they violated tampering rules with free agency the previous season.

Roster

2022–23 Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	0	Braun, Christian	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2001-04-17	Kansas
G	11	Brown, Bruce	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	1996-08-15	Miami (FL)
C	13	Bryant, Thomas	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	1997-07-31	Indiana
G	5	Caldwell-Pope, Kentavious	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	1993-02-18	Georgia
F	31	Čančar, Vlatko	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	1997-04-10	Slovenia
G	21	Gillespie, Collin (TW)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-06-25	Villanova
F	50	Gordon, Aaron	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1995-09-16	Arizona
F	32	Green, Jeff	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1986-08-28	Georgetown
G	7	Jackson, Reggie	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1990-04-16	Boston College
C	15	Jokić, Nikola	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	284 lb (129 kg)	1995-02-19	Serbia
C	6	Jordan, DeAndre	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	1988-07-21	Texas A&M
G	27	Murray, Jamal	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1997-02-23	Kentucky
F/C	22	Nnaji, Zeke	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2001-01-09	Arizona
F	1	Porter, Michael Jr.	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1998-06-29	Missouri
G	14	Smith, Ish	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1988-07-05	Wake Forest
G/F	8	Watson, Peyton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002-09-11	UCLA
F	10	White, Jack (TW)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1997-08-05	Duke

Head coach

Michael Malone

Assistant coach(es)

David Adelman
John Beckett
Ryan Bowen
Popeye Jones
Charles Klask
Ryan Saunders
Ognjen Stojaković
Elvis Valcarcel

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 14, 2023

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c – Denver Nuggets	53	29	.646	–	34‍–‍7	19‍–‍22	10–6	82
x – Minnesota Timberwolves	42	40	.512	11.0	22‍–‍19	20‍–‍21	8–8	82
pi – Oklahoma City Thunder	40	42	.488	13.0	24‍–‍17	16‍–‍25	9–7	82
Utah Jazz	37	45	.451	16.0	23‍–‍18	14‍–‍27	6–10	82
Portland Trail Blazers	33	49	.402	20.0	17‍–‍24	16‍–‍25	7–9	82

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Denver Nuggets *	53	29	.646	–	82
2	y – Memphis Grizzlies *	51	31	.622	2.0	82
3	y – Sacramento Kings *	48	34	.585	5.0	82
4	x – Phoenix Suns	45	37	.549	8.0	82
5	x – Los Angeles Clippers	44	38	.537	9.0	82
6	x – Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	9.0	82

7	x – Los Angeles Lakers	43	39	.524	10.0	82
8	x – Minnesota Timberwolves	42	40	.512	11.0	82
9	pi – New Orleans Pelicans	42	40	.512	11.0	82
10	pi – Oklahoma City Thunder	40	42	.488	13.0	82

11	Dallas Mavericks	38	44	.463	15.0	82
12	Utah Jazz	37	45	.451	16.0	82
13	Portland Trail Blazers	33	49	.402	20.0	82
14	Houston Rockets	22	60	.268	31.0	82
15	San Antonio Spurs	22	60	.268	31.0	82

Game log

Preseason

2022 preseason game log
Total: 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–1)

Preseason: 3–2 (home: 1–1; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 3	Oklahoma City	L 101–112	Zeke Nnaji (15)	Nnaji, Jordan (6)	Jokić, Green (3)	Ball Arena 12,432	0–1
2	October 7	@ Chicago	L 113–131	Bones Hyland (24)	DeAndre Jordan (10)	Murray, Smith (5)	United Center 20,305	0–2
3	October 10	Phoenix	W 107–105	Ish Smith (17)	DeAndre Jordan (10)	Ish Smith (7)	Ball Arena 12,505	1–2
4	October 12	@ L.A. Clippers	W 126–115	Ish Smith (15)	Zeke Nnaji (8)	Ish Smith (8)	Toyota Arena 8,812	2–2
5	October 14	@ Golden State	W 119–112	Bones Hyland (18)	Aaron Gordon (12)	Aaron Gordon (7)	Chase Center N/A	3–2

2022–23 preseason schedule

Regular season

2022–23 game log
Total: 53–29 (Home: 34–7; Road: 19–22)

October: 4–3 (home: 3–0; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 19	@ Utah	L 102–123	Nikola Jokić (27)	Aaron Gordon (10)	Jokić, Caldwell-Pope (6)	Vivint Arena 18,206	0–1
2	October 21	@ Golden State	W 128–123	Nikola Jokić (26)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Chase Center 18,064	1–1
3	October 22	Oklahoma City	W 122–117	Michael Porter Jr. (22)	Nikola Jokić (16)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Ball Arena 19,983	2–1
4	October 24	@ Portland	L 110–135	Aaron Gordon (26)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Moda Center 18,111	2–2
5	October 26	L.A. Lakers	W 110–99	Nikola Jokić (31)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Ball Arena 19,520	3–2
6	October 28	Utah	W 117–101	Bones Hyland (26)	Jordan, Porter Jr. (13)	Nikola Jokić (6)	Ball Arena 19,560	4–2
7	October 30	@ L.A. Lakers	L 110–121	Nikola Jokić (23)	Nikola Jokić (14)	Nikola Jokić (6)	Crypto.com Arena 18,997	4–3

November: 10–4 (home: 3–2; road: 7–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	November 3	@ Oklahoma City	W 122–110	Aaron Gordon (27)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Nikola Jokić (14)	Paycom Center 13,791	5–3
9	November 5	San Antonio	W 126–101	Bones Hyland (24)	Michael Porter Jr. (9)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Ball Arena 19,641	6–3
10	November 7	@ San Antonio	W 115–109	Nikola Jokić (26)	Jokić, Jordan (8)	Nikola Jokić (10)	AT&T Center 11,574	7–3
11	November 9	@ Indiana	W 122–119	Nikola Jokić (24)	Aaron Gordon (17)	Gordon, Jokić (6)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 14,069	8–3
12	November 11	@ Boston	L 112–131	Nikola Jokić (29)	Bruce Brown (10)	Jamal Murray (10)	TD Garden 19,156	8–4
13	November 13	@ Chicago	W 126–103	Michael Porter Jr. (31)	Bruce Brown (11)	Nikola Jokić (14)	United Center 21,602	9–4
14	November 16	New York	L 103–106	Hyland, Murray (21)	Jamal Murray (9)	Jamal Murray (6)	Ball Arena 18,210	9–5
15	November 18	@ Dallas	L 99–127	Brown, Caldwell-Pope (18)	DeAndre Jordan (7)	Bruce Brown (7)	American Airlines Center 20,135	9–6
16	November 20	@ Dallas	W 98–97	Bones Hyland (29)	DeAndre Jordan (17)	Bruce Brown (8)	American Airlines Center 20,244	10–6
17	November 22	Detroit	L 108–110	Nikola Jokić (31)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Ball Arena 19,635	10–7
18	November 23	@ Oklahoma City	W 131–126 (OT)	Nikola Jokić (39)	Bruce Brown (13)	Bruce Brown (10)	Paycom Center 13,656	11–7
19	November 25	@ L.A. Clippers	W 114–104	Aaron Gordon (29)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Jamal Murray (9)	Crypto.com Arena 16,559	12–7
20	November 28	Houston	W 129–113	Nikola Jokić (32)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Jokić, Smith (8)	Ball Arena 16,027	13–7
21	November 30	Houston	W 120–100	Jamal Murray (26)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Ball Arena 16,286	14–7

December: 9–5 (home: 7–1; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
22	December 2	@ Atlanta	L 109–117	Nikola Jokić (24)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Nikola Jokić (8)	State Farm Arena 16,974	14–8
23	December 4	@ New Orleans	L 106–121	Nikola Jokić (32)	Nikola Jokić (16)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Smoothie King Center 15,658	14–9
24	December 6	Dallas	L 115–116	Aaron Gordon (27)	Gordon, Jokić (8)	Nikola Jokić (8)	Ball Arena 19,520	14–10
25	December 8	@ Portland	W 121–120	Nikola Jokić (33)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Moda Center 18,189	15–10
26	December 10	Utah	W 115–110	Nikola Jokić (31)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Nikola Jokić (14)	Ball Arena 19,636	16–10
27	December 14	Washington	W 141–128	Nikola Jokić (43)	Nikola Jokić (14)	Nikola Jokić (8)	Ball Arena 19,550	17–10
28	December 16	@ L.A. Lakers	L 108–126	Nikola Jokić (25)	Nikola Jokić (11)	Nikola Jokić (8)	Crypto.com Arena 18,505	17–11
29	December 18	Charlotte	W 119–115	Nikola Jokić (40)	Nikola Jokić (27)	Jamal Murray (11)	Ball Arena 19,235	18–11
30	December 20	Memphis	W 105–91	Aaron Gordon (24)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Ball Arena 19,605	19–11
31	December 23	Portland	W 120–107	Nikola Jokić (29)	Jokić, Murray (8)	Jamal Murray (12)	Ball Arena 19,619	20–11
32	December 25	Phoenix	W 128–125 (OT)	Nikola Jokić (41)	Nikola Jokić (15)	Nikola Jokić (15)	Ball Arena 19,642	21–11
33	December 27	@ Sacramento	W 113–106	Michael Porter Jr. (30)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Nikola Jokić (11)	Golden 1 Center 17,937	22–11
34	December 28	@ Sacramento	L 126–127	Nikola Jokić (40)	Jokić, Jordan, Porter Jr. (7)	Bones Hyland (11)	Golden 1 Center 17,985	22–12
35	December 30	Miami	W 124–119	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Ball Arena 19,638	23–12

January: 12–4 (home: 10–1; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
36	January 1	Boston	W 123–111	Nikola Jokić (30)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Ball Arena 19,641	24–12
37	January 2	@ Minnesota	L 111–124	Nikola Jokić (24)	Aaron Gordon (16)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Target Center 15,962	24–13
38	January 5	L.A. Clippers	W 122–91	Jamal Murray (18)	Vlatko Čančar (12)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Ball Arena 19,087	25–13
39	January 6	Cleveland	W 121–108	Nikola Jokić (28)	Nikola Jokić (15)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Ball Arena 19,638	26–13
40	January 9	L.A. Lakers	W 122–109	Jamal Murray (34)	Nikola Jokić (11)	Nikola Jokić (16)	Ball Arena 19,609	27–13
41	January 11	Phoenix	W 126–97	Hyland, Jokić (21)	Nikola Jokić (18)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Ball Arena 18,872	28–13
42	January 13	@ L.A. Clippers	W 115–103	Jamal Murray (24)	Jamal Murray (8)	Aaron Gordon (5)	Crypto.com Arena 16,005	29–13
43	January 15	Orlando	W 119–116	Aaron Gordon (25)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Nikola Jokić (14)	Ball Arena 19,641	30–13
44	January 17	Portland	W 122–113	Nikola Jokić (36)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Ball Arena 18,258	31–13
45	January 18	Minnesota	W 122–118	Nikola Jokić (31)	Nikola Jokić (11)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Ball Arena 16,112	32–13
46	January 20	Indiana	W 134–111	Aaron Gordon (28)	Jamal Murray (10)	Jamal Murray (14)	Ball Arena 19,609	33–13
47	January 22	Oklahoma City	L 99–101	Jamal Murray (26)	Gordon, Nnaji (10)	Jamal Murray (9)	Ball Arena 19,557	33–14
48	January 24	@ New Orleans	W 99–98	Jokić, Murray (25)	Nikola Jokić (11)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Smoothie King Center 14,699	34–14
49	January 25	@ Milwaukee	L 99–107	Aaron Gordon (24)	Aaron Gordon (14)	Brown, Gordon (4)	Fiserv Forum 17,352	34–15
50	January 28	@ Philadelphia	L 119–126	Nikola Jokić (24)	Nikola Jokić (8)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Wells Fargo Center 21,255	34–16
51	January 31	New Orleans	W 122–113	Jamal Murray (32)	Nikola Jokić (18)	Nikola Jokić (15)	Ball Arena 18,868	35–16

February: 9–3 (home: 5–0; road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
52	February 2	Golden State	W 134–117	Jamal Murray (33)	Nikola Jokić (14)	Nikola Jokić (16)	Ball Arena 19,555	36–16
53	February 4	Atlanta	W 128–108	Jamal Murray (41)	Nikola Jokić (18)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Ball Arena 19,630	37–16
54	February 5	@ Minnesota	L 98–128	Michael Porter Jr. (22)	Ish Smith (7)	Bruce Brown (7)	Target Center 17,136	37–17
55	February 7	Minnesota	W 146–112	Michael Porter Jr. (30)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Nikola Jokić (16)	Ball Arena 18,307	38–17
56	February 9	@ Orlando	L 104–115	Aaron Gordon (37)	Aaron Gordon (14)	Nikola Jokić (6)	Amway Center 18,846	38–18
57	February 11	@ Charlotte	W 119–105	Nikola Jokić (30)	Nikola Jokić (16)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Spectrum Center 19,256	39–18
58	February 13	@ Miami	W 112–108	Nikola Jokić (27)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Nikola Jokić (8)	Miami-Dade Arena 19,755	40–18
59	February 15	Dallas	W 118–109	Jeff Green (24)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Ball Arena 19,627	41–18
All-Star Break
60	February 23	@ Cleveland	W 115–109	Michael Porter Jr. (25)	Nikola Jokić (18)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432	42–18
61	February 25	@ Memphis	L 94–112	Nikola Jokić (15)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Jamal Murray (4)	FedExForum 18,302	42–19
62	February 26	L.A. Clippers	W 134–124 (OT)	Nikola Jokić (40)	Nikola Jokić (17)	Jamal Murray (12)	Ball Arena 19,689	43–19
63	February 28	@ Houston	W 133–112	Jamal Murray (33)	Nikola Jokić (11)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Toyota Center 15,368	44–19

March: 7–7 (home: 4–3; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
64	March 3	Memphis	W 113–97	Michael Porter Jr. (26)	Nikola Jokić (18)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Ball Arena 19,641	45–19
65	March 6	Toronto	W 118–113	Jamal Murray (24)	Nikola Jokić (13)	Nikola Jokić (9)	Ball Arena 19,520	46–19
66	March 8	Chicago	L 96–117	Nikola Jokić (18)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Nikola Jokić (8)	Ball Arena 19,896	46–20
67	March 10	@ San Antonio	L 120–128	Nikola Jokić (37)	Nikola Jokić (11)	Nikola Jokić (11)	AT&T Center 18,354	46–21
68	March 12	Brooklyn	L 120–122	Nikola Jokić (35)	Nikola Jokić (20)	Nikola Jokić (11)	Ball Arena 19,739	46–22
69	March 14	@ Toronto	L 110–125	Nikola Jokić (28)	Nikola Jokić (8)	Jamal Murray (9)	Scotiabank Arena 19,800	46–23
70	March 16	@ Detroit	W 119–100	Nikola Jokić (30)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Jamal Murray (10)	Little Caesars Arena 17,987	47–23
71	March 18	@ New York	L 110–116	Jamal Murray (25)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Nikola Jokić (8)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	47–24
72	March 19	@ Brooklyn	W 108–102	Michael Porter Jr. (28)	Nikola Jokić (17)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Barclays Center 18,235	48–24
73	March 22	@ Washington	W 118–104	Nikola Jokić (31)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Jamal Murray (8)	Capital One Arena 16,508	49–24
74	March 25	Milwaukee	W 129–106	Nikola Jokić (31)	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8)	Nikola Jokić (11)	Ball Arena 19,919	50–24
75	March 27	Philadelphia	W 116–111	Nikola Jokić (25)	Nikola Jokić (17)	Nikola Jokić (12)	Ball Arena 19,781	51–24
76	March 30	New Orleans	L 88–107	Jamal Murray (21)	Jeff Green (7)	Jamal Murray (7)	Ball Arena 19,728	51–25
77	March 31	@ Phoenix	L 93–100	Aaron Gordon (26)	DeAndre Jordan (12)	Aaron Gordon (6)	Footprint Center 17,071	51–26

April: 2–3 (home: 2–0; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
78	April 2	Golden State	W 112–110	Michael Porter Jr. (29)	Michael Porter Jr. (11)	Jamal Murray (8)	Ball Arena 19,752	52–26
79	April 4	@ Houston	L 103–124	Michael Porter Jr. (23)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Gordon, Jokić, Murray (4)	Toyota Center 16,924	52–27
80	April 6	@ Phoenix	L 115–119	Bruce Brown (31)	DeAndre Jordan (11)	Jackson, Smith (6)	Footprint Center 17,071	52–28
81	April 8	@ Utah	L 114–118	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (21)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Nikola Jokić (10)	Vivint Arena 18,206	52–29
82	April 9	Sacramento	W 109–95	Bruce Brown (21)	Bryant, Jordan, White (8)	Ish Smith (9)	Ball Arena 19,652	53–29

2022–23 season schedule

Playoffs

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%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Christian Braun	76	6	15.5	.495	.354	.625	2.4	.8	.5	.2	4.7
Bruce Brown	80	31	28.5	.483	.358	.758	4.1	3.4	1.1	.6	11.5
Thomas Bryant	18	1	11.4	.485	.444	.722	3.3	.1	.1	.4	4.6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	76	31.3	.462	.423	.824	2.7	2.4	1.5	.5	10.8
Vlatko Čančar	60	9	14.8	.476	.374	.927	2.1	1.3	.4	.2	5.0
Aaron Gordon	68	68	30.2	.564	.347	.608	6.6	3.0	.8	.8	16.3
Jeff Green	56	4	19.5	.488	.288	.744	2.6	1.2	.3	.3	7.8
Bones Hyland	42	1	19.5	.399	.378	.866	2.0	3.0	.7	.3	12.1
Reggie Jackson	16	2	19.9	.383	.279	.833	1.8	3.1	.6	.1	7.9
Nikola Jokić	69	69	33.7	.632	.383	.822	11.8	9.8	1.3	.7	24.5
DeAndre Jordan	39	8	15.0	.765	1.000	.458	5.2	.9	.3	.6	5.1
Jamal Murray	65	65	32.8	.454	.398	.833	4.0	6.2	1.0	.2	20.0
Zeke Nnaji	53	5	13.7	.561	.262	.645	2.6	.3	.3	.4	5.2
Michael Porter Jr.	62	62	29.0	.487	.414	.800	5.5	1.0	.6	.5	17.4
Davon Reed	35	1	9.0	.313	.364	.750	1.6	.5	.4	.1	2.3
Ish Smith	43	0	9.3	.397	.167	.500	1.3	2.3	.2	.2	2.5
Peyton Watson	23	2	8.1	.492	.429	.550	1.6	.5	.1	.5	3.3
Jack White	17	0	3.9	.421	.333	.667	1.0	.2	.2	.1	1.2

Playoffs

Denver Nuggets statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Christian Braun	19	0	13.0	.533	.200	.579	2.1	.6	.6	.2	3.2
Bruce Brown	20	0	26.6	.511	.316	.857	4.0	1.9	1.1	.5	12.0
Thomas Bryant	1	0	.5	–	–	–	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	20	20	33.5	.457	.380	.829	3.3	1.6	1.3	.7	10.6
Vlatko Čančar	5	0	2.0	.000	.000	–	.6	.2	.0	.0	.0
Aaron Gordon	20	20	35.6	.518	.391	.652	6.0	2.6	.6	.7	13.3
Jeff Green	20	0	17.2	.452	.321	.895	1.6	.7	.3	.4	4.1
Reggie Jackson	6	0	3.0	.500	.500	–	.3	.3	.2	.0	.5
Nikola Jokić	20	20	39.4	.548	.461	.799	13.5	9.5	1.1	1.0	30.0
DeAndre Jordan	4	0	3.4	.667	–	.500	1.0	.3	.0	.3	1.3
Jamal Murray	20	20	39.9	.473	.396	.926	5.7	7.1	1.5	.3	26.1
Zeke Nnaji	5	0	2.4	.500	.333	–	.4	.0	.2	.0	1.0
Michael Porter Jr.	20	20	32.6	.423	.351	.793	8.1	1.6	.5	.6	13.4
Ish Smith	4	0	2.9	.500	–	–	.3	.3	.0	.0	.5
Peyton Watson	5	0	2.7	.400	.500	–	.8	.2	.0	.2	1.0

Transactions

Main article: List of 2022–23 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Christian Braun

Via trade

Via free agency

Players Lost

Via trade

Via free agency

Trades

June 23, 2022	To Denver Nuggets Draft rights to Peyton Watson (No. 30) 2023 second-round pick 2024 second-round pick	To Oklahoma City Thunder JaMychal Green 2027 protected first-round pick
July 6, 2022	To Denver Nuggets Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Ish Smith	To Washington Wizards Will Barton Monté Morris
July 6, 2022	To Denver Nuggets Draft rights to Ismaël Kamagate (No. 46)	To Portland Trail Blazers 2024 second-round pick
February 9, 2023	Four-team trade
	To Denver Nuggets Thomas Bryant (from Lakers)	To Los Angeles Clippers Bones Hyland (from Denver)
	To Los Angeles Lakers Mo Bamba (from Orlando) Davon Reed (from Denver) 2024 LAC second-round pick (from Clippers) 2025 LAC second-round pick (from Clippers)	To Orlando Magic Patrick Beverley (from Lakers) 2024 DEN second-round pick (from Denver) Cash considerations (from Lakers)

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Signed
July 7, 2022	Vlatko Čančar	3-year contract
July 8, 2022	Nikola Jokić	5-year extension
July 9, 2022	Davon Reed	2-year contract
July 17, 2022	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	2-year extension

Additions

Date	Player	Former team
July 3, 2022	Collin Gillespie (two-way)	Villanova
July 7, 2022	Bruce Brown	Brooklyn Nets
July 12, 2022	DeAndre Jordan	Philadelphia 76ers
July 19, 2022	Jack White (two-way)	Melbourne United
February 14, 2023	Reggie Jackson	Charlotte Hornets

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
July 12, 2022	Bryn Forbes	Free Agent	Minnesota Timberwolves
July 17, 2022	Markus Howard	Free Agent	Saski Baskonia
July 21, 2022	Austin Rivers	Free Agent	Minnesota Timberwolves
October 18, 2022	Facundo Campazzo	Free Agent	Dallas Mavericks
April 11, 2023	DeMarcus Cousins	Free Agent	Guaynabo Mets

Notes

Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.
The second-best of the picks originally belonging to Oklahoma City, Washington, and Dallas/Miami (better of the two).
The better of the picks originally belonging to Charlotte and Minnesota.
At least two years after Denver conveys its pick to Orlando, it will convey this pick to Oklahoma City. The earliest possible date is 2027 (if No. 6–30), rolling over to 2028 and 2029 with same protection; if not conveyed by 2029, it will convert to Denver's 2029 second-round pick.
The better of the picks originally belonging to Charlotte and Minnesota.

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