2010–11 Denver Nuggets season

2010–11 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	George Karl
Arena	Pepsi Center
Results
Record	50–32 (.610)
Place	Division: 2nd (Northwest) Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round (Eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Radio	KCKK

The 2010–11 Denver Nuggets season was the 44th season of the franchise, its 35th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After half a season of rumors and speculation, the Nuggets granted Carmelo Anthony his wish by trading him to the New York Knicks on February 21 as part of a three-team trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves.^[1] The blockbuster trade also sent Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman, Shelden Williams and Corey Brewer to the Knicks for Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Timofey Mozgov, Kosta Koufos, New York's first round pick in the 2014 draft and Golden State's second round picks in 2012 and 2013. Minnesota received Denver's 2015 second round pick, Eddy Curry and Anthony Randolph.

After the trade, Nuggets coach George Karl said, "I'm glad its over. I'm glad it's an opportunity to reinvent", expressing relief at the end of the months of speculation preceding the trade.^[2]

Key dates

June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 1 – The free agency period begun.

Summary

NBA Draft 2010

Main article: 2010 NBA draft

Free agency

This free agency period, the Nuggets signed Al Harrington & Shelden Williams

Draft picks

Main article: 2010 NBA draft

Roster

Denver Nuggets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
2.0 !SG	6	USA !	Afflalo, Arron	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	UCLA
6.0 !C	11	USA !	Andersen, Chris	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	Blinn College TX (JC)
3.0 !SF	21	USA !	Chandler, Wilson	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	DePaul
6.0 !C	34	USA !	Ely, Melvin (IN)	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	261 lb (118 kg)	Fresno State
1.0 !PG	20	USA !	Felton, Raymond	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	North Carolina
3.0 !SF	0	Panama !	Forbes, Gary	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Massachusetts
3.0 !SF	8	ITA !	Gallinari, Danilo	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Italy
4.5 !PF	7	USA !	Harrington, Al	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	St. Patrick High School (NJ)
6.0 !C	41	GRC !	Koufos, Kosta (IN)	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Ohio State
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	Lawson, Ty	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	North Carolina
4.5 !PF	4	USA !	Martin, Kenyon (C)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Cincinnati
6.0 !C	25	RUS !	Mozgov, Timofey	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Russia
4.5 !PF	31	BRA !	Nenê	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Brazil
2.0 !SG	5	USA !	Smith, J. R.	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)

Head coach

George Karl (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Nenê	Chris Andersen	Timofey Mozgov	Melvin Ely Kosta Koufos
PF	Kenyon Martin	Al Harrington
SF	Danilo Gallinari	Wilson Chandler	Gary Forbes
SG	Arron Afflalo	J. R. Smith
PG	Ty Lawson	Raymond Felton

Pre-season

Game log

2010 pre-season game log

Pre-season: 5–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 3–3)

2010–11 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Oklahoma City Thunder	55	27	.671	–	30–11	25–16	13–3
x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	5	33–8	17–24	9–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	7	30–11	18–23	10–6
Utah Jazz	39	43	.476	16	21–20	18–23	7–9
Minnesota Timberwolves	17	65	.207	38	12–29	5–36	1–15

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	4
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4
4	y-Oklahoma City Thunder	55	27	.671	6
5	x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	11
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	13
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	46	36	.561	15
8	x-Memphis Grizzlies	46	36	.561	15

9	Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	18
10	Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	21
11	Utah Jazz	39	43	.476	22
12	Golden State Warriors	36	46	.439	25
13	Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	29
14	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	37
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	17	65	.207	44

Game log

2010–11 game log
Total: 50–32 (Home: 33–8; Road: 17–24)

October: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)

November: 8–5 (Home: 6–1; Road: 2–4)

December: 8–7 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–5)

January: 10–7 (Home: 7–2; Road: 3–5)

February: 7–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 2–4)

March: 10–3 (Home: 6–0; Road: 4–3)

April: 5–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–2)

2010–11 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2011 playoff game log

First round: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 17	@ Oklahoma City	L 103–107	Nenê (22)	Wilson Chandler, Nenê (8)	Raymond Felton (8)	Oklahoma City Arena 18,203	0–1
2	April 20	@ Oklahoma City	L 89–106	Ty Lawson (20)	Nenê (9)	Ty Lawson (3)	Oklahoma City Arena 18,203	0–2
3	April 23	Oklahoma City	L 94–97	Kenyon Martin, Nenê, J. R. Smith (15)	Nenê (10)	Raymond Felton, Ty Lawson, Nenê (4)	Pepsi Center 19,958	0–3
4	April 25	Oklahoma City	W 104–101	Ty Lawson (27)	Kenyon Martin, Nenê (9)	Danilo Gallinari (4)	Pepsi Center 19,155	1–3
5	April 27	@ Oklahoma City	L 97–100	Arron Afflalo (15)	Kenyon Martin (10)	Raymond Felton, Ty Lawson (4)	Oklahoma City Arena 18,203	1–4

2011 playoff 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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Afflalo, Arron !Arron Afflalo	69	69	33.7	.498	.423	.847	3.60	2.4	.49	.45	12.6
Andersen, Chris !Chris Andersen	45	0	16.3	.599	.000	.637	4.90	.4	.51	1.29	5.6
Anthony, Carmelo !Carmelo Anthony^‡	50	50	35.5	.452	.333	.823	7.60	2.8	.86	.62	25.2
Balkman, Renaldo !Renaldo Balkman^‡	5	0	8.8	.556	.000	.750	.80	.4	.60	.40	2.6
Billups, Chauncey !Chauncey Billups^‡	51	51	32.3	.438	.441	.923	2.50	5.3	1.02	.24	16.5
Carter, Anthony !Anthony Carter^‡	14	0	10.9	.333	.333	1.000	.90	1.9	.64	.07	1.9
Chandler, Wilson !Wilson Chandler^†	21	19	30.6	.419	.347	.810	5.00	1.6	.67	1.14	12.5
Ely, Melvin !Melvin Ely	30	2	12.2	.549	.000	.619	2.50	.5	.13	.37	2.3
Felton, Raymond !Raymond Felton^†	21	0	31.6	.431	.459	.617	3.60	6.5	1.33	.00	11.5
Forbes, Gary !Gary Forbes	63	11	12.6	.454	.328	.678	1.80	.8	.37	.10	5.2
Gallinari, Danilo !Danilo Gallinari^†	14	12	30.9	.412	.370	.772	5.40	1.6	.93	.64	14.7
Harrington, Al !Al Harrington	73	3	22.8	.416	.357	.735	4.50	1.4	.53	.14	10.5
Koufos, Kosta !Kosta Koufos^†	11	1	8.9	.500	.000	.632	3.00	.0	.18	.45	4.9
Lawson, Ty !Ty Lawson	80	31	26.3	.503	.404	.764	2.60	4.7	1.00	.05	11.7
Martin, Kenyon !Kenyon Martin	48	48	25.7	.511	.222	.583	6.20	2.3	.90	.73	8.6
Mozgov, Timofey !Timofey Mozgov^†	11	0	6.0	.524	.000	.750	1.50	.0	.09	.18	2.5
Nenê !Nenê	75	75	30.5	.615	.200	.711	7.60	2.0	1.12	.97	14.5
Smith, J.R. !J.R. Smith	79	6	24.9	.435	.390	.738	4.10	2.2	1.16	.20	12.3
Williams, Shelden !Shelden Williams^‡	42	32	17.0	.453	.000	.739	5.30	.5	.43	.52	4.7

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Nuggets. Stats reflect time with Nuggets only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Nuggets only.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Afflalo, Arron !Arron Afflalo	3	3	28.3	.353	.250	.875	3.00	2.3	.00	.00	11.3
Andersen, Chris !Chris Andersen	5	0	14.6	.636	.000	.714	2.80	.6	.60	1.40	4.8
Chandler, Wilson !Wilson Chandler	5	2	23.0	.276	.143	.778	4.40	.4	.60	.80	4.8
Felton, Raymond !Raymond Felton	5	0	30.4	.360	.250	.750	1.80	4.2	1.20	.00	11.6
Forbes, Gary !Gary Forbes	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	1.00	.0	.00	.00	0.0
Gallinari, Danilo !Danilo Gallinari	5	5	29.6	.432	.467	.714	3.40	2.0	.80	.00	12.0
Harrington, Al !Al Harrington	5	0	14.0	.455	.500	.750	1.40	1.0	.60	.00	5.6
Koufos, Kosta !Kosta Koufos	1	0	2.0	1.000	.000	.000	.00	.0	.00	.00	2.0
Lawson, Ty !Ty Lawson	5	5	33.4	.500	.455	.913	3.40	3.8	1.00	.20	15.6
Martin, Kenyon !Kenyon Martin	5	5	29.6	.480	.000	.611	7.80	1.6	.40	.40	11.8
Nenê !Nenê	5	5	32.4	.478	.000	.563	9.00	1.6	1.00	.80	14.2
Smith, J.R. !J.R. Smith	5	0	15.2	.356	.429	.727	2.00	1.0	.40	.00	9.8

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

Carmelo Anthony represented the Nuggets at the 2011 NBA All-Star Game as a starter for the Western Conference. The All-Star game would end up being the last time 'Melo represented the Nuggets as he was traded the next day to the New York Knicks.

Milestones

December 10: Seventh coach in history to 1,000 wins. Head coach George Karl became the seventh head coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games in the Nuggets' 123–116 road victory over the Toronto Raptors.^[3]

Transactions

Trades

February 21, 2011
^[4]

To Denver Nuggets----

Wilson Chandler
Danilo Gallinari
Raymond Felton
Timofey Mozgov
Kosta Koufos
New York's 2014 first-round pick
Golden State's 2012 second-round pick
Golden State's 2013 second-round pick
Cash Considerations

To New York Knicks----

To Minnesota Timberwolves----

Anthony Randolph
Eddy Curry
Denver's 2015 second-round pick

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Anthony Carter		Denver Nuggets
Shelden Williams		Boston Celtics
Al Harrington		New York Knicks

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Johan Petro	Free agent	New Jersey Nets

References

↑ Nuggets acquire five players, three picks in three-team trade
↑ "George Karl Glad Carmelo Saga Is Over – RealGM Wiretap". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
↑ "Karl earns 1,000th win as Nuggets beat Raptors". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
↑ Nuggets acquire five players, three picks in three-team trade

Denver Rockets / Nuggets seasons

Franchise: Denver Rockets (1967–1974); Denver Nuggets (1974–present)

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2000s

2010s

2010–11 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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