1999–2000 Denver Nuggets season

The 1999–2000 NBA season was the Nuggets' 24th season in the National Basketball Association, and 33rd season as a franchise.[1] It was also their first year at the Pepsi Center. During the off-season, the Nuggets acquired Ron Mercer from the Boston Celtics,[2] and signed free agent George McCloud.[3] With Dan Issel back as head coach, the Nuggets had a solid nucleus of second-year star Raef LaFrentz, Antonio McDyess and Nick Van Exel with a 17–15 record to start the season. However, the Nuggets would struggle and slip below .500 holding a 21–27 record at the All-Star break. At the trade deadline, Mercer was dealt along with Chauncey Billups, who only played just 13 games due to a shoulder injury, and Johnny Taylor to the Orlando Magic for Tariq Abdul-Wahad and Chris Gatling.[4] The Nuggets went on a 7-game losing streak in March, but won their final four games, and finished fifth in the Midwest Division with a 35–47 record.[5]

1999–2000 Denver Nuggets season
Head coachDan Issel
General managerDan Issel
Owner(s)Donald Sturm
ArenaPepsi Center
Results
Record35–47 (.427)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Midwest)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
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McDyess averaged 19.1 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, while Van Exel averaged 16.1 points and 9.0 assists per game, and LaFrentz provided the team with 12.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. In addition, McCloud contributed 10.1 points per game off the bench, while second-year center Keon Clark averaged 8.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, and top draft pick James Posey provided with 8.2 points per game, and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.[6] Following the season, Bryant Stith was traded to the Boston Celtics,[7] while Gatling was dealt back to the Miami Heat, who then sent him to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Cory Alexander signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic.

Draft picks
Main article: 1999 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
118James PoseySF United StatesXavier (OH)
233Chris HerrenPG United StatesFresno State
241Francisco ElsonC NetherlandsCalifornia

Roster
1999–2000 Denver Nuggets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 9 Abdul-Wahad, Tariq  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1974–11–03 San José State
G 7 Alexander, Cory 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1973–06–22 Virginia
G/F 42 Bowen, Ryan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1975–11–20 Iowa
F/C 15 Clark, Keon 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1975–04–16 UNLV
F/C 32 Gatling, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1967–09–03 Old Dominion
G 8 Herren, Chris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1975–09–27 Fresno State
F 54 Jones, Popeye 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1970–06–17 Murray State
C 45 LaFrentz, Raef 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1976–05–29 Kansas
G/F 21 McCloud, George 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967–05–27 Florida State
F 24 McDyess, Antonio (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1974–09–07 Alabama
G/F 41 Posey, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1977–01–13 Xavier
F/C 25 Rogers, Roy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1973–08–19 Alabama
G 23 Stith, Bryant  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1970–12–10 Virginia
G 31 Van Exel, Nick (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1971–11–27 Cincinnati
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Utah Jazz 5527.671–31–1024–1714–10
x-San Antonio Spurs 5329.646231–1022–1916–8
x-Minnesota Timberwolves 5032.610526–1524–1718–6
Dallas Mavericks 4042.4881522–1918–2312–12
Denver Nuggets 3547.4272025–1610–3110–14
Houston Rockets 3448.4152122–1912–298–16
Vancouver Grizzlies 2260.2683312–2910–316–18
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6715.817–
2 y-Utah Jazz5527.67112
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers5923.7208
4 x-San Antonio Spurs5329.64614
5 x-Phoenix Suns5329.64614
6 x-Minnesota Timberwolves5032.61017
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics4537.54922
8 x-Sacramento Kings4438.53723
9 Dallas Mavericks4042.48827
10 Denver Nuggets3547.42732
11 Houston Rockets3448.41533
12 Vancouver Grizzlies2260.26845
13 Golden State Warriors1963.23248
14 Los Angeles Clippers1567.18352
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1999-2000 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA VAN WAS
Atlanta –1–31–33–13–10–21–11–30–21–11–31–10–22–20–41–13–12–10–30–40–20–22–00–21–12–20–21–11–3
Boston 3–1–1–32–22–21–12–00–31–11–11–31–10–21–31–20–23–12–22–21–31–10–21–10–21–12–21–11–13–1
Charlotte 3–13–1–4–03–11–11–12–22–01–12–22–00–22–23–12–02–11–32–23–11–10–20–20–21–13–10–22–03–0
Chicago 1–32–20–4–1–30–21–11–30–20–21–32–00–22–21–30–22–10–30–40–40–20–20–20–21–10–40–20–22–2
Cleveland 1–32–21–33–1–2–02–02–21–11–10–42–00–20–31–30–22–23–12–10–40–21–10–21–10–20–40–22–03–1
Dallas 2–01–11–12–00–2–3–12–04–01–31–14–01–30–20–22–20–20–21–10–23–12–21–32–21–31–11–33–11–1
Denver 1–10–21–11–10–21–3–1–12–22–20–23–11–30–22–02–21–11–10–22–01–32–22–21–31–32–02–22–21–1
Detroit 3–13–02–23–12–20–21–1–2–01–11–32–00–22–23–10–22–11–32–22–20–21–10–21–12–02–20–22–02–2
Golden State 2–01–10–22–01–10–42–20–2–1–30–21–30–41–11–11–30–20–21–10–20–40–41–30–40–40–20–43–11–1
Houston 1–11–11–12–01–13–12–21–13–1–0–24–02–21–10–20–41–10–20–21–12–22–21–30–41–30–21–32–21–1
Indiana 3–13–12–23–14–01–12–03–12–02–0–1–11–12–22–21–13–12–22–12–21–12–01–11–11–13–12–02–02–1
L.A. Clippers 1–11–10–20–20–20–41–30–23–10–41–1–0–40–20–21–31–11–10–21–10–40–41–30–41–30–20–41–31–1
L.A. Lakers 2–02–02–02–02–03–13–12–04–02–21–14–0–2–02–04–02–02–02–02–04–02–23–11–33–11–13–14–01–1
Miami 2–23–12–22–23–02–02–02–21–11–12–22–00–2–2–22–02–23–13–13–11–11–12–01–11–11–21–11–14–0
Milwaukee 4–02–11–33–13–12–00–21–31–12–02–22–00–22–2–0–21–30–44–00–31–10–21–12–01–12–21–11–13–1
Minnesota 1–12–00–22–02–02–22–22–03–14–01–13–10–40–22–0–1–11–11–11–11–32–23–13–12–22–03–14–00–2
New Jersey 1–31–31–21–22–22–01–11–22–01–11–31–10–22–23–11–1–1–33–21–30–21–11–10–20–22–20–20–21–3
New York 1–22–23–13–01–32–01–13–12–02–02–21–10–21–34–01–13–1–3–13–11–12–01–11–12–01–30–22–02–2
Orlando 3–02–22–24–01–21–12–02–21–12–01–22–00–21–30–41–12–31–3–2–20–20–20–21–11–12–21–12–04–0
Philadelphia 4–03–11–34–04–02–00–22–22–01–12–21–10–21–33–01–13–11–32–2–0–20–21–10–22–03–01–12–03–1
Phoenix 2–01–11–12–02–01–33–12–04–02–21–14–00–41–11–13–12–01–12–02–0–1–34–02–22–21–10–44–02–0
Portland 2–02–02–02–01–12–22–21–14–02–20–24–02–21–12–02–21–10–22–02–03–1–4–03–14–01–13–13–12–0
Sacramento 0–21–12–02–02–03–12–22–03–13–11–13–11–30–21–11–31–11–12–01–10–40–4–3–12–21–11–33–12–0
San Antonio 2–02–02–02–01–12–23–11–14–04–01–14–03–11–10–21–32–01–11–12–02–21–31–3–2–21–12–24–01–1
Seattle 1–11–11–11–12–03–13–10–24–03–11–13–11–31–11–12–22–00–21–10–22–20–42–22–2–0–22–24–02–0
Toronto 2–22–21–34–04–01–10–22–22–02–01–32–01–12–12–20–22–23–12–20–31–11–11–11–12–0–1–11–12–2
Utah 2–01–12–02–02–03–12–22–04–03–10–24–01–31–11–11–32–02–01–11–14–01–33–12–22–21–1–3–12–0
Vancouver 1–11–10–22–00–21–32–20–21–32–20–23–10–41–11–10–42–00–20–20–20–41–31–30–40–41–11–3–1–1
Washington 3–11–30–32–21–31–11–12–21–11–11–21–11–10–41–32–03–12–20–41–30–20–20–21–10–22–20–21–1—

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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Antonio McDyess 81 81 33.3 .507 .000 .626 8.5 2.0 0.9 1.7 19.1
Ron Mercer 37 37 38.1 .444 .385 .788 4.1 2.8 0.9 0.4 18.3
Nick Van Exel 79 79 37.3 .390 .332 .817 3.9 9.0 0.9 0.1 16.1
Raef LaFrentz 81 80 30.1 .446 .328 .686 7.9 1.2 0.5 2.2 12.4
Chris Gatling 40 0 19.3 .456 .234 .742 5.1 0.8 0.9 0.3 10.4
George McCloud 78 11 27.2 .417 .378 .818 3.7 3.2 0.6 0.3 10.1
Tariq Abdul-Wahad 15 10 24.9 .389 .500 .738 3.5 1.7 0.4 0.8 8.9
Chauncey Billups 13 5 23.5 .337 .171 .841 2.6 3.0 0.8 0.2 8.6
Keon Clark 81 20 22.8 .542 .125 .688 6.2 0.9 0.6 1.4 8.6
James Posey 81 77 25.3 .429 .373 .800 3.9 1.8 1.2 0.4 8.2
Bryant Stith 45 6 15.4 .455 .304 .831 1.9 1.4 0.4 0.3 5.6
Chris Herren 45 1 13.3 .363 .358 .675 1.2 2.5 0.3 0.0 3.1
Cory Alexander 29 2 11.3 .286 .257 .773 1.4 2.0 0.8 0.1 2.8
Popeye Jones 40 1 8.3 .423 .667 .737 2.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 2.6
Ryan Bowen 52 0 11.3 .393 .111 .717 2.2 0.4 0.8 0.3 2.5
Roy Rogers 40 0 8.9 .398 .000 .463 2.0 0.2 0.1 1.0 2.2
Johnny Taylor 1 0 5.0 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Player Statistics Citation:[6]

Awards and records

References
  1. 1999-2000 Denver Nuggets
  2. "NBA Trade Roundup". AP News. August 4, 1999. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  3. Wise, Mike (October 31, 1999). "1999–2000 N.B.A. PREVIEW; The West Is Still the Best". The New York Times. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  4. "N.B.A.: ORLANDO-DENVER; Mercer Goes to Magic". The New York Times. February 2, 2000. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  5. "1999–2000 Denver Nuggets Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  6. "1999–2000 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  7. "PLUS: PRO BASKETBALL; Pack Trade To Nuggets Official". The New York Times. October 17, 2000. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
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