2010–11 Denver Nuggets season | |||
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Head coach | George Karl | ||
Arena | Pepsi Center | ||
Results | |||
Record | 50–32 (.610) | ||
Place | Division: 2nd (Northwest) Conference: 5th (Western) | ||
Playoff finish | First Round (lost to Thunder 1–4) | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | Altitude Sports and Entertainment | ||
Radio | KCKK | ||
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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]
This free agency period, the Nuggets signed Al Harrington & Shelden Williams
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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 |
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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 |
2010–11 game log Total: 50–32 (home: 33–8; road: 17–24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)
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November: 8–5 (home: 6–1; road: 2–4)
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December: 8–7 (home: 6–2; road: 2–5)
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January: 10–7 (home: 7–2; road: 3–5)
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February: 7–6 (home: 5–2; road: 2–4)
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March: 10–3 (home: 6–0; road: 4–3)
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April: 5–3 (home: 2–1; road: 3–2)
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First Round: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
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2011 playoff schedule |
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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Arron Afflalo | 69 | 69 | 33.7 | .498 | .423 | .847 | 3.60 | 2.4 | .49 | .45 | 12.6 |
Chris Andersen | 45 | 0 | 16.3 | .599 | .000 | .637 | 4.90 | .4 | .51 | 1.29 | 5.6 |
Carmelo Anthony‡ | 50 | 50 | 35.5 | .452 | .333 | .823 | 7.60 | 2.8 | .86 | .62 | 25.2 |
Renaldo Balkman‡ | 5 | 0 | 8.8 | .556 | .000 | .750 | .80 | .4 | .60 | .40 | 2.6 |
Chauncey Billups‡ | 51 | 51 | 32.3 | .438 | .441 | .923 | 2.50 | 5.3 | 1.02 | .24 | 16.5 |
Anthony Carter‡ | 14 | 0 | 10.9 | .333 | .333 | 1.000 | .90 | 1.9 | .64 | .07 | 1.9 |
Wilson Chandler† | 21 | 19 | 30.6 | .419 | .347 | .810 | 5.00 | 1.6 | .67 | 1.14 | 12.5 |
Melvin Ely | 30 | 2 | 12.2 | .549 | .000 | .619 | 2.50 | .5 | .13 | .37 | 2.3 |
Raymond Felton† | 21 | 0 | 31.6 | .431 | .459 | .617 | 3.60 | 6.5 | 1.33 | .00 | 11.5 |
Gary Forbes | 63 | 11 | 12.6 | .454 | .328 | .678 | 1.80 | .8 | .37 | .10 | 5.2 |
Danilo Gallinari† | 14 | 12 | 30.9 | .412 | .370 | .772 | 5.40 | 1.6 | .93 | .64 | 14.7 |
Al Harrington | 73 | 3 | 22.8 | .416 | .357 | .735 | 4.50 | 1.4 | .53 | .14 | 10.5 |
Kosta Koufos† | 11 | 1 | 8.9 | .500 | .000 | .632 | 3.00 | .0 | .18 | .45 | 4.9 |
Ty Lawson | 80 | 31 | 26.3 | .503 | .404 | .764 | 2.60 | 4.7 | 1.00 | .05 | 11.7 |
Kenyon Martin | 48 | 48 | 25.7 | .511 | .222 | .583 | 6.20 | 2.3 | .90 | .73 | 8.6 |
Timofey Mozgov† | 11 | 0 | 6.0 | .524 | .000 | .750 | 1.50 | .0 | .09 | .18 | 2.5 |
Nenê | 75 | 75 | 30.5 | .615 | .200 | .711 | 7.60 | 2.0 | 1.12 | .97 | 14.5 |
J.R. Smith | 79 | 6 | 24.9 | .435 | .390 | .738 | 4.10 | 2.2 | 1.16 | .20 | 12.3 |
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.
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Arron Afflalo | 3 | 3 | 28.3 | .353 | .250 | .875 | 3.00 | 2.3 | .00 | .00 | 11.3 |
Chris Andersen | 5 | 0 | 14.6 | .636 | .000 | .714 | 2.80 | .6 | .60 | 1.40 | 4.8 |
Wilson Chandler | 5 | 2 | 23.0 | .276 | .143 | .778 | 4.40 | .4 | .60 | .80 | 4.8 |
Raymond Felton | 5 | 0 | 30.4 | .360 | .250 | .750 | 1.80 | 4.2 | 1.20 | .00 | 11.6 |
Gary Forbes | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.00 | .0 | .00 | .00 | 0.0 |
Danilo Gallinari | 5 | 5 | 29.6 | .432 | .467 | .714 | 3.40 | 2.0 | .80 | .00 | 12.0 |
Al Harrington | 5 | 0 | 14.0 | .455 | .500 | .750 | 1.40 | 1.0 | .60 | .00 | 5.6 |
Kosta Koufos | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.000 | .000 | .000 | .00 | .0 | .00 | .00 | 2.0 |
Ty Lawson | 5 | 5 | 33.4 | .500 | .455 | .913 | 3.40 | 3.8 | 1.00 | .20 | 15.6 |
Kenyon Martin | 5 | 5 | 29.6 | .480 | .000 | .611 | 7.80 | 1.6 | .40 | .40 | 11.8 |
Nenê | 5 | 5 | 32.4 | .478 | .000 | .563 | 9.00 | 1.6 | 1.00 | .80 | 14.2 |
J.R. Smith | 5 | 0 | 15.2 | .356 | .429 | .727 | 2.00 | 1.0 | .40 | .00 | 9.8 |
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.
February 21, 2011 [4] |
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Anthony Carter | Denver Nuggets | |
Shelden Williams | Boston Celtics | |
Al Harrington | New York Knicks |
Player | Reason Left | New Team |
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Johan Petro | Free agent | New Jersey Nets |
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