Denver Nuggets draft history
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA), but changed its name to Rockets before the first season.[1] It changed its name again to the Nuggets in 1974.[2] The team joined the NBA in 1976 after the ABA–NBA merger. They first participated in the NBA draft in 1977.
Selections[]
| Year | Round | Pick | Name | Nationality | College/HS/Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 9 | Tom LaGarde |  United States |
North Carolina |
| 1977 | 1 | 21 | Anthony Roberts | United States |
Oral Roberts |
| 1977 | 3 | 65 | Robert Smith | United States |
UNLV |
| 1977 | 5 | 109 | United States |
Ole Miss | |
| 1977 | 6 | 130 | United States |
Massachusetts | |
| 1977 | 7 | 148 | United States |
Alabama State | |
| 1977 | 8 | 169 | United States |
Florida | |
| 1978 | 1 | 17 | Rod Griffin | United States |
Wake Forest |
| 1978 | 1 | 21 | Mike Evans | United States |
Kansas State |
| 1978 | 3 | 46 | Hollis Copeland | United States |
Rutgers |
| 1978 | 5 | 106 | Mike Edwards | United States |
Texas–Pan American |
| 1978 | 6 | 127 | Robert Heard | United States |
Columbus (GA)[a] |
| 1978 | 7 | 148 | United States |
South Carolina | |
| 1978 | 8 | 166 | United States |
Colorado | |
| 1978 | 9 | 183 | Tom Schneeberger | United States |
Air Force |
| 1978 | 10 | 198 | United States |
Arizona | |
| 1979 | 2 | 30 | Gary Garland | United States |
DePaul |
| 1979 | 5 | 102 | Larry Williams | United States |
Louisville |
| 1979 | 6 | 122 | United States |
Marquette | |
| 1979 | 7 | 144 | John Johnson | United States |
Creighton |
| 1979 | 8 | 162 | United States |
Denver | |
| 1979 | 9 | 179 | United States |
Colorado | |
| 1980 | 1 | 5 | James Ray | United States |
Jacksonville |
| 1980 | 1 | 23 | Carl Nicks | United States |
Indiana State |
| 1980 | 2 | 41 | Jawann Oldham | United States |
Seattle |
| 1980 | 3 | 47 | Kurt Nimphius | United States |
Arizona State |
| 1980 | 3 | 48 | United States |
Cincinnati | |
| 1980 | 3 | 51 | Ronnie Valentine | United States |
Old Dominion |
| 1980 | 4 | 73 | United States |
Pittsburgh | |
| 1980 | 5 | 97 | United States |
Texas State | |
| 1980 | 6 | 119 | United States |
Oklahoma City | |
| 1980 | 7 | 143 | United States |
Vanderbilt | |
| 1980 | 9 | 184 | United States |
South Carolina | |
| 1980 | 10 | 202 | United States |
Regis University | |
| 1981 | 2 | 34 | Ken Green | United States |
Texas–Pan American |
| 1981 | 5 | 101 | Willie Sims | United States |
LSU |
| 1981 | 6 | 124 | United States |
Denver | |
| 1981 | 7 | 147 | United States |
Maryland | |
| 1981 | 8 | 169 | United States |
St. John's (NY) | |
| 1981 | 9 | 191 | United States |
Austin Peay State | |
| 1981 | 10 | 211 | Derrick Rowland | United States |
Potsdam State |
| 1982 | 1 | 19 | Rob Williams | United States |
Arizona State |
| 1982 | 3 | 62 | United States |
Pepperdine | |
| 1982 | 4 | 73 | United States |
Louisiana-Lafayette | |
| 1982 | 5 | 109 | Bill Duffy | United States |
Santa Clara |
| 1982 | 6 | 131 | United States |
North Carolina | |
| 1982 | 7 | 153 | United States |
North Carolina | |
| 1982 | 8 | 178 | United States |
UAB | |
| 1982 | 9 | 200 | United States |
UCLA | |
| 1982 | 10 | 220 | Mike Phillips | United States |
Niagara |
| 1983 | 9 | 184 | United States |
South Carolina | |
| 1983 | 1 | 15 | Howard Carter | United States |
LSU |
| 1983 | 2 | 37 | David Russell | United States |
St. John's (NY) |
| 1983 | 3 | 61 | United States |
Oklahoma | |
| 1983 | 4 | 83 | United States |
UC Santa Barbara | |
| 1983 | 5 | 107 | United States |
North Carolina | |
| 1983 | 6 | 129 | United States |
Murray State | |
| 1983 | 7 | 153 | United States |
Catawba (SC) | |
| 1983 | 8 | 175 | United States |
Davidson | |
| 1983 | 9 | 198 | United States |
Catawba (SC) | |
| 1983 | 10 | 218 | United States |
Catawba (SC) | |
| 1984 | 2 | 42 | Willie White | United States |
Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 1984 | 4 | 79 | Karl Tilleman |  Canada |
Calgary (Canada) |
| 1984 | 5 | 103 | United States |
Missouri | |
| 1984 | 6 | 131 | Willie Burton | United States |
Tennessee |
| 1984 | 7 | 149 | Mark Simpson | United States |
Catawba (SC) |
| 1984 | 8 | 171 | United States |
Texas Austin | |
| 1984 | 9 | 194 | Cecil Exum | United States Australia |
North Carolina |
| 1984 | 10 | 220 | United States |
Xavier (Ohio) | |
| 1985 | 1 | 15 | Blair Rasmussen | United States |
Oregon |
| 1985 | 2 | 43 | Barry Stevens | United States |
Iowa State |
| 1985 | 4 | 89 | Pete Williams | United States |
Arizona |
| 1985 | 5 | 112 | United States |
Texas A&M | |
| 1985 | 6 | 135 | United States |
Harvard | |
| 1985 | 7 | 158 | Eddie Smith | United States |
Arizona |
| 1986 | 1 | 16 | Maurice Martin | United States |
St. Joseph's (NY) |
| 1986 | 1 | 18 | Mark Alarie | United States |
Duke |
| 1986 | 2 | 41 | Otis Smith | United States |
Jacksonville |
| 1986 | 3 | 64 | Don Redden | United States |
LSU |
| 1986 | 4 | 87 | Anthony Watson | United States |
San Diego State |
| 1986 | 5 | 110 | Jon Collins | United States |
Eastern Illinois |
| 1986 | 6 | 133 | Anthony Frederick | United States |
Pepperdine |
| 1986 | 7 | 156 | United States |
McNeese State | |
| 1987 | 2 | 31 | Andre Moore | United States |
Loyola Chicago |
| 1987 | 3 | 54 | United States |
Iowa State | |
| 1987 | 4 | 77 | United States |
Marquette | |
| 1987 | 5 | 100 | Ron Grandison | United States |
New Orleans |
| 1987 | 6 | 123 | Kelvin Scarborough | United States |
New Mexico |
| 1987 | 7 | 146 | United States |
Hampton | |
| 1987 | 7 | 156 | United States |
North Carolina | |
| 1988 | 1 | 23 | Jerome Lane | United States |
Pittsburgh |
| 1988 | 2 | 43 | Todd Mitchell | United States |
Purdue |
| 1988 | 2 | 47 | Vernon Maxwell | United States |
Florida |
| 1988 | 3 | 66 | United States |
Memphis | |
| 1989 | 1 | 15 | Todd Lichti | United States |
Stanford |
| 1989 | 2 | 42 | Michael Cutright | United States |
McNeese State |
| 1989 | 2 | 47 | Reggie Turner | United States |
UAB |
| 1990 | 1 | 3 | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | United States
|
LSU |
| 1990 | 2 | 42 | Marcus Liberty | United States
|
Illinois |
| 1991 | 1 | 4 | Dikembe Mutombo |  DR Congo United States
|
Georgetown University |
| 1991 | 1 | 8 | Mark Macon | United States
|
Temple |
| 1992 | 1 | 5 | LaPhonso Ellis | United States
|
Notre Dame |
| 1992 | 1 | 13 | Bryant Stith | United States
|
Virginia |
| 1992 | 2 | 46 | Robert Werdann | United States
|
St. John's (NY) |
| 1993 | 1 | 9 | Rodney Rogers | United States
|
Wake Forest |
| 1993 | 2 | 43 | Josh Grant | United States
|
Utah |
| 1994 | 1 | 13 | Jalen Rose | United States
|
Michigan |
| 1995 | 1 | 15 | Brent Barry | United States
|
Oregon State |
| 1995 | 2 | 44 | Anthony Pelle | United States
|
Fresno State |
| 1996 | 1 | 23 | Efthimi Rentzias |  Greece
|
PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) |
| 1996 | 2 | 37 | Jeff McInnis | United States
|
North Carolina |
| 1997 | 1 | 5 | Tony Battie | United States
|
Texas Tech |
| 1997 | 2 | 32 | James Cotton | United States
|
CSU Long Beach |
| 1997 | 2 | 41 | Jason Lawson | United States
|
Villanova |
| 1998 | 1 | 3 | Raef LaFrentz | United States
|
Kansas |
| 1998 | 1 | 23 | Tyronn Lue | United States
|
Nebraska |
| 1998 | 2 | 54 | Tremaine Fowlkes | United States
|
Fresno State |
| 1998 | 2 | 55 | Ryan Bowen | United States
|
Iowa |
| 1999 | 1 | 18 | James Posey | United States
|
Xavier (Ohio) |
| 1999 | 2 | 33 | Chris Herren | United States
|
Fresno State |
| 1999 | 2 | 41 | Francisco Elson |  Netherlands
|
California |
| 2000 | 1 | 26 | Mamadou N'Diaye |  Senegal
|
Auburn |
| 2000 | 2 | 53 | Dan McClintock | United States
|
Northern Arizona |
| 2001 | 2 | 46 | Ousmane Cisse |  Mali
|
St. Jude Educational Institute (Montgomery, AL) |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 | Nikoloz Tskitishvili |  Georgia
|
Benetton Treviso (Italy) |
| 2002 | 1 | 25 | Frank Williams | United States
|
Illinois |
| 2002 | 2 | 33 | Vincent Yarbrough | United States
|
Tennessee |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | Carmelo Anthony | United States
|
Syracuse |
| 2003 | 2 | 46 | Sani Bečirović |  Slovenia
|
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna (Italy) |
| 2004 | 1 | 20 | Jameer Nelson | United States
|
St. Joseph's (PA) |
| 2005 | 1 | 20 | Julius Hodge | United States
|
North Carolina State |
| 2005 | 1 | 22 | Jarrett Jack | United States
|
Georgia Tech |
| 2005 | 2 | 52 | Axel Hervelle |  Belgium
|
Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain) |
| 2006 | 2 | 49 | Leon Powe | United States
|
California |
| 2009 | 2 | 34 | Sergio Llull |  Spain
|
Real Madrid Baloncesto (Spain) |
| 2011 | 1 | 22 | Kenneth Faried | United States
|
Morehead State |
| 2012 | 1 | 20 | Evan Fournier |  France
|
Poitiers Basket 86 (France) |
| 2012 | 2 | 38 | Quincy Miller | United States
|
Baylor |
| 2012 | 2 | 50 | İzzet Türkyılmaz |  Turkey
|
Banvit B.K. (Turkey) |
| 2013 | 1 | 27 | Rudy Gobert | France
|
Cholet Basket (France) |
| 2014 | 1 | 11 | Doug McDermott | United States
|
Creighton |
| 2014 | 2 | 41 | Nikola Jokić |  Serbia
|
KK Mega Basket (Serbia) |
| 2014 | 2 | 56 | Roy Devyn Marble | United States
|
Iowa |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 | Emmanuel Mudiay | DR Congo United States
|
Guangdong Southern Tigers (China) |
| 2015 | 2 | 57 | Nikola Radičević | Serbia
|
Baloncesto Sevilla (Spain) |
| 2016 | 1 | 7 | Jamal Murray | Canada
|
Kentucky |
| 2016 | 1 | 15 | Juan Hernangómez | Spain
|
CB Estudiantes (Spain) |
| 2016 | 1 | 19 | Malik Beasley | United States
|
Florida State |
| 2016 | 2 | 53 | Petr Cornelie | France
|
Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France) |
| 2016 | 2 | 56 | Daniel Hamilton | United States
|
Connecticut |
| 2017 | 1 | 11 | Donovan Mitchell | United States
|
Louisville |
| 2017 | 2 | 49 | Vlatko Čančar | Slovenia
|
KK Mega Basket (Serbia) |
| 2017 | 2 | 51 | Monté Morris | United States
|
Iowa State |
| 2018 | 1 | 14 | Michael Porter Jr. | United States
|
Missouri |
| 2018 | 2 | 43 | Justin Jackson | Canada
|
Maryland |
| 2018 | 2 | 58 | Thomas Welsh | United States
|
UCLA |
| 2020 | 1 | 22 | Zeke Nnaji | United States
|
Arizona |
Notes[]
- ^ Granted university status and changed name to Columbus State University in 1996.
References[]
- General
- Denver Nuggets' All-time Draft Choices at NBA.com
- Denver Nuggets Draft Register at Basketball-Reference.com
- Specific
- ^ "December to Remember". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. December 3, 2014. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- ^ "Nuggets Nickname History". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
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