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1991–92 Denver Nuggets season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

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The 1991–92 Denver Nuggets season was the 16th season for the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association, and their 25th season as a franchise. The Nuggets received the fourth overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft, and selected 7' 2" center Dikembe Mutombo out of Georgetown University, and also selected shooting guard Mark Macon out of Temple University with the eighth overall pick, which was acquired from the Washington Bullets via trade; Mutombo was a native of Zaire, and spoke nine languages (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and five African dialects). The team also re-signed former Nuggets guard Walter Davis after a brief stint with the Portland Trail Blazers, and acquired Winston Garland from the Los Angeles Clippers.

With the addition of Mutombo, the Nuggets showed improvement with an 8–8 start to the regular season, then holding a 17–26 record at the end of January. However, in the second half of the season, the Nuggets struggled losing nine consecutive games between February and March, then posting an 11-game losing streak near the end of the season. The Nuggets lost 32 of their final 39 games of the season, and finished in fourth place in the Midwest Division with a 24–58 record.

Mutombo averaged 16.6 points, 12.3 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. In addition, Reggie Williams averaged 18.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game, while Greg Anderson provided the team with 11.5 points and rebounds per game each, and Macon contributed 10.6 points and 2.0 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Meanwhile, Garland provided with 10.8 points, 5.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game, while off the bench, second-year guard Chris Jackson contributed 10.3 points per game, second-year forward Marcus Liberty averaged 9.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, and Davis provided with 9.9 points per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida, Mutombo was selected for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game, as a member of the Western Conference All-Star team; it was his first ever All-Star appearance. Mutombo also finished in second place in Rookie of the Year voting, behind Larry Johnson of the Charlotte Hornets, while Williams finished tied in fourth place in Most Improved Player voting.

Following the season, Davis retired, while Anderson and Garland were both released to free agency, and head coach Paul Westhead was fired.

Draft picks

Main article: 1991 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/Club team
14Dikembe MutomboCGeorgetown
18Mark MaconSGTemple

Roster

  • Paul Westhead
  • Jim Boyle
  • Mike Evans
  • Judas Prada

Regular season

Season standings

:y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

:z - clinched division title :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Reggie Williams818032.4.471.359.8035.02.91.80.818.2
Dikembe Mutombo717138.3.493.64212.32.20.63.016.6
Greg Anderson828234.1.456.000.62311.51.01.10.811.5
Winston Garland786728.3.444.321.8592.45.31.30.310.8
Mark Macon766730.3.375.133.7302.92.22.00.210.6
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf811119.0.421.330.8701.42.40.50.010.3
Walter Davis46016.1.459.313.8721.51.50.60.09.9
Marcus Liberty751320.4.443.340.7284.10.80.90.49.3
Todd Lichti681017.3.460.111.8391.71.10.60.26.6
Joe Wolf67017.3.361.091.8033.60.90.50.23.8
Jerome Lane9515.7.250.4214.91.40.20.13.1
Kevin Brooks3707.3.443.182.8101.10.30.20.12.8
Steve Scheffler706.6.571.6671.60.00.40.01.7
Scott Hastings40410.5.340.000.8572.50.70.30.41.5
Anthony Cook2205.2.600.6671.50.10.20.21.5

Player statistics citation:

Awards, records, and honors

  • Dikembe Mutombo, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
  • Mark Macon, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

References

References

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  6. (November 2, 1991). "Pro Basketball". Los Angeles Times.
  7. Howard-Cooper, Scott. (June 27, 1991). "Clippers Make Point in Deal with Hawks: NBA Draft: Team Trades No. 9 Pick and Second-Round Selections in 1993 and 1994 for Guard Doc Rivers. Club Then Takes LeRon Ellis of Syracuse with 22nd Pick". Los Angeles Times.
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  13. (September 13, 2021). "1992 NBA All-Star Recap". NBA.com.
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  15. (May 13, 1992). "BASKETBALL; Johnson Is Top Rookie". The New York Times.
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  17. (April 24, 1992). "NBA Firings: Westhead, Hamblen". Los Angeles Times.
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