1992–93 Denver Nuggets season

The Nuggets would bring back Dan Issel as their new head coach. Issel starred for the Nuggets for 10 seasons as a player. Under Issel, the Nuggets suffered a 14-game losing streak from December 5 to January 5. Despite the losing streak the Nuggets showed significant improvement and missed the playoffs by just 3 games with a record of 36-46. The progress of Dikembe Mutombo into one of the league's best defensive players was reason for hope. The play of Guard Chris Jackson resulted in being named the league's Most Improved Player. Jackson would change his name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.^[1]

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	5	LaPhonso Ellis	PF	United States	Notre Dame
1	13	Bryant Stith	SG	United States	Virginia
2	46	Robert Werdann	C	United States	St. John's

Roster

Denver Nuggets 1992-93 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From 1.5 !G 3 USA ! Abdul-Rauf, Mahmoud 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 162 lb (73 kg) LSU 4.0 !F 43 USA ! Brooks, Kevin 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Louisiana-Lafayette 4.0 !F 20 USA ! Ellis, LaPhonso 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Notre Dame 4.0 !F 21 USA ! Hammonds, Tom 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Georgia Tech 5.5 !F/C 10 USA ! Hastings, Scott 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Arkansas 4.0 !F 30 USA ! Liberty, Marcus 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Illinois 2.5 !G/F 21 USA ! Lichti, Todd 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Stanford 1.5 !G 1 USA ! Macon, Mark 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Temple 6.0 !C 55 ZAI ! Mutombo, Dikembe 86 !7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Georgetown 1.5 !G 12 USA ! Pack, Robert 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Southern California 5.5 !F/C 45 USA ! Plummer, Gary 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Boston University 1.5 !G 23 USA ! Stith, Bryant 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Virginia 6.0 !C 28 USA ! Werdann, Robert 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) St. John's 2.5 !G/F 34 USA ! Williams, Reggie 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Georgetown	Head coach Dan Issel Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

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

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Player statistics

Season

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Awards, records, and honors

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Transactions

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