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2016-17 Denver Nuggets Team Yearbook 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, CO 80204 Tel: 303.405.1100 / Fax: 720.931.1530 ADVERTISING SALES AND SERVICE STAFF Ryan Brach, Mike Ceilley, Dave Fleck, Camille Hammond, Morgan Campbell, MJ Connors, Courtney Dymerski, Jennifer Edwards, Troy Ergenbright, Colleen Evans, Deb Fox, Tiffany Gansler, Mark Holmes, Ross Jenner, Kelcy Joynt, Kevin Landauer, Jana Lefsrud, Nate Liberman, Keeley Mennie, Breianna Miller, Chris Niess, Tom Nolan, Ryan O’Connor, Daniele Robinson, Cherylyn Underwood, Nikki Wexler, Aaron Winton. A GIANT 2016-17 OFFICIAL YEARBOOK OF THE DENVER NUGGETS YEARBOOK OF OFFICIAL 2016-17 EDITORS Tim Gelt, Nick O’Hayre REACHES THE RAFTERS PHOTOGRAPHY Garrett Ellwood, NBA Photos, Bart Young NUGGETS PLAYERS PUBLISHED BY Professional Sports Publications 519 8th Ave., 25th Floor • New York, NY 10018 PLUS Tel: 212.697.1460 • Fax: 646.753.9480 www.pspsports.com 3 DENVER NUGGETS EXECUTIVE STAFF facebook.com/pspsports twitter.com/psp_sports 10 DENVER NUGGETS COACHING STAFF Executive V.P. Operations: Jeff Botwinick 13 DENVER NUGGETS BASKETBALL STAFF Executive V.P. Business Development: Martin Lewis Executive V.P. Sales: Mitch Gibbs 86 NUGGETS IN THE COMMUNITY Executive V.P. Team Relations: Dave Gerschwer Executive Vice President: Julie Wanjon 88 DENVER NUGGETS SEASON SCHEDULE Production Manager: Nippa Esendal Production Assistant: Anna DellaRatta 2016-17 DENVER NUGGETS YEARBOOK © 2016 Denver Nuggets. All rights reserved. This publication and its contents may not be reproduced or copied in whole or in part without the express written consent of the Denver Nuggets. 1_DNYB2016_FRONT_COVER.inddFront Cover All Pages 11/15/16 11:17 AM Index2016-17_Nuggets_Whole_Book_No_Cover.indd 1 11/16/16 3:47 PM EXECUTIVE STAFF E. STANLEY KROENKE OWNER Mr. E. Stanley Kroenke Overall, the Nuggets, Avalanche, Rapids and Mammoth have made 37 playoff appearances, became owner of the Denver won three league championships and hosted five All-Star Games since 2000-01. Nuggets on July 6, 2000. Arsenal won the 2014 and 2015 FA Cup and has qualified for the Champions League in Under his leadership, the 19 consecutive seasons. Nuggets were one of only two NBA teams to make the In addition to his success as an owner, Kroenke has been a pioneer in television playoffs in all 10 seasons programming. In September 2004, Kroenke launched Altitude Sports & Entertainment, from 2003 through 2013, a 24-hour regional television network that is the broadcast home for the Nuggets, including a thrilling run to Avalanche, Mammoth and Rapids. Altitude also airs professional, collegiate and high the Western Conference school sporting events throughout the Rocky Mountain region. KSE acquired the Outdoor Finals in 2009. Kroenke has Channel in May 2013. The independent cable network is received by nearly 40 million U.S. overseen two Executive of households, making it the largest outdoor TV footprint in the country. the Year winners as well as one Coach of the Year award. In 2014 KSE added to its outdoor media holdings with the acquisition of Sportsman From 2006 to 2011, the Nuggets enjoyed their most successful five-year span in Channel, which reaches more than 36 million U.S. households, along with a number franchise history. Denver averaged 50.4 wins per season during this stretch, earned two of well-known outdoor enthusiast print and digital publications. KSE also owns the Northwest Division titles and won 50+ games in four consecutive years for the first time World Fishing Network. in team history. On Dec. 31, 2015, KSE announced the acquisition of three Denver FM radio stations, In addition to this unprecedented stretch, the Nuggets also enjoyed a single season of KIMN-FM (Mix 100.3), KXKL-FM (Kool 105), and KWOF-FM (92.5 the Wolf). KSE Also unmatched excellence in 2013. Denver won a franchise-record 57 games, including an acquired 950AM, now known as Altitude Sports Radio, the new radio broadcast home all-time team best 15-game winning streak in March 2013. The Nuggets excelled in many for the Nuggets, Avalanche, Mammoth and Rapids. areas that season, but most impressive was their 38-3 mark at Pepsi Center, the best home record in Denver franchise history. Pepsi Center, a KSE-owned facility and the largest indoor arena, event center and concert venue in Colorado, is the home arena for the Nuggets, Avalanche and Mammoth, In the summer of 2011, Kroenke elevated Josh Kroenke to team President and Governor. seating 19,718 fans for basketball and 18,007 for hockey. In his expanded role, Josh Kroenke hired Tim Connelly as General Manager and Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations in July 2013 and named Michael Malone as Head On April 7, 2007, KSE opened Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, one of the largest soccer- Coach in June 2015. specific complexes in the world. The state-of-the-art sports facility sits on more than 160 acres in Commerce City, CO, and holds 18,000 fans for field sports and up to 27,000 Under Kroenke’s ownership, the Colorado Avalanche have been one of the most for concerts. KSE also owns the Paramount Theatre, a historic landmark in downtown accomplished hockey clubs in the NHL. In the team’s first season under his ownership Denver, and through Peak Entertainment, LLC, a joint venture between KSE and AEG Live (2000), the Avalanche hosted the NHL All-Star Game, won the Presidents’ Trophy, Rocky Mountains, co-manages 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, CO, a multi-use arena and defeated the New Jersey Devils to win the Stanley Cup, the second in franchise accommodating up to 6,500 people for a variety of events. Pepsi Center, the Paramount history (1996). The Avalanche have won four division championships under Kroenke’s Theatre and 1STBANK Center are home to more than 300 events annually, including world watch, and during his first five years they sold out every home game and went on to post renowned acts such as Garth Brooks, U2, Madonna, Taylor Swift, Phish, Aerosmith and an NHL-record 487 consecutive game sellout streak. Additionally, the 2015-16 hockey Bruce Springsteen. season featured yet another landmark event with the Avalanche hosting the Coors Light NHL Stadium Series outdoor game on Feb. 27, 2016 at Coors Field. Kroenke’s enthusiasm and vision ensure that Denver will continue to be the top entertainment destination in the Rocky Mountain region for generations to come. Off the court, one of Kroenke’s priorities has been the Colorado community. More than Local media outlets have consistently named Kroenke one of the most significant $16 million in contributions have been made to Colorado charities through Kroenke people in the Denver arts and entertainment community, saying “no other person Sports Charities and the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche Community Funds. entertains more people more often.” The Nuggets continue to be a strong supporter of youth basketball in the State of Colorado through initiatives such as donating to youth basketball programs and Kroenke is chairman and owner of The Kroenke Group, a private real estate investment providing numerous youth camps to help teach the game to local children. and development company with properties located throughout the United States and Canada. Over the past four decades, he has built a reputation as one of the nation’s Kroenke Sports & Entertainment owns Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids and the leading real estate developers. National Lacrosse League’s Colorado Mammoth. The Rapids hosted the MLS All-Star Game in 2007 and 2015 and won the MLS Cup Championship in 2010. The Mammoth has A member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, Kroenke holds undergraduate and been a playoff participant in 13 of its 14 seasons and won the NLL championship in 2006. graduate degrees from the University of Missouri. In addition to their son Josh, who is The Mammoth also hosted the NLL All-Star Game in 2004 and 2009. also President and Governor of the Avalanche, Stan and his wife, Ann, have a daughter, Whitney, an award-winning documentary film producer. In June 2011, Kroenke became the majority shareholder of Arsenal FC, the storied English Premier League football club. The St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams) won the Super Bowl in 2000 while Mr. Kroenke was a co-owner; he became the team’s principal owner in August 2010. 2016-2017 DENVER NUGGETS YEARBOOK 3 2016-2017 DENVER NUGGETS YEARBOOK 23 Owner’s2016-17_Nuggets_Whole_Book_No_Cover.indd Page 3 11/16/16 3:47 PM Player2016-17_Nuggets_Whole_Book_No_Cover.indd Introduction 23 Page 11/16/16 3:48 PM He retired in 2009, but he didn’t retreat from the spotlight. In fact, Mutombo’s post-career life has made more of a global difference than his nearly 20-year NBA career. Mutombo’s inclusion into the rarefied air of Denver Nuggets history has as much to do with his play on the A GIANT court as his contributions off of it. “He was a perennial all-star on the REACHES THE court, and despite his numerous on-court accomplishments, he has somehow managed to make an even RAFTERS bigger impact off the court.” By Michael Kelly Mutombo began his altruistic work while he was still playing. In 1997, he started the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to improve living conditions in his native country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. The image stands out for the ages. There His humanitarian work is extensive and respected, and it comes was Dikembe Mutombo, sprawled on the from the heart. To wit, he paid for uniforms and expenses for the Zaire Seattle Center Coliseum court, holding a women’s basketball team during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. basketball over his head in unbridled joy. But his work isn’t all just donating money.

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