Denver Nuggets Salary Archive – 2019/20

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Name 2019-20
Paul Millsap $30,350,000
Nikola Jokic $27,504,630
Gary Harris $17,839,286
Mason Plumlee $14,041,096
Will Barton $12,776,786
Jerami Grant $9,346,153
Jamal Murray $4,444,746
Michael Porter Jr. $3,389,400
Noah Vonleh $2,000,000
Torrey Craig $2,000,000
Gerald Green (waived) $1,620,564
Monte Morris $1,588,231
Keita Bates-Diop $1,416,852
Vlatko Cancar $898,310
Troy Daniels $384,541
PJ Dozier $183,115
Bol Manute Bol (two-way)
Tyler Cook (subtitute two-way)
Total $129,783,710

Quick: Over the cap.

Salary Cap: $109,140,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $132,627,000

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed, one substitute, one two-way

Depth Chart
PG: Jamal Murray, Monte Morris, P.J. Dozier
SG: Gary Harris, Keita Bates-Diop, Troy Daniels
SF: Will Barton, Michael Porter Jr., Torrey Craig, Vlatko Cancar
PF: Paul Millsap, Jerami Grant, Noah Vonleh, Tyler Cook (substitute)
C: Nikola Jokic, Mason Plumlee, Bol Manute Bol (two-way)

Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Exceptions

  • Trade Exception (Juancho Hernangomez, expiring 2/5/21) — $3,321,030
  • Trade Exception (Shabazz Napier, expiring 2/6/21) — $1,645,357
  • Mid-Level Exception — $8,176,575 (Vlatko Cancar, P.J. Dozier)
  • Bi-Annual Exception — $3,623,000

Waived Players: Thomas Welsh (two-way), Tyler Cook (two-way, claimed by the Cleveland Cavaliers), Tyler Zeller, Gerald Green, Jordan McRae

Traded Players: Malik Beasley, Juancho Hernangomez, Jarred Vanderbilt, Shabazz Napier

G-League Affiliate: None

Two-Way Contracts: Bol Manute Bol (two-year)

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Mike Malone

Assistants: Wes Unseld Jr. David Adelman, Micah Nori, Jordi Fernandez, Bob Weiss, Ryan Bowen

Player Development: John Becket, Stephen Graham, Ognjen Stojakovic,

Video: Travess Amenta (head video coordinator), Andrew Munson (assistant video coordinator), Dethie Fall

Training: Dan Shimensky (head athletic trainer), Felipe Eichenberger (head strength and conditioning coach), Jason Miller (assistant athletic trainer/assistant strength and conditioning coach), Steve Short (director of sports medicine)

Basketball Executives

  • Josh Kroenke — president and governor
  • Tim Connelly — president of basketball operations
  • Calvin Booth — assistant general manager
  • Ben Tenzer — director of basketball operations
  • Lisa Johnson — vice president of basketball operations
  • Amy O’Brien — director of team operations/player development
  • Herb Livsey — head scout
  • Jim Clibanoff — director of scouting
  • Tommy Balcetis — director of basketball strategy and analytics

Pick Swaps

  • 2020 — Owed first-rounder from the Houston Rockets (Clint Capela).
  • 2020 — Owe first-rounder (top-10 protected through 2022, otherwise converts to 2023 and 2024 second-rounders) to the Oklahoma City Thunder (Jerami Grant).
  • 2020 — Owe second-rounder to Brooklyn Nets (Kenneth Faried).
  • 2021 — Owe second-rounder to the Golden State Warriors (Wilson Chandler, Alec Burks).
  • 2022 — Philadelphia 76ers can swap second-rounders with the pick going to the Minnesota Timberwolves (Wilson Chandler, Jimmy Butler).
  • 2022 — Owe second-rounder (Denver or Philadelphia) to the Miami HEAT (Bol Manute Bol).

Cash Paid ($5,617,000 max): $0

Cash Received ($5,617,000 max): $0

Transactions

  • 6/21/19 — Traded 2022 second-rounder and $1.2 million to Miami Heat for the rights to Bol Manute Bol (44th).
  • 6/29/19 — Exercised team option on final year of Paul Millsap’s contract.
  • 6/29/19 — Extended qualifying offer to Trey Lyles.
  • 7/7/19 — Revoked Trey Lyles’ qualifying offer.
  • 7/8/19 — Traded a protected 2020 first rounder to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Jerami Grant.
  • 7/8/19 — Wilson Chandler trade exception ($3,454,409) expired.
  • 7/11/19 — Revoked Brandon Goodwin’s qualifying offer.
  • 7/13/19 — Kenneth Faried ($13,764,045) and Darrell Arthur ($5,919,961) trade exceptions expired.
  • 7/24/19 — Agreed to sign Jamal Murray to a five-year estimated $169,650,000 extension.
  • 7/30/19 — Waived Thomas Welsh (two-way).
  • 8/1/19 — Signed Vlatko Cancar (2017-49th) to a partially-guaranteed three-year $4,198,912 contract.
  • 8/12/19 — Signed Tyler Cook to a two-way contract.
  • 8/12/19 — Signed P.J. Dozier to a non-guaranteed $1,620,564 minimum summer contract.
  • 9/4/19 — Signed Bol Manute Bol (2019-44th) to a two-way contract.
  • 9/19/19 — Signed Tyler Zeller to a non-guaranteed $2,174,381 minimum summer contract.
  • 10/1/19 — Signed Jorge Gutierrez to a non-guaranteed $1,678,854 minimum summer contract.
  • 10/4/19 — Signed Elijah Millsap to a non-guaranteed $1,678,854 minimum summer contract.
  • 10/7/19 — Waived Jorge Gutierrez and Elijah Millsap.
  • 10/7/19 — Picked up Michael Porter Jr.’s third-year rookie-scale option.
  • 10/16/19 — Ended Tyler Cook’s two-way contract.
  • 10/17/19 — Converted PJ Dozier to a two-way contract.
  • 10/24/19 — Waived Tyler Zeller.
  • 12/24/19 — Signed Coach Mike Malone to a contract extension.
  • 2/5/20 — Traded Malik Beasley, Juancho Hernangomez and Jarred Vanderbilt to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Keita Bates-Diop, Shabazz Napier and Noah Vonleh, and Gerald Green and a 2020 first-rounder from the Houston Rockets.
  • 2/6/20 — Traded Shabazz Napier to the Washington Wizards for Jordan McRae.
  • 3/1/20 — Waived Jordan McRae (claimed by the Detroit Pistons).
  • 3/5/20 — Signed Troy Daniels for the rest of the season at $481,361.
  • 6/30/20 — Signed P.J. Dozier to a partially-guaranteed three-year $3,856,771 contract, ending his two-way.
  • 6/30/20 — Signed Tyler Cook as a substitute two-way.

Expired 10-Day Contracts: None

Trade Kickers

  • None

Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses.

No-Trade: None

Free Agents (with Cap Holds)

  • Non-Bird: Richard Jefferson** ($1,620,564)

** Cannot be used in a sign and trade because they were not active players in the NBA last season.

Non-Guaranteed Salaries

  • None

Unsigned Draft Picks

  • First-rounders: None
  • Second-rounders: Petr Cornelie (2016-53rd), Nikola Radicevic (2015-57th), Izzet Turkyilmaz (2012-50th), Sani Becirovic (2003-46th), Xue Yuyang (2003-57th)

Arena: Pepsi Center

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(Updated on 10/28/20)

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