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The 1988–89 Denver Nuggets featured one of the league’s most balanced offences, with Alex English leading the scoring while Michael Adams and Fat Lever combined high-level playmaking, scoring, and rebounding from the backcourt. Orlando Woolridge added efficient interior offence, and the rotation supplied consistent secondary production. The statistics point to a fast-paced, high-scoring team built on ball movement and offensive depth, though defensive performance remained a clear weakness.
Roster
| No. | Player | Pos | Height | Weight | DOB | College/From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Fat Lever | G | 6-3 | 170 lbs | Aug 18, 1960 | Arizona State |
| 1 | Danny Schayes | C | 6-11 | 235 lbs | May 10, 1959 | Syracuse |
| 2 | Michael Adams | G | 5-10 | 162 lbs | Jan 19, 1963 | Boston College |
| 4 | Bill Hanzlik | G/F | 6-7 | 185 lbs | Dec 6, 1957 | Notre Dame |
| 5 | Walter Davis | G/F | 6-6 | 193 lbs | Sep 9, 1954 | North Carolina |
| 21 | Blair Rasmussen | C | 7-0 | 250 lbs | Nov 13, 1962 | Oregon |
| 22 | Joe Kopicki | F | 6-9 | 240 lbs | Jun 12, 1960 | Detroit Mercy |
| 23 | Todd Lichti | G | 6-4 | 205 lbs | Jan 8, 1967 | Stanford |
| 30 | Jerome Lane | F | 6-6 | 230 lbs | Dec 4, 1966 | Pittsburgh |
| 31 | Orlando Woolridge | F | 6-9 | 215 lbs | Dec 16, 1959 | Notre Dame |
| 32 | Wayne Cooper | C | 6-10 | 220 lbs | Nov 16, 1956 | New Orleans |
| 33 | Alex English | F | 6-7 | 190 lbs | Jan 5, 1954 | South Carolina |
Head Coach: Doug Moe
Regular Season Per Game
| Player | Pos | Age | G | GS | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | FGA | FG% | 3PA | 3P% | FTA | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fat Lever | SG | 28 | 71 | 71 | 38.7 | 19.8 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 17.2 | .457 | 0.9 | .348 | 4.8 | .785 |
| Alex English | SF | 35 | 82 | 82 | 36.5 | 26.5 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 22.9 | .491 | 0.1 | .250 | 4.6 | .858 |
| Michael Adams | PG | 26 | 77 | 77 | 36.2 | 18.5 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 14.1 | .433 | 6.1 | .356 | 5.1 | .819 |
| Danny Schayes | C | 29 | 76 | 64 | 25.2 | 12.8 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 8.0 | .522 | 0.1 | .333 | 5.3 | .826 |
| Wayne Cooper | C | 32 | 79 | 72 | 23.6 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 5.6 | .495 | 0.1 | .250 | 1.3 | .745 |
| Walter Davis | SG | 34 | 81 | 0 | 22.9 | 15.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 13.3 | .498 | 0.9 | .290 | 2.5 | .879 |
| Elston Turner | SF | 29 | 78 | 12 | 22.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.5 | .428 | 0.1 | .286 | 0.7 | .589 |
| Jay Vincent | SF | 29 | 5 | 1 | 19.0 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 7.6 | .342 | 0.4 | .500 | 1.8 | .556 |
| Bill Hanzlik | PF | 31 | 41 | 0 | 17.1 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3.7 | .437 | 0.1 | .200 | 2.1 | .782 |
| Blair Rasmussen | C | 26 | 77 | 22 | 17.0 | 7.6 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 7.5 | .445 | 0.0 | — | 1.1 | .852 |
| Dave Greenwood | PF | 31 | 29 | 3 | 16.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 5.1 | .419 | 0.0 | — | 2.4 | .676 |
| Darwin Cook | SG | 30 | 30 | 4 | 12.9 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 5.4 | .436 | 0.3 | .200 | 0.7 | .773 |
| Calvin Natt | SF | 32 | 14 | 0 | 12.0 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.6 | .440 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.2 | .710 |
| Jerome Lane | PF | 22 | 54 | 1 | 10.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.7 | .426 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.1 | .384 |
| Eddie Hughes | PG | 28 | 26 | 1 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.5 | .438 | 0.8 | .318 | 0.5 | .583 |
| Wayne Engelstad | PF | 23 | 11 | 0 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.6 | .379 | 0.0 | — | 0.9 | .600 |
| Team Totals | — | — | 82 | 82 | 242.4 | 118.0 | 45.4 | 27.8 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 14.9 | 99.3 | .468 | 8.2 | .337 | 28.2 | .787 |
Regular Season Totals
| Player | Pos | Age | G | GS | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | FGA | FG% | 3PA | 3P% | FTA | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Adams | PG | 26 | 2 | 1 | 37.5 | 23.5 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 18.0 | .417 | 11.0 | .455 | 4.0 | .875 |
| Alex English | SF | 35 | 3 | 3 | 36.0 | 26.0 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 20.7 | .516 | 0.0 | — | 5.3 | .875 |
| Bill Hanzlik | PF | 31 | 3 | 3 | 35.3 | 12.7 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 11.0 | .424 | 2.0 | .500 | 4.0 | .583 |
| Walter Davis | SG | 34 | 3 | 0 | 31.3 | 25.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 20.0 | .517 | 1.3 | .000 | 5.0 | 1.000 |
| Fat Lever | SG | 28 | 2 | 2 | 29.0 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | .375 | 1.5 | .667 | 1.0 | 1.000 |
| Elston Turner | SF | 29 | 3 | 0 | 24.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | .462 | 0.3 | .000 | 2.0 | .333 |
| Darwin Cook | SG | 30 | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | 10.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 8.0 | .500 | 0.7 | .500 | 2.0 | 1.000 |
| Danny Schayes | C | 29 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 | .143 | 0.0 | — | 4.0 | .750 |
| Wayne Cooper | C | 32 | 3 | 3 | 14.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 4.0 | .500 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | — |
| Dave Greenwood | PF | 31 | 3 | 0 | 11.3 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .333 | 0.0 | — | 0.7 | .500 |
| Jerome Lane | PF | 22 | 2 | 0 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | .286 | 0.5 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.000 |
| Blair Rasmussen | C | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | — |
| Team Totals | — | — | 3 | 3 | 240.0 | 112.7 | 44.3 | 24.0 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 16.7 | 94.7 | .458 | 13.0 | .410 | 25.7 | .805 |
Regular Season Totals
| Player | Pos | Age | GP | GS | Min | PTS | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex English | – | 35 | 82 | 82 | 2990 | 2175 | 326 | 383 | 66 | 12 | 198 | 1881 | 924 | 8 | 2 | 379 | 325 |
| Michael Adams | – | 26 | 77 | 77 | 2787 | 1424 | 283 | 490 | 166 | 11 | 180 | 1082 | 468 | 466 | 166 | 393 | 322 |
| Fat Lever | – | 28 | 71 | 71 | 2745 | 1409 | 662 | 559 | 195 | 20 | 157 | 1221 | 558 | 66 | 23 | 344 | 270 |
| Danny Schayes | – | 29 | 76 | 64 | 1918 | 969 | 500 | 105 | 42 | 81 | 160 | 607 | 317 | 9 | 3 | 402 | 332 |
| Wayne Cooper | – | 32 | 79 | 72 | 1864 | 520 | 619 | 78 | 36 | 211 | 73 | 444 | 220 | 4 | 1 | 106 | 79 |
| Walter Davis | – | 34 | 81 | 0 | 1857 | 1267 | 151 | 190 | 72 | 5 | 132 | 1076 | 536 | 69 | 20 | 199 | 175 |
| Elston Turner | – | 29 | 78 | 12 | 1746 | 337 | 287 | 144 | 90 | 8 | 60 | 353 | 151 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 33 |
| Blair Rasmussen | – | 26 | 77 | 22 | 1308 | 583 | 287 | 49 | 29 | 41 | 49 | 577 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 69 |
| Bill Hanzlik | – | 31 | 41 | 0 | 701 | 201 | 93 | 86 | 25 | 5 | 53 | 151 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 87 | 68 |
| Jerome Lane | – | 22 | 54 | 1 | 550 | 261 | 200 | 60 | 20 | 4 | 50 | 256 | 109 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 43 |
| Dave Greenwood | – | 31 | 29 | 3 | 491 | 172 | 164 | 41 | 17 | 28 | 36 | 148 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 48 |
| Darwin Cook | – | 30 | 30 | 4 | 386 | 161 | 48 | 43 | 28 | 6 | 26 | 163 | 71 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 17 |
| Eddie Hughes | – | 28 | 26 | 1 | 224 | 70 | 19 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 64 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 7 |
| Calvin Natt | – | 32 | 14 | 0 | 168 | 66 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 50 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 22 |
| Jay Vincent | – | 29 | 5 | 1 | 95 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Wayne Engelstad | – | 23 | 11 | 0 | 50 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Team Totals | – | – | 82 | 82 | 19880 | 9675 | 3719 | 2282 | 811 | 436 | 1204 | 8140 | 3813 | 676 | 228 | 2314 | 1821 |
Playoff Totals
| Player | Pos | Age | GP | GS | Min | PTS | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex English | – | 35 | 3 | 3 | 108 | 78 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 62 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 |
| Bill Hanzlik | – | 31 | 3 | 3 | 106 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 |
| Walter Davis | – | 34 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 77 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Michael Adams | – | 26 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Elston Turner | – | 29 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Darwin Cook | – | 30 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Fat Lever | – | 28 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Wayne Cooper | – | 32 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Schayes | – | 29 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Dave Greenwood | – | 31 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jerome Lane | – | 22 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Blair Rasmussen | – | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | – | – | 3 | 3 | 720 | 338 | 133 | 72 | 23 | 5 | 50 | 284 | 130 | 39 | 16 | 77 | 62 |
HeatingUp Impact Index: Team Impact Spotlight
| Player Name | Role Tier | MPG | Usage Tier | PPG | RPG | APG | STK | Impact Index* | Notes | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex English | Primary Scorer | 36.5 | High | 26.5 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 18.05 | Main offensive option, high-efficiency midrange scoring, consistent usage; facilitated offense occasionally | AS |
| Fat Lever | Lead Playmaker | 38.7 | High | 19.8 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 20.0 | Multifaceted guard; balanced scoring, playmaking, and defense; key transition initiator | DPOY-7 |
| Michael Adams | Secondary Playmaker | 36.2 | High | 18.5 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 15.45 | Point guard handling majority of ball movement; strong perimeter shooting and assist creation | — |
| Walter Davis | Scoring Specialist | 22.9 | Medium | 15.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 10.4 | Bench or rotational scorer; efficient midrange shooter; lower defensive footprint | — |
| Danny Schayes | Rim Protector / Role Big | 25.2 | Medium | 12.8 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 11.75 | Traditional center role; good inside scoring, defensive rebounding; occasional rim protection | — |
| Wayne Cooper | Defensive Anchor | 23.6 | Medium | 6.6 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 9.3 | Defensive-minded center; strong shot-blocking and rebounding; limited offensive role | — |
| Blair Rasmussen | Rotational Big | 17.0 | Low | 7.6 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 6.4 | Backup center providing occasional scoring and boards; low usage | — |
| Elston Turner | Role Wing | 22.4 | Low | 4.3 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 5.55 | Spot minutes wing; contributed defensively and with modest playmaking | — |
| Jerome Lane | Energy Forward | 10.2 | Low | 4.8 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 5.55 | Young forward; energetic role player, limited offensive impact; rebounder | — |
| Jay Vincent | Bench Wing | 19.0 | Low | 6.4 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 5.7 | Limited sample; spot minutes; occasional outside threat | — |
| Darwin Cook | Bench Guard | 12.9 | Low | 5.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 4.75 | Backup guard; modest scoring and defense; low minutes | — |
| Bill Hanzlik | Role Forward | 17.1 | Low | 4.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 4.0 | Defensive-minded forward; contributed off the bench | — |
| Dave Greenwood | Role Forward | 16.9 | Low | 5.9 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 7.3 | Backup power forward; strong rebounder and efficient scorer in limited minutes | — |
| Calvin Natt | Spot Forward | 12.0 | Low | 4.7 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | Limited appearances; scoring off the bench | — |
| Eddie Hughes | Backup PG | 8.6 | Low | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.75 | Minimal role; spot minutes | — |
| Wayne Engelstad | Fringe Player | 4.5 | Low | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.35 | Deep bench; limited contributions | — |