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The 1975–76 Denver Nuggets season was Denver's ninth and final season in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Prior to the season, the team moved their home games from the Denver Auditorium Arena to the new McNichols Arena. At the conclusion of the season the team would join the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was led by an eventual hall of fame coach, Larry Brown.

ABA Draft

Player	School/Club Team
Bill Willoughby	Dwight Morrow H.S. Englewood NJ
Tom Kropp	Kearney State
Monte Towe	North Carolina State
Bob Fleischer	Duke University
Jim Moore	Utah State
Charles Russell	Alabama
Mike Odems	Western Kentucky
Owen Brown	Maryland
Marvin Webster	Morgan State

Team	Wins	Loses	Pct.
Denver Nuggets	60	24	.714
New York Nets	55	29	.655
San Antonio Spurs	50	34	.595
Kentucky Colonels	46	38	.548
Indiana Pacers	39	45	.464
Spirits of St. Louis	35	49	.417
San Diego Sails	3	8	.273
Utah Stars	4	12	.250
Virginia Squires	15	68	.181

Note: PG= per game; M= Minutes; R= Rebounds; A= Assists; S = Steals; B = Blocks; P = Points; T = Turnovers; PF = Personal fouls

Player	Age	Games played	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	PFPG	PPG
David Thompson	21	83	37.4	6.3	3.7	1.6	1.2	3.0	3.4	26.0
Ralph Simpson	26	84	37.2	5.4	7.1	1.8	0.3	4.3	2.2	18.0
Bobby Jones	24	83	34.3	9.5	4.0	2.0	2.2	2.8	3.0	14.9
Dan Issel	27	84	34.0	11.0	2.4	1.2	0.7	2.4	3.2	23.0
Chuck Williams	29	79	32.0	2.7	4.7	1.5	0.1	2.3	2.7	11.0
Gus Gerard	22	60	19.8	5.0	2.0	0.9	0.9	2.4	2.8	9.9
Byron Beck	31	80	19.8	4.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.4	9.6
Claude Terry	26	79	17.1	1.9	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	7.1
Jim Bradley	23	7	15.3	4.3	1.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	3.7	4.6
Marvin Webster	23	38	10.5	4.6	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.0	1.6	4.3
Monte Towe	22	64	9.0	0.9	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.0
Roger Brown	25	37	7.9	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.0
James Foster	24	48	7.3	0.9	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.3	1.6	3.1
George Irvine	27	3	4.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3 ^[1]

Number	Player	Position	Height	Weight	Birth date	Experience (in years)	College
40	Byron Beck	PF	6-9	225	January 25, 1945	8	University of Denver
10	Jim Bradley	PF	6-8	215	March 16, 1952	2	Northern Illinois University
20	Roger Brown	C	6-11	225	February 23, 1950	2	University of Kansas
15	James Foster	PG	6-1	175	December 16, 1951	1	University of Connecticut
22	Gus Gerard	SF	6-8	200	July 27, 1953	1	University of Virginia
30	George Irvine	SF	6-6	200	February 1, 1948	5	University of Washington
25	Dan Issel	C	6-9	235	October 25, 1948	5	University of Kentucky
24	Bobby Jones	PF	6-9	210	December 18, 1951	1	University of North Carolina
44	Ralph Simpson	SG	6-5	200	August 10, 1949	5	Michigan State University
21	Claude Terry	SG	6-4	195	January 12, 1950	3	Stanford University
33	David Thompson	SF	6-4	195	July 13, 1954	R	North Carolina State University
13	Monte Towe	PG	5-7	150	September 27, 1953	R	North Carolina State University
10	Marvin Webster	C	7-1	225	April 13, 1952	R	Morgan State University
11	Chuck Williams	PG	6-2	175	June 6, 1946	5	University of Colorado

Semifinals ^[2]

Nuggets win series, 4–3

ABA Finals ^[2]

Nuggets lose series 4-2