Marcus CambyDenver Nuggets · #23
Marcus Camby is a retired center best known with the Denver Nuggets. A rangy shot-blocker and Defensive Player of the Year. Career averages: 9.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.
Marcus Camby — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Marcus Camby stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Marcus Camby — every number, three levels deep
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How the model sees Marcus Camby
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Marcus Camby career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-97 | 63 | 30.1 | 14.8 | 6.3 | 1.5 | .482 | .143 |
| 1997-98 | 63 | 31.8 | 12.1 | 7.4 | 1.8 | .412 | .000 |
| 1998-99 | 46 | 20.5 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 0.3 | .521 | |
| 1999-00 | 59 | 26.2 | 10.2 | 7.8 | 0.8 | .480 | .500 |
| 2000-01 | 63 | 33.8 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 0.8 | .524 | .125 |
| 2001-02 | 29 | 34.7 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 1.1 | .448 | .000 |
| 2002-03 | 29 | 21.2 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 1.6 | .410 | .400 |
| 2003-04 | 72 | 30.0 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 1.8 | .477 | .000 |
| 2004-05 | 66 | 30.5 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 2.3 | .465 | .000 |
| 2005-06 | 56 | 33.2 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 2.1 | .465 | .091 |
| 2006-07 | 70 | 33.8 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 3.2 | .473 | .000 |
| 2007-08 | 79 | 34.9 | 9.1 | 13.1 | 3.3 | .450 | .300 |
| 2008-09 | 62 | 31.0 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 2.0 | .512 | .250 |
| 2009-10 (LA Clippers/Portland) | 74 | 31.3 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 2.5 | .475 | .286 |
| 2010-11 | 59 | 26.1 | 4.7 | 10.3 | 2.1 | .398 | .000 |
| 2011-12 (Portland/Houston) | 59 | 22.9 | 4.9 | 9.0 | 1.8 | .446 | .400 |
| 2012-13 | 24 | 10.4 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 0.6 | .321 | |
| Career | 973 | 29.5 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 1.9 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Denver Nuggets built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Marcus Camby
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
Turning pro
Drafted 1996 as a Center.
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The best rim protector of his era did his most feared work a mile above sea level — where the air is thin, and so were the odds of scoring on him.
Chapter
A rangy, impossibly long center out of UMass, Marcus Camby turned shot-blocking into an art form. He led the league in blocks and in rebounding, swallowing the paint whole.
Chapter
In 2007, in a Denver uniform, he was named Defensive Player of the Year — the ultimate honor for a man who built his whole game around the parts of it that never make a highlight reel. In the mountains, defense travels. Camby was proof.
Where things stand
A retired center and Denver Nuggets name.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 11"
- Weight
- 240 lbs
- College
- Massachusetts
- Experience
- 17th Season
- NBA debut
- 1996
- Draft
- 1996
- Jersey
- #23
A rangy shot-blocker and Defensive Player of the Year.
A retired center and Denver Nuggets name.
Marcus Camby — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Marcus Camby, answered.
