The 2016–17 Washington Wizards season marked the franchise's 56th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its 44th in the Washington, D.C. area. On April 14, 2016, the Wizards parted ways with Randy Wittman, their former head coach, after the team failed to secure a playoff berth.[1][2] Shortly thereafter, on April 26, 2016, the Wizards appointed Scott Brooks, formerly the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, as their new head coach.[3] The Wizards successfully clinched a playoff berth on March 24, 2017, with a 129–108 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, thus ending their one-season absence from the playoffs. Furthermore, on March 28, 2017, the Wizards emerged victorious against the Los Angeles Lakers with a score of 119–108, securing their first division title since 1979 and ending their 38-year drought that dated back to their era as the Bullets.
2016–17 Washington Wizards season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Scott Brooks |
General manager | Ernie Grunfeld |
Owners | Monumental Sports & Entertainment |
Arena | Verizon Center |
Results | |
Record | 49–33 (.598) |
Place | Division: 1st (Southeast) Conference: 4th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Conference Semifinals (lost to Celtics 3–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The Wizards finished the regular season with a 49–33 record, securing the 4th seed. In the playoffs, the Wizards defeated the Atlanta Hawks in six games in the First Round, advancing to the Semifinals, where they lost to the Boston Celtics in a hard fought seven games.
Draft picks
editThe Wizards did not have a pick in the 2016 NBA draft, as they had traded both picks prior to the draft:[4]
- The first-round pick was traded away to the Phoenix Suns along with Kris Humphries and DeJuan Blair in exchange for Markieff Morris.
- The second-round pick was traded away to the Atlanta Hawks, along with the rights to Jerian Grant and a second-round pick in the 2019 NBA draft, to allow the Wizards to move up in the 2015 NBA draft and acquire the rights to Kelly Oubre Jr.
Roster
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Standings
editDivision
editSoutheast Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y – Washington Wizards | 49 | 33 | .598 | – | 30–11 | 19–22 | 8–8 | 82 |
x – Atlanta Hawks | 43 | 39 | .524 | 6.0 | 23–18 | 20–21 | 6–10 | 82 |
Miami Heat | 41 | 41 | .500 | 8.0 | 23–18 | 18–23 | 9–7 | 82 |
Charlotte Hornets | 36 | 46 | .439 | 13.0 | 22–19 | 14–27 | 10–6 | 82 |
Orlando Magic | 29 | 53 | .354 | 20.0 | 16–25 | 13–28 | 7–9 | 82 |
Conference
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | c – Boston Celtics * | 53 | 29 | .646 | – | 82 |
2 | y – Cleveland Cavaliers * | 51 | 31 | .622 | 2.0 | 82 |
3 | x – Toronto Raptors | 51 | 31 | .622 | 2.0 | 82 |
4 | y – Washington Wizards * | 49 | 33 | .598 | 4.0 | 82 |
5 | x – Atlanta Hawks | 43 | 39 | .524 | 10.0 | 82 |
6 | x – Milwaukee Bucks | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11.0 | 82 |
7 | x – Indiana Pacers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11.0 | 82 |
8 | x – Chicago Bulls | 41 | 41 | .500 | 12.0 | 82 |
9 | Miami Heat | 41 | 41 | .500 | 12.0 | 82 |
10 | Detroit Pistons | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16.0 | 82 |
11 | Charlotte Hornets | 36 | 46 | .439 | 17.0 | 82 |
12 | New York Knicks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 22.0 | 82 |
13 | Orlando Magic | 29 | 53 | .354 | 24.0 | 82 |
14 | Philadelphia 76ers | 28 | 54 | .341 | 25.0 | 82 |
15 | Brooklyn Nets | 20 | 62 | .244 | 33.0 | 82 |
Game log
editPre-season
editRegular season
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October: 0–2 (home: 0–0; road: 0–2)
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November
: 6–9 (home: 5–5; road: 1–4)
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December
: 10–5 (home: 8–1; road: 2–4)
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January
: 12–4 (home: 7–0; road: 5–4)
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February
: 7–3 (home: 5–2; road: 2–1)
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March
: 11–7 (home: 4–2; road: 7–5)
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April
: 3–3 (home: 1–1; road: 2–2)
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2016–17 season schedule |
Playoffs
edit2017 playoff game log Total: 7–6 (home: 6–0; road: 1–6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
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Conference Semifinals: 3–4 (home: 3–0; road: 0–4)
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2017 playoff schedule |
Player statistics
editGP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Regular season
editPlayer | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Marcin Gortat | 82 | 82 | 31.2 | .579 | .000 | .648 | 10.4 | 1.5 | .5 | .7 | 10.8 |
Otto Porter Jr. | 80 | 80 | 32.6 | .516 | .434 | .832 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | .5 | 13.4 |
Kelly Oubre Jr. | 79 | 5 | 20.3 | .421 | .287 | .758 | 3.3 | .6 | .7 | .2 | 6.3 |
John Wall | 78 | 78 | 36.4 | .451 | .327 | .801 | 4.2 | 10.7 | 2.0 | .6 | 23.1 |
Bradley Beal | 77 | 77 | 34.9 | .482 | .404 | .825 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 1.1 | .3 | 23.1 |
Markieff Morris | 76 | 76 | 31.2 | .457 | .362 | .837 | 6.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | .6 | 14.0 |
Jason Smith | 74 | 3 | 14.4 | .529 | .474 | .686 | 3.5 | .5 | .3 | .7 | 5.7 |
Tomáš Satoranský | 57 | 3 | 12.6 | .415 | .243 | .697 | 1.5 | 1.6 | .5 | .1 | 2.7 |
Trey Burke | 57 | 0 | 12.3 | .455 | .443 | .759 | .8 | 1.8 | .2 | .1 | 5.0 |
Marcus Thornton | 33 | 1 | 17.4 | .400 | .350 | .852 | 2.3 | 1.2 | .6 | .1 | 6.6 |
Ian Mahinmi | 31 | 0 | 17.9 | .586 | .573 | 4.8 | .6 | 1.1 | .8 | 5.6 | |
Sheldon Mac | 30 | 3 | 9.6 | .400 | .233 | .852 | 1.1 | .5 | .3 | .1 | 3.0 |
Andrew Nicholson† | 28 | 0 | 8.3 | .390 | .188 | .583 | 1.2 | .3 | .4 | .2 | 2.5 |
Bojan Bogdanović† | 26 | 0 | 23.1 | .457 | .391 | .934 | 3.1 | .8 | .4 | .2 | 12.7 |
Brandon Jennings† | 23 | 2 | 16.3 | .274 | .212 | .706 | 1.9 | 4.7 | .7 | .0 | 3.5 |
Daniel Ochefu | 19 | 0 | 3.9 | .444 | .000 | 1.2 | .2 | .1 | .0 | 1.3 | |
Chris McCullough† | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | .0 | .5 | .0 | .5 |
Danuel House Jr. | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Playoffs
editPlayer | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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John Wall | 13 | 13 | 39.0 | .452 | .344 | .839 | 3.7 | 10.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 27.2 |
Bradley Beal | 13 | 13 | 38.8 | .471 | .287 | .820 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | .6 | 24.8 |
Otto Porter Jr. | 13 | 13 | 32.9 | .532 | .282 | .886 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | .5 | 12.2 |
Marcin Gortat | 13 | 13 | 31.5 | .505 | .611 | 11.0 | 1.8 | .4 | 1.5 | 8.1 | |
Markieff Morris | 13 | 13 | 28.7 | .407 | .368 | .806 | 6.4 | 1.7 | .9 | 1.3 | 12.1 |
Bojan Bogdanović | 13 | 0 | 20.3 | .414 | .356 | .844 | 4.3 | .7 | .5 | .1 | 8.8 |
Brandon Jennings | 13 | 0 | 13.7 | .389 | .154 | .875 | 1.5 | 1.8 | .2 | .0 | 2.8 |
Jason Smith | 13 | 0 | 12.1 | .487 | .300 | .714 | 2.2 | .3 | .2 | .5 | 3.9 |
Kelly Oubre Jr. | 12 | 0 | 15.3 | .426 | .367 | .700 | 2.3 | .3 | .8 | .4 | 5.8 |
Tomáš Satoranský | 10 | 0 | 3.6 | .500 | .400 | .5 | .6 | .1 | .0 | .8 | |
Sheldon Mac | 7 | 0 | 2.4 | .556 | .400 | 1.000 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
Ian Mahinmi | 5 | 0 | 12.6 | .556 | .364 | 2.2 | 1.2 | .2 | 1.2 | 2.8 | |
Daniel Ochefu | 4 | 0 | 1.3 | .000 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | ||
Trey Burke | 3 | 0 | 6.7 | .000 | .000 | .0 | 1.7 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Wizards only.
Transactions
editTrades
editJuly 7, 2016 |
To Washington Wizards Trey Burke |
To Utah Jazz Second-round pick in the 2021 NBA draft |
February 22, 2017 |
To Washington Wizards Bojan Bogdanović Chris McCullough |
To Brooklyn Nets Andrew Nicholson Marcus Thornton First-round pick in the 2017 NBA draft |
Free agents
editRe-signed
editPlayer | Date Signed | Contract | Ref. |
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Marcus Thornton | July 22, 2016 | 1 year, $1,315,448 | |
Bradley Beal | July 26, 2016 | 5 years, $127 Million |
Additions
editPlayer | Date Signed | Contract | Former Team | Ref. |
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Ian Mahinmi | July 7, 2016 | 4 years, $64 Million | Indiana Pacers | |
Andrew Nicholson | July 7, 2016 | 4 years, $26 Million | Orlando Magic | |
Daniel Ochefu | July 7, 2016 | 3 years, $2.5 Million ($50,000 guaranteed) |
Villanova Wildcats[note 1] | |
Jason Smith | July 7, 2016 | 3 years, $15,675,000 | Orlando Magic | |
Tomáš Satoranský | July 21, 2016 | 3 years, $9 Million | FC Barcelona Lassa (Spain)[note 2] | |
Sheldon McClellan | July 24, 2016 | 2 years, $1,448,720 ($50,000 guaranteed) |
Miami Hurricanes[note 1] | |
Danuel House | July 26, 2016 | 2 years, $1,448,720 ($100,000 guaranteed) |
Texas A&M Aggies[note 1] | |
Brandon Jennings | March 1, 2017 | 1 year, $1,200,000 | New York Knicks |
- ^ a b c Player signed as an Undrafted Free Agent (UDFA) out of college
- ^ Drafted by the Wizards with the second-round pick in the 2012 NBA draft, only signed by the team this year
Subtractions
editPlayer | Reason Left | Date Left | New Team | Ref. |
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Drew Gooden | Waived | July 7, 2016 | Los Angeles Clippers | |
Ramon Sessions | Free Agency | July 7, 2016 | Charlotte Hornets | |
Jared Dudley | Free Agency | July 9, 2016 | Phoenix Suns | |
Garrett Temple | Free Agency | July 9, 2016 | Sacramento Kings | |
Nenê | Free Agency | July 19, 2016 | Houston Rockets | |
Alan Anderson | Free Agency | August 2, 2016 | Los Angeles Clippers | |
J.J. Hickson | Free Agency | August 20, 2016 | Fujian Sturgeons (China) | |
Jarrell Eddie | Waived | October 21, 2016 | Austin Spurs | |
Danuel House | Waived | March 1, 2017 |
Awards
editRecipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Scott Brooks | Eastern Conference Coach of the Month (January) |
February 1, 2017 | [5] |
References
edit- ^ "Wizards part ways with coach Wittman". NBA.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ "Wizards fire coach Randy Wittman after team misses playoffs". ESPN.com. April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ^ "Wizards hire Scott Brooks as head coach". NBA.com. April 26, 2016. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ Wang, Gene (June 24, 2016). "After trading away picks, Wizards remain quiet on draft night". Washington Post.
- ^ Wizards' Scott Brooks, Warriors' Steve Kerr named Coaches of the Month for January