2008–09 Washington Wizards season

2008–09 Washington Wizards season
Head coach	Ed Tapscott (interim)
Arena	Verizon Center
Results
Record	19–63 (.232)
Place	Division: 5th (Southeast) Conference: 15th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Mid-Atlantic, The CW Washington, News Channel 8
Radio	ESPN 980

The 2008–09 Washington Wizards season was the 48th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Wizards began the season hoping to improve on their 43-39 record from the previous year. They failed and fell short 24 games, and finished with a dismal 19-63 record, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 2003-04 season.

Key dates

June 26: The 2008 NBA Draft took place in New York City, New York.
July 1: The free agency period started.

Transactions

June 30 - Re-signed forward Antawn Jamison to a 4-year, $50 million contract
July 11 - Guard Roger Mason signed with the San Antonio Spurs
July 13 - Re-signed guard Gilbert Arenas to a 6-year, $111 million contract
September 23 - Signed guard Juan Dixon to a contract.
December 10 - Traded guard Antonio Daniels to the New Orleans Hornets and a conditional first-round draft pick to the Memphis Grizzlies in a three-team deal in exchange for guards Mike James and Javaris Crittenton. Also waived guard Dee Brown

Draft picks

Main article: 2008 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	JaVale McGee	C	United States	Nevada
2	47	Bill Walker (traded to Boston)	SF	United States	Kansas State

Roster

Washington Wizards roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.0 !PG	0	USA !	Arenas, Gilbert (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	Arizona
5.5 !F/C	7	USA !	Blatche, Andray	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	South Kent Prep (HS)
2.0 !SG	3	USA !	Butler, Caron	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	University of Connecticut
1.5 !G	8	USA !	Crittenton, Javaris	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Georgia Tech
1.5 !G	12	USA !	Dixon, Juan	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	Maryland
6.0 !C	33	USA !	Haywood, Brendan	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	North Carolina
1.0 !PG	13	USA !	James, Mike	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Duquesne
4.5 !PF	4	USA !	Jamison, Antawn (C)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	North Carolina
6.0 !C	34	USA !	McGee, JaVale	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	University of Nevada, Reno
3.0 !SF	5	USA !	McGuire, Dominic	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fresno State
6.0 !C	14	UKR !	Pecherov, Oleksiy	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	Ukrainian
6.0 !C	9	LIT !	Songaila, Darius	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	Wake Forest University
2.0 !SG	2	USA !	Stevenson, DeShawn	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Washington Union High School
6.0 !C	36	USA !	Thomas, Etan	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	256 lb (116 kg)	Syracuse University
2.0 !SG	1	USA !	Young, Nick	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	University of Southern California

Head coach

Ed Tapscott (interim)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	—	32–9	27–14	14–2	82
x-Atlanta Hawks	47	35	.573	12	31–10	16–25	11–5	82
x-Miami Heat	43	39	.524	16	28–13	15–26	9–7	82
Charlotte Bobcats	35	47	.427	24	23–18	12–29	5–11	82
Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	40	13–28	6–35	1–15	82

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Cleveland Cavaliers	66	16	.805	—
2	y-Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	4
3	y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	7
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	47	35	.573	19
5	x-Miami Heat	43	39	.524	23
6	x-Philadelphia 76ers	41	41	.500	25
7	x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	25
8	x-Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	27

9	Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	30
10	Charlotte Bobcats	35	47	.427	31
11	New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	32
12	Milwaukee Bucks	34	48	.415	32
13	Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	33
14	New York Knicks	32	50	.390	34
15	Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	47

Game log

2008–09 game log

October: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)

November: 2–11 (Home: 2–5; Road: 0–6)

December: 4–12 (Home: 2–6; Road: 2–6)

January: 4–13 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–9)

February: 4–8 (Home: 3–5; Road: 1–3)

March: 3–13 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–8)

April: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)

2015–16 season schedule

Playoffs

Did not qualify

Player statistics

Legend
GP	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	Source:	^[1]

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Antawn Jamison	81	81	38:12	46.8	35.1	75.4	8.9	1.9	1.2	0.3	22.2
Caron Butler	67	67	38:36	45.3	31.0	85.8	6.2	4.3	1.6	0.3	20.8
Gilbert Arenas	2	2	31:18	26.1	28.6	75.0	4.5	10.0	0.0	0.5	13.0
Nick Young (basketball)	82	5	22:23	44.4	34.1	85.0	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	10.9
Andray Blatche	71	36	24:00	47.1	23.8	70.4	5.3	1.7	0.7	1.0	10.0
Brendan Haywood	6	5	29:11	48.0	0.0	47.6	7.3	1.3	0.7	2.5	9.7
Mike James	53	50	29:41	38.7	36.7	83.8	2.4	3.6	0.8	0.1	9.6
Darius Songaila	77	29	19:48	53.2	0.0	88.9	2.9	1.2	0.8	0.3	7.4
DeShawn Stevenson	32	25	27:41	31.2	27.1	53.3	2.4	3.1	0.7	0.1	6.6
JaVale McGee	75	14	15:11	49.4	0.0	66.5	3.9	0.3	0.4	0.8	6.5
Javaris Crittenton	56	10	20:11	45.9	14.3	59.3	2.9	2.6	0.7	0.1	5.3
Juan Dixon	50	6	16:18	39.5	33.3	87.2	1.3	2.4	0.7	0.1	5.2
Antonio Daniels	13	5	22:11	40.0	45.5	75.8	1.7	3.6	0.5	0.0	5.1
Dominic McGuire	79	57	26:11	43.2	50.0	72.5	5.4	2.5	0.8	0.9	4.5
Oleksiy Pecherov	32	0	08:41	38.6	32.6	82.8	2.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	3.6
Etan Thomas	26	7	11:48	48.5	0.0	69.6	2.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	3.1
Dee Brown (basketball, born 1984)	17	11	13:41	38.6	30.0	33.3	1.7	1.9	0.6	0.0	2.4

Transactions

Trades

June 26, 2008	To Washington Wizards Cash considerations	To Boston Celtics The 47th pick in the 2008 NBA Draft (Bill Walker)
December 10, 2008	To Washington Wizards Mike James & Javaris Crittenton	To New Orleans Hornets Antonio Daniels To Memphis Grizzlies Conditional 1st round pick

References

↑ "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.

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2008–09 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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