2015–16 Washington Wizards season

2015–16 Washington Wizards season
Head coach	Randy Wittman
General manager	Ernie Grunfeld
Owner(s)	Ted Leonsis
Arena	Verizon Center
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 4th (Southeast) Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 2015–16 Washington Wizards season was the 55th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 43rd in the Washington, D.C. area. Coach Randy Wittman was fired and relieved of his duties after missing the playoffs to the Pistons.

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	19	Jerian Grant	PG / SG	United States	Notre Dame
2	49	Aaron White	PF	United States	Iowa

Roster

2015–16 Washington Wizards roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
2.5 !G/F	6	Anderson, Alan	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1982–10–16	Michigan State
1.5 !G	3	Beal, Bradley	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1993–06–28	Florida
2.5 !G/F	1	Dudley, Jared	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1985–07–10	Boston C
4.0 !F	8	Eddie, Jarell	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1991–10–30	Virginia Tech
5.5 !F/C	90	Gooden, Drew	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1981–09–24	Kansas
6.0 !C	13	Gortat, Marcin (C)	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1984–02–17	Poland
5.5 !F/C	21	Hickson, JJ	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	1988–09–04	North Carolina State
4.0 !F	5	Morris, Markieff	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1989–09–02	Kansas
5.5 !F/C	42	Nenê (C)	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1982–09–13	Brazil
2.5 !G/F	12	Oubre Jr., Kelly	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1995–12–09	Kansas
4.0 !F	22	Porter, Otto	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1993–06–03	Georgetown
1.5 !G	7	Sessions, Ramon	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1986–04–11	Nevada
1.5 !G	17	Temple, Garrett	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1986–05–08	LSU
1.5 !G	15	Thornton, Marcus	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1987–06–05	LSU
1.5 !G	2	Wall, John (C)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–09–06	Kentucky

Head coach

Randy Wittman

Assistant coach(es)

Howard Eisley
Don Newman
Roy Rogers
Pat Sullivan
Don Zierden
David Adkins (player development)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2015–04–14

Pre-season

2015 pre-season game log
Total: 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–2)

Pre-season: 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–2)

2015–16 season schedule

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Miami Heat	48	34	.585	0.0	28–13	20–21	10–6	82
x – Atlanta Hawks	48	34	.585	0.0	27–14	21–20	8–8	82
x – Charlotte Hornets	48	34	.585	0.0	30–11	18–23	8–8	82
Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	7.0	22–19	19–22	10–6	82
Orlando Magic	35	47	.427	13.0	23–18	12–29	4–12	82

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Cleveland Cavaliers *	57	25	.695	–	82
2	y – Toronto Raptors *	56	26	.683	1.0	82
3	y – Miami Heat *	48	34	.585	9.0	82
4	x – Atlanta Hawks	48	34	.585	9.0	82
5	x – Boston Celtics	48	34	.585	9.0	82
6	x – Charlotte Hornets	48	34	.585	9.0	82
7	x – Indiana Pacers	45	37	.549	12.0	82
8	x – Detroit Pistons	44	38	.537	13.0	82

9	Chicago Bulls	42	40	.512	15.0	82
10	Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	16.0	82
11	Orlando Magic	35	47	.427	22.0	82
12	Milwaukee Bucks	33	49	.402	24.0	82
13	New York Knicks	32	50	.390	25.0	82
14	Brooklyn Nets	21	61	.256	36.0	82
15	Philadelphia 76ers	10	72	.122	47.0	82

Regular season game log

2015–16 game log
Total: 41–41 (Home: 22–19; Road: 19–22)

October: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)

November : 4–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–4)

December : 8–8 (Home: 4–4; Road: 4–4)

January : 7–8 (Home: 3–7; Road: 4–1)

February : 8–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 2–5)

March : 7–9 (Home: 3–3; Road: 4–6)

April : 5–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–2)

2015–16 season schedule

Transactions

Main article: List of 2015–16 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 25, 2015	To Atlanta Hawks Tim Hardaway Jr. (from New York) Two future second-round picks (from Washington)	To New York Knicks Draft rights to Jerian Grant (from Washington)
June 25, 2015	To Washington Wizards Draft rights to Kelly Oubre, Jr. (from Atlanta)
July 9, 2015	To Washington Wizards Jared Dudley	To Milwaukee Bucks Protected Future second-round draft pick
February 18, 2016	To Washington Wizards Markieff Morris	To Phoenix Suns DeJuan Blair Kris Humphries 2016 Top-9 Protected first-round pick

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Ref.
Drew Gooden	000000002015-07-13-0000July 13, 2015	Signed 2-year contract worth $6.8 million	^[1]

Additions

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Former Team	Ref.
Gary Neal	000000002015-07-09-0000July 9, 2015	Signed 1-year contract worth $2.1 million	Minnesota Timberwolves	^[2]
Alan Anderson	000000002015-07-12-0000July 12, 2015	Signed 1-year contract worth $4 million	Brooklyn Nets	^[3]
Jarell Eddie	000000002015-12-23-0000December 23, 2015	(non-guaranteed) 2-year contract worth $1.5 million	Austin Spurs	^[4]
J.J. Hickson	000000002016-02-25-0000February 25, 2016	Signed for remainder of 2015–16 season at $366,337	Denver Nuggets	^[5]
Marcus Thornton	000000002016-03-09-0000March 9, 2016	Signed for remainder of 2015–16 season at $251,107	Houston Rockets	^[6]

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	Date Signed	Contract	New Team	Ref.
Paul Pierce	Opted out of final year	000000002015-07-10-0000July 10, 2015	Signed 3-year contract worth $10 million	Los Angeles Clippers	^[7]
Kevin Seraphin	Accepted Qualifying Offer	000000002015-08-06-0000August 6, 2015	Signed 1-year contract worth $2.8 million	New York Knicks	^[8]
Martell Webster	Waived				^[9]
Gary Neal	Waived				^[6]

References

↑ "WIZARDS RE-SIGN DREW GOODEN". wizardsmysticstoday.monumentalnetwork.com. July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
↑ "WIZARDS SIGN GARY NEAL". wizardsmysticstoday.monumentalnetwork.com. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
↑ "WIZARDS SIGN ALAN ANDERSON". wizardsmysticstoday.monumentalnetwork.com. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
↑ "Wizards to sign Jarell Eddie and waive Ryan Hollins". Washington Post. December 22, 2015.
↑ "Wizards sign forward J.J. Hickson for remainder of season". Associated Press. February 25, 2016.
1 2 "WIZARDS SIGN MARCUS THORNTON". Monumental Network. March 9, 2016.
↑ "CLIPPERS SIGN PAUL PIERCE". nba.com/clippers. July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
↑ "Knicks Sign Kevin Seraphin". nba.com/knicks. August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
↑ "Wizards Waive Webster, Sign Hollins". Monumental Networkknicks. August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

Washington Wizards

Founded in 1961 Formerly the Chicago Packers (1961–1962), the Chicago Zephyrs (1962–1963), the Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973), the Capital Bullets (1973–1974), and the Washington Bullets (1974–1997) Based in Washington, D.C.

Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season

Arenas	International Amphitheatre Chicago Coliseum Baltimore Civic Center Cole Field House Capital Centre/US Airways Arena Verizon Center

General Managers	Ferry Nash Unseld Grunfeld

D-League affiliate	None

Administration	Ted Leonsis (Owner) Ernie Grunfeld (President & GM of Basketball Ops.) Scott Brooks (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	10 11 25 41

NBA Championships (1)	1978

Eastern Conference Championships (4)	1971 1975 1978 1979

Culture and lore	Wes Unseld 1975 championship upset It ain't over till the fat lady sings The Big E Abe Pollin Earl the Pearl Agent Zero Robin Ficker

Media	TV WDCW Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic The Comcast Network Radio WJFK-FM Announcers Steve Buckhantz Phil Chenier Dave Johnson Glenn Consor

Chicago Packers / Zephyrs–Baltimore / Capital / Washington Bullets–Washington Wizards seasons

1960s

1970s

1977–78

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

2015–16 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Brooklyn 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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