2006–07 Washington Wizards season

2006–07 Washington Wizards season
Head coach	Eddie Jordan
Owner(s)	Raul Fernandez, Abe Pollin
Arena	Verizon Center
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 2nd (Southeast) Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round (eliminated 0-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Mid-Atlantic, MyNetworkTV Washington, News Channel 8
Radio	ESPN 980

The 2006–07 Washington Wizards season was their 46th season in the National Basketball Association. The Wizards made the playoffs for the third straight season. The Wizards were then eliminated for the second straight time by the Cavaliers in just the first round.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2006 NBA draft took place in New York City on June 28.
The free agency period begins in July.

Draft picks

Washington's selections from the 2006 NBA draft in New York City.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	18	Oleksiy Pecherov	Power Forward	Ukraine
2	48	Vladimir Veremeenko	Small forward	Belarus/ Russia

Roster

Washington Wizards roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.5 !G	0	USA !	Arenas, Gilbert (C)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Arizona
4.5 !PF	32	USA !	Blatche, Andray	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	South Kent School (CT)
6.0 !C	52	USA !	Booth, Calvin	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Pennsylvania State
3.0 !SF	3	USA !	Butler, Caron (C)	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	Connecticut
1.0 !PG	6	USA !	Daniels, Antonio	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Bowling Green
3.0 !SF	42	USA !	Hall, Mike	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	George Washington
3.0 !SF	24	USA !	Hayes, Jarvis	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Georgia
6.0 !C	33	USA !	Haywood, Brendan	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	263 lb (119 kg)	North Carolina
4.0 !F	4	USA !	Jamison, Antawn (C)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	North Carolina
2.0 !SG	8	USA !	Mason, Roger	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	Virginia
4.5 !PF	51	USA !	Ruffin, Michael	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	Tulsa
4.5 !PF	9	LTU !	Songaila, Darius	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	Wake Forest
2.0 !SG	2	USA !	Stevenson, DeShawn	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Washington Union HS (CA)
2.0 !SG	21	USA !	Taylor, Donell	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Alabama–Birmingham
6.0 !C	36	USA !	Thomas, Etan	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Syracuse

Head coach

Eddie Jordan (Rutgers)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2007-12-31

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Miami Heat	44	38	.537	—	27–14	17–24	9–7	82
Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	3	26–15	15–26	8–8	82
Orlando Magic	40	42	.488	4	25–16	15–26	9–7	82
Charlotte Bobcats	33	49	.402	11	20–21	13–28	9–7	82
Atlanta Hawks	30	52	.366	14	18–23	12–29	5–11	82

Game log

November

Record: 5–9; Home: 5–2; Road: 0–7

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
1	1 November 2006	Wizards	94–97	Cavaliers	NA	Caron Butler (23)	--	0–1
2	4 November 2006	Celtics	117–124	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (44)	--	1–1
3	6 November 2006	Wizards	103–106	Magic	NA	Antawn Jamison (29)	--	1–2
4	8 November 2006	Pacers	91–117	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (40)	--	2–2
5	10 November 2006	Bucks	111–116	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (29)	--	3–2
6	12 November 2006	Nets	105–93	Wizards	1	Gilbert Arenas (25)	--	3–3
7	15 November 2006	Wizards	82–102	Knicks	NA	Gilbert Arenas (22)	--	3–4
8	17 November 2006	Wizards	91–100	Pistons	NA	Caron Butler (24)	--	3–5
9	18 November 2006	Cavaliers	99–111	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (45)	--	4–5
10	21 November 2006	Wizards	80–107	Mavericks	NA	Gilbert Arenas (29)	--	4–6
11	22 November 2006	Wizards	82–86	Rockets	NA	Gilbert Arenas (26)	--	4–7
12	24 November 2006	Wizards	80–95	Grizzlies	NA	Caron Butler (22)	--	4–8
13	25 November 2006	Pistons	115–111	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (28)	--	4–9
14	28 November 2006	Hawks	95–96	Wizards	NA	Two-way tie (21)	--	5–9

December

Record: 12–4; Home: 6–1; Road: 6–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
15	1 December 2006	Bobcats	109–121	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (33)	--	6–9
16	2 December 2006	Wizards	94–112	Bulls	NA	Caron Butler (21)	--	6–10
17	4 December 2006	Mavericks	97–106	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (38)	--	7–10
18	6 December 2006	Wizards	113–102	Knicks	NA	Gilbert Arenas (38)	--	8–10
19	8 December 2006	Wizards	113–98	Sixers	NA	Gilbert Arenas (32)	--	9–10
20	9 December 2006	Rockets	114–109	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (41)	--	9–11
21	13 December 2006	Nuggets	91–120	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (34)	--	10–11
22	15 December 2006	Heat	95–106	Wizards	NA	Caron Butler (30)	--	11–11
23	17 December 2006	Wizards	147–141	Lakers	1	Gilbert Arenas (60)	--	12–11
24	18 December 2006	Wizards	108–117	Nuggets	NA	Caron Butler (26)	--	12–12
25	21 December 2006	Wizards	126–119	Kings	NA	Antawn Jamison (33)	--	13–12
26	22 December 2006	Wizards	144–139	Suns	1	Gilbert Arenas (54)	--	14–12
27	26 December 2006	Grizzlies	101–116	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (31)	--	15–12
28	27 December 2006	Wizards	114–107	Bobcats	NA	Gilbert Arenas (39)	--	16–12
29	29 December 2006	Magic	111–112	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (36)	--	17–12
30	30 December 2006	Wizards	102–119	Bucks	NA	Caron Butler (29)	--	17–13

January

Record: 10–5; Home: 7–1; Road: 3–4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
31	3 January 2007	Bucks	105–108	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (32)	--	18–13
32	5 January 2007	Clippers	105–116	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (35)	--	19–13
33	7 January 2007	Wizards	111–116	Raptors	NA	Gilbert Arenas (33)	--	19–14
34	10 January 2007	Bulls	103–113	Wizards	NA	Caron Butler (26)	--	20–14
35	12 January 2007	Wizards	97–104	null	NA	Gilbert Arenas (23)	--	20–15
36	13 January 2007	Wizards	80–93	Spurs	NA	Gilbert Arenas (17)	--	20–16
37	15 January 2007	Jazz	111–114	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (51)	--	21–16
38	17 January 2007	Knicks	98–99	Wizards	NA	Caron Butler (27)	--	22–16
39	19 January 2007	Wizards	114–93	Magic	NA	Antawn Jamison (31)	--	23–16
40	20 January 2007	Celtics	110–115	Wizards	1	Two-way tie (23)	--	24–16
41	23 January 2007	Suns	127–105	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (31)	--	24–17
42	26 January 2007	Wizards	99–96	Pistons	NA	Antawn Jamison (35)	--	25–17
43	28 January 2007	Wizards	105–91	Celtics	NA	Antawn Jamison (34)	--	26–17
44	30 January 2007	Pistons	99–104	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (36)	--	27–17
45	31 January 2007	Wizards	109–119	Raptors	NA	Gilbert Arenas (27)	--	27–18

February

Record: 4–7; Home: 3–4; Road: 1–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
46	3 February 2007	Lakers	118–102	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (37)	--	27–19
47	5 February 2007	SuperSonics	108–118	Wizards	NA	Caron Butler (38)	--	28–19
48	7 February 2007	Spurs	110–83	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (29)	--	28–20
49	11 February 2007	Trail Blazers	94–73	Wizards	NA	DeShawn Stevenson (12)	--	28–21
50	14 February 2007	Wizards	92–85	Sixers	NA	Gilbert Arenas (22)	--	29–21
51	20 February 2007	Timberwolves	100–112	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (38)	--	30–21
52	22 February 2007	Kings	106–109	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (43)	--	31–21
53	23 February 2007	Wizards	90–105	Bulls	NA	Gilbert Arenas (36)	--	31–22
54	25 February 2007	Wizards	94–98	Timberwolves	NA	DeShawn Stevenson (21)	--	31–23
55	27 February 2007	Wizards	101–113	Nets	NA	Gilbert Arenas (26)	--	31–24
56	28 February 2007	Heat	92–83	Wizards	NA	DeShawn Stevenson (19)	--	31–25

March

Record: 7–8; Home: 5–2; Road: 2–6

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
57	2 March 2007	Hawks	92–93	Wizards	NA	Antawn Jamison (22)	--	32–25
58	4 March 2007	Warriors	106–107	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (32)	--	33–25
59	6 March 2007	Raptors	109–129	Wizards	NA	Two-way tie (25)	--	34–25
60	7 March 2007	Wizards	97–100	Hawks	NA	Gilbert Arenas (28)	--	34–26
61	10 March 2007	Knicks	90–89	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (25)	--	34–27
62	11 March 2007	Wizards	104–106	Heat	NA	Gilbert Arenas (33)	--	34–28
63	14 March 2007	Wizards	112–96	Pacers	NA	Gilbert Arenas (35)	--	35–28
64	17 March 2007	null	103–125	Wizards	NA	Gilbert Arenas (30)	--	36–28
65	20 March 2007	Wizards	98–100	Trail Blazers	NA	Antawn Jamison (27)	--	36–29
66	21 March 2007	Wizards	108–106	SuperSonics	NA	Gilbert Arenas (42)	--	37–29
67	23 March 2007	Wizards	128–135	Warriors	NA	Gilbert Arenas (29)	--	37–30
68	24 March 2007	Wizards	105–111	Clippers	NA	Gilbert Arenas (30)	--	37–31
69	26 March 2007	Wizards	97–103	Jazz	NA	Gilbert Arenas (32)	--	37–32
70	28 March 2007	Sixers	108–111	Wizards	NA	DeShawn Stevenson (28)	--	38–32
71	30 March 2007	Raptors	123–118	Wizards	1	Gilbert Arenas (34)	--	38–33

April

Record: 3–8; Home: 0–5; Road: 3–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
72	1 April 2007	Wizards	121–107	Bucks	NA	Two-way tie (19)	--	39–33
73	3 April 2007	Wizards	102–122	Bobcats	NA	Gilbert Arenas (33)	--	39–34
74	4 April 2007	Bobcats	108–100	Wizards	NA	Antawn Jamison (25)	--	39–35
75	6 April 2007	Cavaliers	99–94	Wizards	NA	Antawn Jamison (27)	--	39–36
76	7 April 2007	Wizards	114–120	Nets	1	Antawn Jamison (37)	--	39–37
77	10 April 2007	Nets	96–92	Wizards	NA	Antawn Jamison (26)	--	39–38
78	11 April 2007	Wizards	82–85	Heat	NA	Brendan Haywood (14)	--	39–39
79	13 April 2007	Wizards	98–85	Hawks	NA	DeShawn Stevenson (25)	--	40–39
80	15 April 2007	Bulls	101–68	Wizards	NA	DeShawn Stevenson (13)	--	40–40
81	17 April 2007	Magic	95–89	Wizards	NA	Antawn Jamison (48)	--	40–41
82	18 April 2007	Wizards	98–95	Pacers	NA	Antawn Jamison (19)	--	41–41

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs

Game log

2007 playoff game log

First Round: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)

2007 playoff schedule

Antawn Jamison led the Wizards in scoring in every game during the playoffs.

Player stats

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Arenas, Gilbert !Gilbert Arenas	74	73	39.8	.418	.351	.844	4.6	6.0	1.9	0.2	28.4
Blatche, Andray !Andray Blatche	56	13	12.2	.437	.148	.612	3.4	0.7	0.3	0.6	3.7
Butler, Caron !Caron Butler	58	58	39.9	.466	.357	.901	6.7	4.9	2.21	.34	20.3
Daniels, Antonio !Antonio Daniels	71	63	30.4	.459	.230	.776	2.9	4.8	.97	.03	8.4
Haywood, Brendan !Brendan Haywood	80	80	27.9	.528	.000	.735	7.2	.9	.39	1.66	10.6
Jamison, Antawn !Antawn Jamison	79	79	38.7	.436	.339	.760	10.2	1.5	1.34	.43	21.4
Mason, Roger !Roger Mason	80	9	21.4	.443	.398	.873	1.6	1.7	.50	.23	9.1
McGuire, Dominic !Dominic McGuire	70	1	9.9	.379	.167	.438	2.0	.6	.29	.37	1.3
Pecherov, Oleksiy !Oleksiy Pecherov	35	0	9.1	.352	.283	.645	1.9	.2	.17	.14	3.6
Songaila, Darius !Darius Songaila	80	13	19.4	.458	.000	.918	3.4	1.7	.66	.20	6.2
Stevenson, DeShawn !DeShawn Stevenson	82	82	31.3	.386	.383	.797	2.9	3.1	.79	.18	11.2
Young, Nick !Nick Young	75	2	15.4	.439	.400	.815	1.5	.8	.47	.09	7.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Arenas, Gilbert !Gilbert Arenas	4	2	23.5	.389	.417	.833	1.8	2.8	.50	.00	10.8
Blatche, Andray !Andray Blatche	6	0	14.8	.429	.000	.333	3.3	.2	.33	1.00	3.7
Butler, Caron !Caron Butler	6	6	41.0	.460	.238	.871	5.7	3.8	1.83	.17	18.7
Daniels, Antonio !Antonio Daniels	6	4	25.7	.452	.250	.882	2.3	3.0	.33	.33	7.3
Haywood, Brendan !Brendan Haywood	6	6	29.7	.591	.000	.800	6.7	.8	.67	1.50	12.0
Jamison, Antawn !Antawn Jamison	6	6	39.5	.406	.280	.571	12.0	1.0	1.33	1.33	16.8
Mason, Roger !Roger Mason	6	0	21.5	.404	.235	.750	.8	1.0	.50	.17	8.0
McGuire, Dominic !Dominic McGuire	3	0	5.0	.000	.000	.500	1.0	.3	.33	.33	.3
Pecherov, Oleksiy !Oleksiy Pecherov	3	0	2.7	.000	.000	1.000	.3	.0	.33	.33	.7
Songaila, Darius !Darius Songaila	5	0	15.4	.421	.000	.867	2.6	.8	.20	.00	5.8
Stevenson, DeShawn !DeShawn Stevenson	6	6	32.7	.367	.389	.889	2.2	3.0	1.00	.00	12.3
Young, Nick !Nick Young	4	0	4.3	.111	.000	.750	.5	.3	.50	.00	1.3

Awards and records

Awards

Gilbert Arenas, All-NBA Second Team

Transactions

The Wizards have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season. Transactions listed are from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007.

July 19, 2006- Signed Darius Songaila as a free agent.

August 5, 2006- Signed DeShawn Stevenson as a free agent.

September 13, 2006- Signed Roger Mason as a free agent. Signed Kevinn Pinkney as a free agent.

September 14, 2006- Signed James Lang as a free agent.

October 10, 2006- Waived Kevinn Pinkney.

February 28, 2007- Signed Mike Hall to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season. Waived James Lang.

June 28, 2007- Drafted Nick Young in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2007 NBA Draft. Drafted Dominic McGuire in the 2nd round (47th pick) of the 2007 NBA Draft.

Free agents

Player	Former team

Player	New team

References

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

2006–07 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 Portland Seattle Utah

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

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans/Oklahoma City San Antonio

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2006–07 Washington Wizards season

Draft picks

Roster

Standings

Game log

November

December

January

February

March

April

Playoffs

Game log

Player stats

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Free agents

See also

References

External links