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

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 G/F 6 Anderson, Alan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1982–10–16 Michigan State G 3 Beal, Bradley 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1993–06–28 Florida G/F 1 Dudley, Jared 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985–07–10 Boston C F 8 Eddie, Jarell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1991–10–30 Virginia Tech F/C 90 Gooden, Drew 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1981–09–24 Kansas C 13 Gortat, Marcin (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1984–02–17 Poland F/C 21 Hickson, JJ 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1988–09–04 North Carolina State F 5 Morris, Markieff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–09–02 Kansas F/C 42 Nenê (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1982–09–13 Brazil G/F 12 Oubre Jr., Kelly 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1995–12–09 Kansas F 22 Porter, Otto 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1993–06–03 Georgetown G 7 Sessions, Ramon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–04–11 Nevada G 17 Temple, Garrett 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1986–05–08 LSU G 15 Thornton, Marcus 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1987–06–05 LSU G 2 Wall, John (C) 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) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 6 Philadelphia 129–95 Otto Porter (22) Garrett Temple (9) John Wall (9) Verizon Center 11,670 1–0 2 October 9 New York 104–115 Marcin Gortat (15) Bradley Beal (8) Sessions, Wall (4) Verizon Center 14,267 1–1 3 October 11 Bauru 134–100 Marcin Gortat (19) Kris Humphries (9) John Wall (9) Verizon Center 10,233 2–1 4 October 16 @ Philadelphia 127–118 Gortat, Oubre Jr. (16) DeJuan Blair (7) John Wall (14) Wells Fargo Center 10,798 3–1 5 October 17 @ Milwaukee 105–101 Marcin Gortat (16) DeJuan Blair (14) Ramon Sessions (11) BMO Harris Bradley Center 4,716 4–1 6 October 21 @ Miami 105–110 Marcin Gortat (18) Marcin Gortat (13) John Wall (7) American Airlines Arena 19,600 4–2 7 October 23 @ Toronto 82–92 Marcin Gortat (16) Kris Humphries (14) John Wall (8) Bell Centre 20,072 4–3
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) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 28 @ Orlando W 88–87 Bradley Beal (24) Gortat, Porter (8) John Wall (6) Amway Center 18,846 1–0 2 October 30 @ Milwaukee W 118–113 Bradley Beal (31) Marcin Gortat (15) John Wall (14) BMO Harris Bradley Center 13,858 2–0 3 October 31 New York L 77–97 Bradley Beal (26) Drew Gooden (11) John Wall (7) Verizon Center 20,356 2–1
November : 4–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 4 San Antonio W 102–99 Bradley Beal (45) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (17) Verizon Center 17,721 3–1 5 November 6 @ Boston L 98–118 Bradley Beal (23) Marcin Gortat (12) John Wall (9) TD Garden 18,624 3–2 6 November 7 @ Atlanta L 95–97 Otto Porter (21) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (12) Philips Arena 18,047 3–3 7 November 10 Oklahoma City L 87–92 Gortat, Sessions (27) DeJuan Blair (12) Sessions, Wall (7) Verizon Center 20,356 3–4 8 November 14 Orlando W 108–99 Kris Humphries (23) Gortat, Porter (10) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 18,311 4–4 9 November 17 Milwaukee W 115–86 Porter, Wall (19) Marcin Gortat (9) John Wall (9) Verizon Center 15,485 5–4 10 November 21 @ Detroit W 97–95 Nenê (18) Marcin Gortat (8) John Wall (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,890 6–4 11 November 24 Indiana L 106–123 Gary Neal (23) Marcin Gortat (9) John Wall (5) Verizon Center 15,890 6–5 15 November 25 @ Charlotte L 87–101 Gortat, Wall (17) Marcin Gortat (12) John Wall (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 17,064 6–6 13 November 27 @ Boston L 78–111 Jared Dudley (19) Marcin Gortat (9) John Wall (6) TD Garden 18,624 6–7 17 November 28 Toronto L 82–84 Bradley Beal (20) Marcin Gortat (10) Bradley Beal (6) Verizon Center 16,841 6–8
December : 8–8 (Home: 4–4; Road: 4–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 December 1 @ Cleveland W 97–85 John Wall (35) Marcin Gortat (11) John Wall (10) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 7–8 16 December 2 L. A. Lakers L 104–108 John Wall (34) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 20,356 7–9 17 December 4 Phoenix W 109–106 Bradley Beal (34) Bradley Beal (9) John Wall (9) Verizon Center 17,255 8–9 18 December 6 Dallas L 104–116 John Wall (28) Otto Porter Jr. (11) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 16,394 8–10 19 December 7 @ Miami W 114–103 John Wall (26) Otto Porter Jr. (14) John Wall (7) AmericanAirlines Arena 19,500 9–10 20 December 9 Houston L 103–109 John Wall (26) Marcin Gortat (13) John Wall (12) Verizon Center 16,041 9–11 21 December 11 @ New Orleans L 105–107 John Wall (26) Marcin Gortat (8) John Wall (12) Smoothie King Center 16,875 9–12 22 December 12 @ Dallas W 114–111 John Wall (26) Marcin Gortat (12) John Wall (16) American Airlines Center 20,088 10–12 23 December 14 @ Memphis L 95–112 Gary Neal (24) Marcin Gortat (9) John Wall (9) FedExForum 15,397 10–13 24 December 16 @ San Antonio L 95–114 Gortat, Wall (20) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (11) AT&T Center 18,418 10–14 25 December 19 Charlotte W 109–101 John Wall (27) Jared Dudley (9) John Wall (12) Verizon Center 16,987 11–14 26 December 21 Sacramento W 113–99 Marcin Gortat (27) Marcin Gortat (16) John Wall (19) Verizon Center 15,124 12–14 27 December 23 Memphis W 100–91 Garrett Temple (20) Marcin Gortat (12) John Wall (14) Verizon Center 15,879 13–14 28 December 26 @ Brooklyn W 111–96 Marcin Gortat (25) Gortat, Humphries (14) John Wall (13) Barclays Center 17,732 14–14 29 December 28 L. A. Clippers L 91–108 John Wall (23) Marcin Gortat (16) John Wall (12) Verizon Center 20,356 14–15 30 December 30 @ Toronto L 91–94 Otto Porter Jr. (20) Gortat, Porter Jr. (9) John Wall (11) Air Canada Centre 19,800 14–16
January : 7–8 (Home: 3–7; Road: 4–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 January 1 Orlando W 103–91 John Wall (24) Marcin Gortat (14) John Wall (13) Verizon Center 16,986 15–16 32 January 3 Miami L 75–97 John Wall (14) Marcin Gortat (13) Sessions, Wall (5) Verizon Center 17,793 15–17 33 January 6 Cleveland L 115–121 Garrett Temple (21) Otto Porter Jr. (7) John Wall (12) Verizon Center 20,356 15–18 34 January 8 Toronto L 88–97 John Wall (21) Marcin Gortat (10) Dudley, Wall (4) Verizon Center 17,064 15–19 35 January 9 @ Orlando W 105–99 John Wall (24) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (10) Amway Center 18,058 16–19 36 January 11 @ Chicago W 114–100 John Wall (17) Drew Gooden (12) John Wall (10) United Center 21,409 17–19 37 January 13 Milwaukee W 106–101 John Wall (19) Jared Dudley (6) John Wall (8) Verizon Center 16,248 18–19 38 January 15 @ Indiana W 118–104 John Wall (28) Nenê (8) John Wall (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 19–19 39 January 16 Boston L 117–119 John Wall (36) Marcin Gortat (11) John Wall (13) Verizon Center 20,356 19–20 40 January 18 Portland L 98–108 Garrett Temple (18) Marcin Gortat (13) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 17,236 19–21 41 January 20 Miami W 106–87 Beal, Wall (18) Marcin Gortat (12) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 17,008 20–21 42 January 25 Boston L 91–116 Dudley, Porter Jr. (15) Marcin Gortat (11) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 11,753 20–22 43 January 26 @ Toronto L 89–106 John Wall (18) Gortat, Porter Jr. (8) John Wall (14) Air Canada Centre 19,800 20–23 44 January 28 Denver L 113–117 Garrett Temple (20) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (9) Verizon Center 15,146 20–24 45 January 30 @ Houston W 123–122 John Wall (19) Marcin Gortat (11) John Wall (13) Toyota Center 18,320 21–24
February : 8–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 2–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 46 February 1 @ Oklahoma City L 95–110 Bradley Beal (18) Marcin Gortat (6) John Wall (8) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 21–25 47 February 3 Golden State L 121–134 John Wall (41) Marcin Gortat (8) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 20,356 21–26 48 February 5 Philadelphia W 106–94 Bradley Beal (22) Gortat, Wall (13) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 17,305 22–26 49 February 6 @ Charlotte L 104–108 John Wall (23) Marcin Gortat (13) John Wall (10) Time Warner Cable Arena 18,450 22–27 50 February 9 @ New York W 111–108 John Wall (28) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (17) Madison Square Garden 19,812 23–27 51 February 11 @ Milwaukee L 92–99 Bradley Beal (19) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (10) BMO Harris Bradley Center 14,172 23–28 All-Star Break 52 February 18 Utah W 103–89 Marcin Gortat (22) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 12,415 24–28 53 February 19 Detroit W 98–86 John Wall (22) Marcin Gortat (9) John Wall (8) Verizon Center 20,356 25–28 54 February 20 @ Miami L 94–114 Jared Dudley (16) Marcin Gortat (13) John Wall (4) American Airlines Arena 19,710 25–29 55 February 23 New Orleans W 109–89 Marcin Gortat (21) John Wall (12) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 15,743 26–29 56 February 24 @ Chicago L 105–109 Bradley Beal (19) Markieff Morris (10) John Wall (7) United Center 21,560 26–30 57 February 26 @ Philadelphia W 103–94 John Wall (23) Marcin Gortat (11) John Wall (11) Wells Fargo Center 16,511 27–30 58 February 28 Cleveland W 113–99 Porter Jr., Wall (21) Marcin Gortat (9) John Wall (13) Verizon Center 20,356 28–30 59 February 29 Philadelphia W 116–108 John Wall (37) Marcin Gortat (20) John Wall (7) Verizon Center 15,096 29–30
March : 7–9 (Home: 3–3; Road: 4–6) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 2 @ Minnesota W 104–98 Bradley Beal (26) Markieff Morris (6) John Wall (12) Target Center 11,307 30-30 61 March 4 @ Cleveland L 83–108 John Wall (17) Marcin Gortat (9) John Wall (7) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 30–31 62 March 5 Indiana L 99–100 John Wall (25) Marcin Gortat (17) John Wall (12) Verizon Center 20,356 30–32 63 March 8 @ Portland L 108–116 (OT) John Wall (20) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (11) Moda Center 19,393 30–33 64 March 11 @ Utah L 93–114 John Wall (24) Gortat, Morris, Sessions, Wall (4) John Wall (9) Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911 30–34 65 March 12 @ Denver L 100–116 Otto Porter Jr. (23) Markieff Morris (6) John Wall (11) Pepsi Center 13,213 30–35 66 March 14 Detroit W 124–81 Nenê (20) Gortat, Porter Jr. (6) John Wall (12) Verizon Center 18,042 31–35 67 March 16 Chicago W 117–96 John Wall (29) John Wall (10) John Wall (12) Verizon Center 19,556 32–35 68 March 17 @ Philadelphia W 99–94 John Wall (16) Gortat, Wall (13) John Wall (14) Wells Fargo Center 10,521 33–35 69 March 19 New York W 99–89 John Wall (24) Marcin Gortat (11) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 20,356 34–35 70 March 21 @ Atlanta W 117–102 John Wall (27) Porter Jr. (10) John Wall (14) Philips Arena 15,729 35–35 71 March 23 Atlanta L 101–122 Marcus Thornton (23) Marcin Gortat (14) John Wall (10) Verizon Center 18,807 35–36 72 March 25 Minnesota L 129–132 (2OT) Bradley Beal (26) Marcin Gortat (14) John Wall (16) Verizon Center 20,356 35–37 73 March 27 @ L. A. Lakers W 101–88 John Wall (22) Marcin Gortat (10) John Wall (13) Staples Center 18,997 36–37 74 March 29 @ Golden State L 94–102 Bradley Beal (17) Marcin Gortat (11) John Wall (11) Oracle Arena 19,596 36–38 75 March 30 @ Sacramento L 111–120 Bradley Beal (24) Marcin Gortat (12) John Wall (13) Sleep Train Arena 17,185 36–39
April : 5–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 1 @ Phoenix W 106–99 John Wall (22) Marcin Gortat (11) John Wall (10) Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,345 37–39 77 April 3 @ L. A. Clippers L 109–114 Marcin Gortat (21) Nenê (9) John Wall (13) Staples Center 19,060 37–40 78 April 6 Brooklyn W 121–103 Bradley Beal (25) Marcin Gortat (12) Ramon Sessions (13) Verizon Center 16,846 38–40 79 April 8 @ Detroit L 99–112 Markieff Morris (29) Otto Porter Jr. (8) Ramon Sessions (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,207 38–41 80 April 10 Charlotte W 113–98 Marcin Gortat (21) Marcin Gortat (13) Ramon Sessions (11) Verizon Center 19,187 39–41 81 April 11 @ Brooklyn W 120–111 Ramon Sessions (21) Marcin Gortat (8) Ramon Sessions (12) Barclays Center 14,653 40–41 82 April 13 Atlanta W 109–98 Ramon Sessions (22) J.J. Hickson (12) Nenê (8) Verizon Center 17,399 41–41
2015–16 season schedule

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)
	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	July 13, 2015	Signed 2-year contract worth $6.8 million	[1]

Additions

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Former Team	Ref.
Gary Neal	July 9, 2015	Signed 1-year contract worth $2.1 million	Minnesota Timberwolves	[2]
Alan Anderson	July 12, 2015	Signed 1-year contract worth $4 million	Brooklyn Nets	[3]
Jarell Eddie	December 23, 2015	(non-guaranteed) 2-year contract worth $1.5 million	Austin Spurs	[4]
J.J. Hickson	February 25, 2016	Signed for remainder of 2015–16 season at $366,337	Denver Nuggets	[5]
Marcus Thornton	March 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	July 10, 2015	Signed 3-year contract worth $10 million	Los Angeles Clippers	[7]
Kevin Seraphin	Accepted Qualifying Offer	August 6, 2015	Signed 1-year contract worth $2.8 million	New York Knicks	[8]
Martell Webster	Waived				[9]
Gary Neal	Waived				[6]

References

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