2016–17 Washington Wizards season

2016–17 Washington Wizards season
Head coach	Scott Brooks
General manager	Ernie Grunfeld
Owner(s)	Ted Leonsis
Arena	Verizon Center
Results
Record	4–9 (.308)
Place	Division: 4th (Southeast) Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 2016–17 Washington Wizards season is the 56th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 44rd in the Washington, D.C. area. On April 14, 2016, the Wizards fired Randy Wittman after the team missed the playoffs.^[1][2] On April 26, 2016, the Wizards hired Scott Brooks to be their head coach.^[3]

Draft picks

The 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

Washington Wizards roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 3 Beal, Bradley 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1993–06–28 Florida G 33 Burke, Trey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1992–11–12 Michigan C 13 Gortat, Marcin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1984–02–17 Poland G 4 House, Danuel 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1993–06–07 Texas A&M C 28 Mahinmi, Ian  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 262 lb (119 kg) 1986–11–05 France G 9 McClellan, Sheldon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–12–21 Miami (FL) F 5 Morris, Markieff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–09–02 Kansas F 44 Nicholson, Andrew 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1989–12–08 St. Bonaventure F 32 Ochefu, Daniel 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1993-12-15 Villanova G/F 12 Oubre, 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 31 Satoranský, Tomáš 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1991–10–30 Czech Republic F/C 14 Smith, Jason 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1986–03–02 Colorado State 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) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–09–06 Kentucky	Head coach Scott Brooks Assistant coach(es) Tony Brown Chad Iske Sidney Lowe Mike Terpstra Maz Trakh 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: 2016–11–21

Standings

Division

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Charlotte Hornets	11	9	.550	0.0	6–6	5–3	2–0	20
Atlanta Hawks	10	11	.476	1.5	6–3	4–8	2–2	21
Orlando Magic	9	12	.429	2.5	4–6	5–6	1–2	21
Miami Heat	7	13	.350	4.0	2–7	5–6	2–2	20
Washington Wizards	6	12	.333	4.0	5–5	1–7	2–3	18

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	13	5	.722	–	18
2	Toronto Raptors *	14	6	.700	0.0	20
3	Boston Celtics	12	8	.600	2.0	20
4	Chicago Bulls	11	8	.579	2.5	19
5	Milwaukee Bucks	10	8	.556	3.0	18
6	Charlotte Hornets *	11	9	.550	3.0	20
7	New York Knicks	11	9	.550	3.0	20
8	Detroit Pistons	11	11	.500	4.0	22
9	Indiana Pacers	10	10	.500	4.0	20
10	Atlanta Hawks	10	11	.476	4.5	21
11	Orlando Magic	9	12	.429	5.5	21
12	Miami Heat	7	13	.350	7.0	20
13	Washington Wizards	6	12	.333	7.0	18
14	Brooklyn Nets	5	14	.263	8.5	19
15	Philadelphia 76ers	4	16	.200	10.0	20

Game log

Pre-season

2016 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 4 Miami L 95–106 Kelly Oubre Jr. (16) Marcin Gortat (6) Tomas Satoransky (6) Verizon Center 9,100 0–1 2 October 6 @ Philadelphia W 125–119 (2OT) Kelly Oubre Jr. (24) Jason Smith (7) Tomas Satoransky (6) Wells Fargo Center 10,440 1–1 3 October 10 @ New York L 88–90 Bradley Beal (17) Bryant III, Oubre Jr. (7) John Wall (4) Madison Square Garden 19,033 1–2 4 October 13 Philadelphia W 100–79 Bradley Beal (22) Andrew Nicholson (12) John Wall (9) Verizon Center 10,242 2–2 5 October 15 @ Sacramento L 119–124 Kelly Oubre Jr. (15) Andrew Nicholson (5) Trey Burke (10) Rupp Arena 8,472 2–3 6 October 18 @ Cleveland W 96–91 John Wall (17) Marcin Gortat (13) Bradley Beal (5) Value City Arena 18,104 3–3 7 October 21 Toronto W 119–82 Beal, Morris (19) Marcin Gortat (8) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 11,967 4–3
2016–17 season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log Total: 6–12 (Home: 5–5; Road: 1–7)
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 27 @ Atlanta L 99–114 Markieff Morris (22) Marcin Gortat (11) John Wall (10) Philips Arena 19,049 0–1 2 October 30 @ Memphis L 103–112 (OT) John Wall (22) Marcin Gortat (12) John Wall (13) FedExForum 15,573 0–2
November : 6–9 (Home: 5–5; Road: 1–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 2 Toronto L 103–113 Markieff Morris (22) Otto Porter Jr. (13) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 19,581 0–3 4 November 4 Atlanta W 95–92 Bradley Beal (28) Marcin Gortat (12) John Wall (6) Verizon Center 14,663 1–3 5 November 5 @ Orlando L 86–88 Markieff Morris (18) Marcin Gortat (14) Morris, Beal, Satoranský (18) Amway Center 18,846 1–4 6 November 7 Houston L 106–114 John Wall (21) Marcin Gortat (12) John Wall (8) Verizon Center 13,173 1–5 7 November 9 Boston W 118–93 Otto Porter Jr. (34) Otto Porter Jr. (14) John Wall (7) Verizon Center 12,675 2–5 8 November 11 Cleveland L 94–105 John Wall (28) Marcin Gortat (15) Otto Porter Jr. (5) Verizon Center 20,356 2–6 9 November 12 @ Chicago L 95–106 Markieff Morris (24) Markieff Morris (15) Tomáš Satoranský (9) United Center 21,962 2–7 10 November 16 @ Philadelphia L 102–109 John Wall (27) Marcin Gortat (14) John Wall (6) Wells Fargo Center 14,863 2–8 11 November 17 New York W 119–112 John Wall (23) Gortat, Morris, Porter Jr. (8) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 16,704 3–8 12 November 19 Miami L 111–114 Wall, Beal (34) Marcin Gortat (16) John Wall (8) Verizon Center 15,848 3–9 13 November 21 Phoenix W 106–101 Bradley Beal (42) Marcin Gortat (13) John Wall (15) Verizon Center 12,790 4–9 14 November 25 @ Orlando W 94–91 John Wall (26) Marcin Gortat (9) John Wall (10) Amway Center 17,103 5–9 15 November 26 San Antonio L 100–112 Bradley Beal (25) Marcin Gortat (10) Wall, Beal (5) Verizon Center 17,066 5–10 16 November 28 Sacramento W 101–95 (OT) Bradley Beal (31) Otto Porter Jr. (10) John Wall (11) Verizon Center 12,571 6–10 17 November 30 @ Oklahoma City L 115–126 (OT) Bradley Beal (31) Marcin Gortat (11) John Wall (15) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 6–11
December: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 2 @ San Antonio L 105–107 Bradley Beal (23) Marcin Gortat (18) John Wall (15) AT&T Center 18,418 6–12
January : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
March : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

July 7, 2016

To Washington Wizards Trey Burke

To Utah Jazz Second-round pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.

Re-signed

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Ref.
Marcus Thornton	July 22, 2016	1 year, $1,315,448
Bradley Beal	July 26, 2016	5 years, $127 Million

New Signings

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Former Team	Ref.
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 3]
Danuel House	July 26, 2016	2 years, $1,448,720 ($100,000 guaranteed)	Texas A&M Aggies[note 3]

1. Player signed as an Undrafted Free Agent (UDFA) out of college
2. Drafted by the Wizards with the second-round pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, only signed by the team this year
3. Player signed as an Undrafted Free Agent (UDFA) out of college

Players Out

Player	Reason Left	Date Left	New Team	Ref.
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
JJ Hickson	Free Agency	August 20, 2016	Fujian Sturgeons (China)
Jarrell Eddie	Waived	October 21, 2016	Austin Spurs

References

1. "Wizards part ways with coach Wittman". NBA.com. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
2. "Wizards fire coach Randy Wittman after team misses playoffs". ESPN.com. April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
3. "Wizards hire Scott Brooks as head coach". NBA.com. April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
4. Wang, Gene (June 24, 2016). "After trading away picks, Wizards remain quiet on draft night". Washington Post.