2008–09 Washington Wizards season

2008–09 Washington Wizards season
2008–09 Washington Wizards season
Head coach	Eddie Jordan (Games 1-11); Ed Tapscott (interim) (Games 12-82)
Arena	Verizon Center
Results
Record	19–63 (.232)
Place	Division: 5th (Southeast); Conference: 15th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	CSN Mid-Atlantic, The CW Washington, News Channel 8
Radio	ESPN 980
< 2007–08	2009–10 >

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 season, but failed and fell 24 games short. The team finished 2008–09 with a dismal 19–63 record that equalled their worst 82-game performance from the 2000–01 season, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 2003–04 season.

Quick facts Washington Wizards season, Head coach ...

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

Southeast Division v t e	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 v t e
#	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

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]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	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

2008–09 Washington Wizards season

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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