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2016–17 Washington Wizards season

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The 2016–17 Washington Wizards season marked the franchise's 56th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its 44th in the Washington, D.C. area. On April 14, 2016, the Wizards parted ways with Randy Wittman, their former head coach, after the team failed to secure a playoff berth.[1][2] Shortly thereafter, on April 26, 2016, the Wizards appointed Scott Brooks, formerly the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, as their new head coach.[3] The Wizards successfully clinched a playoff berth on March 24, 2017, with a 129–108 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, thus ending their one-season absence from the playoffs. Furthermore, on March 28, 2017, the Wizards emerged victorious against the Los Angeles Lakers with a score of 119–108, securing their first division title since 1979 and ending their 38-year drought that dated back to their era as the Bullets.

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The Wizards finished the regular season with a 49–33 record, securing the 4th seed. In the playoffs, the Wizards defeated the Atlanta Hawks in six games in the First Round, advancing to the Semifinals, where they lost to the Boston Celtics in a hard fought seven games.

To date, this is both the best record and the highest seed the Bullets/Wizards franchise has achieved since their last NBA Finals appearance in 1979. This is also the last time the Wizards have won a playoff series.

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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]

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Roster

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Standings

Division

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Conference

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Game log

Pre-season

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Regular season

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Playoffs

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Player statistics

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  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

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  • Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Wizards only.
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Transactions

Trades

July 7, 2016
To Washington Wizards
Trey Burke
To Utah Jazz
Second-round pick in the 2021 NBA draft
February 22, 2017
To Washington Wizards
Bojan Bogdanović
Chris McCullough
To Brooklyn Nets
Andrew Nicholson
Marcus Thornton
First-round pick in the 2017 NBA draft

Free agents

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  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

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Awards

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References

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