2008–09 Washington Wizards season

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.

Key dates

• June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City, New York.
• July 1: The free agency period started.

Transactions

• June 30 - Re-signed forward Antawn Jamison to a 4-year, $50 million contract
• July 11 - Guard Roger Mason signed with the San Antonio Spurs
• July 13 - Re-signed guard Gilbert Arenas to a 6-year, $111 million contract
• September 23 - Signed guard Juan Dixon to a contract.
• December 10 - Traded guard Antonio Daniels to the New Orleans Hornets and a conditional first-round draft pick to the Memphis Grizzlies in a three-team deal in exchange for guards Mike James and Javaris Crittenton. Also waived guard Dee Brown

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 29 | New Jersey | | Antawn Jamison, DeShawn Stevenson (14) | Caron Butler (11) | Caron Butler (5) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 0–1

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | November 1 | @ Detroit | | Antawn Jamison (24) | Antawn Jamison (8) | Caron Butler (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br />22,076 | 0–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | November 5 | @ Milwaukee | | Caron Butler (27) | Antawn Jamison (10) | Juan Dixon, Antonio Daniels (4) | Bradley Center<br />13,895 | 0–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | November 7 | New York | | Caron Butler (30) | Antawn Jamison (12) | Juan Dixon (11) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 0–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 8 | @ Orlando | | Nick Young (20) | JaVale McGee, Oleksiy Pecherov, Etan Thomas (6) | Dee Brown (5) | Amway Arena<br />16,911 | 0–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | November 12 | Utah | | Caron Butler (27) | JaVale McGee (11) | Caron Butler (3) | Verizon Center<br />14,885 | 1–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 14 | @ Miami | | Antawn Jamison (15) | Antawn Jamison (10) | Juan Dixon (3) | American Airlines Arena<br />15,284 | 1–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 18 | Miami | | Antawn Jamison (25) | Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler (12) | Juan Dixon (5) | Verizon Center<br />15,102 | 1–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 19 | @ Atlanta | | Caron Butler (32) | Antawn Jamison (11) | DeShawn Stevenson (5) | Philips Arena<br />14,416 | 1–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 | November 21 | Houston | | Antawn Jamison (27) | Antawn Jamison (10) | DeShawn Stevenson (7) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 1–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 22 | @ New York | | Antawn Jamison (29) | Antawn Jamison (13) | DeShawn Stevenson (8) | Madison Square Garden<br />19,763 | 1–10 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | November 25 | Golden State | | Caron Butler (35) | Andray Blatche (12) | DeShawn Stevenson (7) | Verizon Center<br />13,852 | 2–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 27 | Orlando | | Caron Butler (25) | Antawn Jamison (12) | Caron Butler, DeShawn Stevenson (6) | Verizon Center<br />13,295 | 2–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | November 29 | Atlanta | | Antawn Jamison (26) | Antawn Jamison (13) | Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler (5) | Verizon Center<br />18,110 | 2–12

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 | December 2 | @ New Jersey | | Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison (22) | Antawn Jamison (8) | Caron Butler (10) | Izod Center<br />15,062 | 3–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | December 3 | Portland | | Antawn Jamison (22) | JaVale McGee (7) | Antawn Jamison (5) | Verizon Center<br />12,802 | 3–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | December 5 | L.A. Lakers | | Caron Butler (26) | Andray Blatche, Antawn Jamison (12) | DeShawn Stevenson (6) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 3–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 6 | @ Chicago | | Caron Butler (27) | Antawn Jamison (12) | Caron Butler (6) | United Center<br />21,741 | 3–15 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 | December 9 | Detroit | | Caron Butler (33) | Antawn Jamison (11) | Juan Dixon (7) | Verizon Center<br />14,707 | 4–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 11 | Boston | | Caron Butler (19) | JaVale McGee (6) | Juan Dixon (7) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 4–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 13 | @ Philadelphia | | Antawn Jamison (17) | Antawn Jamison (9) | Juan Dixon (5) | Wachovia Center<br />15,865 | 4–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 15 | Indiana | | Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler (26) | Antawn Jamison (15) | Mike James (6) | Verizon Center<br />14,502 | 4–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 17 | @ Detroit | | Mike James (16) | Antawn Jamison, Andray Blatche (11) | Andray Blatche, Caron Butler (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br />22,076 | 4–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 19 | Philadelphia | | Antawn Jamison (23) | Antawn Jamison (10) | Antawn Jamison (5) | Verizon Center<br />18,323 | 4–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 21 | Dallas | | Antawn Jamison (22) | Mike James, Antawn Jamison (8) | Mike James (5) | Verizon Center<br />15,582 | 4–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 23 | @ Charlotte | | Caron Butler (31) | Dominic McGuire (10) | Caron Butler (4) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br />13,776 | 4–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 | December 25 | @ Cleveland | | Antawn Jamison (28) | Dominic McGuire (11) | Caron Butler (10) | Quicken Loans Arena<br />20,562 | 4–23 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 | December 27 | Oklahoma City | | Antawn Jamison (29) | Andray Blatche (15) | Mike James (11) | Verizon Center<br />16,181 | 5–23 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 29 | December 29 | @ Houston | | Antawn Jamison (30) | Antawn Jamison (12) | Dominic McGuire (6) | Toyota Center<br />18,278 | 6–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 30 | December 30 | @ New Orleans | | Antawn Jamison (22) | Antawn Jamison (12) | Mike James (7) | New Orleans Arena<br />18,021 | 6–24

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | January 2 | @ Boston | | Nick Young (15) | Antawn Jamison (9) | Caron Butler (5) | TD Banknorth Garden<br />18,624 | 6–25 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 | January 4 | Cleveland | | Antawn Jamison (26) | Antawn Jamison (13) | Andray Blatche (4) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 7–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 33 | January 6 | @ Orlando | | Caron Butler (29) | Antawn Jamison (9) | Caron Butler, Mike James (5) | Amway Arena<br />16,011 | 7–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 7 | Toronto | | Antawn Jamison (32) | Antawn Jamison (7) | Caron Butler, Javaris Crittenton (6) | Verizon Center<br />13,864 | 7–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 9 | @ Chicago | | Nick Young (28) | Antawn Jamison (11) | Caron Butler (6) | United Center<br />20,125 | 7–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 10 | Charlotte | | Caron Butler (19) | Andray Blatche (10) | Andray Blatche (4) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 7–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 12 | Milwaukee | | Nick Young (30) | Dominic McGuire (10) | Dominic McGuire (5) | Verizon Center<br />13,510 | 7–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 14 | @ New York | | Nick Young (33) | Antawn Jamison (7) | Mike James (5) | Madison Square Garden<br />18,020 | 7–31 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 | January 16 | New York | | Antawn Jamison (28) | Andray Blatche (11) | Caron Butler (7) | Verizon Center<br />17,526 | 8–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 | January 19 | @ Golden State | | Andray Blatche, Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler (22) | Dominic McGuire (11) | Dominic McGuire (6) | Oracle Arena<br />19,244 | 8–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 | January 21 | @ Sacramento | | Antawn Jamison (33) | Dominic McGuire (12) | Caron Butler (5) | ARCO Arena<br />10,821 | 9–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 22 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Antawn Jamison (19) | JaVale McGee (9) | Caron Butler, Mike James (6) | Staples Center<br />18,997 | 9–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 24 | @ Portland | | Caron Butler (31) | Caron Butler (10) | Mike James (7) | Rose Garden<br />20,566 | 9–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | January 26 | Phoenix | | Caron Butler (28) | Antawn Jamison (13) | Dominic McGuire (7) | Verizon Center<br />17,344 | 9–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 28 | @ Miami | | Antawn Jamison (21) | Antawn Jamison (12) | Caron Butler (6) | American Airlines Arena<br />16,424 | 9–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | January 30 | @ Philadelphia | | Antawn Jamison (25) | Antawn Jamison (15) | Javaris Crittenton (7) | Wachovia Center<br />15,528 | 9–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 47 | January 31 | L.A. Clippers | | Antawn Jamison (25) | Caron Butler (13) | Caron Butler (7) | Verizon Center<br />18,227 | 10–37

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 48 | February 2 | Memphis | | Antawn Jamison (29) | Antawn Jamison (13) | Caron Butler (5) | Verizon Center<br />11,442 | 10–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 4 | New Jersey | | Nick Young (21) | Antawn Jamison (6) | Nick Young (4) | Verizon Center<br />12,602 | 10–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 6 | Denver | | Antawn Jamison (26) | Dominic McGuire, Antawn Jamison (8) | Javaris Crittenton (7) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 10–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 51 | February 8 | Indiana | | Caron Butler (35) | Caron Butler (13) | Mike James (7) | Verizon Center<br />13,708 | 11–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 10 | @ Atlanta | | Caron Butler (22) | Antawn Jamison (12) | Javaris Crittenton (7) | Philips Arena<br />17,027 | 11–41 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 11 | @ Charlotte | | Caron Butler (26) | Antawn Jamison (9) | Caron Butler (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br />10,237 | 11–42 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 | February 17 | Minnesota | | Antawn Jamison (29) | Antawn Jamison (11) | Caron Butler (6) | Verizon Center<br />11,623 | 12–42 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 | February 20 | @ New Jersey | | Antawn Jamison (28) | Dominic McGuire (14) | Dominic McGuire, Javaris Crittenton, Andray Blatche (3) | Izod Center<br />15,113 | 13–42 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 21 | San Antonio | | Caron Butler (24) | Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison (7) | Dominic McGuire, Caron Butler (4) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 13–43 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 25 | Philadelphia | | Caron Butler (17) | Dominic McGuire (14) | Caron Butler (5) | Verizon Center<br />16,505 | 13–44 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 58 | February 27 | Chicago | | Antawn Jamison (27) | Dominic McGuire, Antawn Jamison (11) | Caron Butler (6) | Verizon Center<br />18,114 | 14–44 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | February 28 | @ Milwaukee | | Antawn Jamison (21) | Antawn Jamison (14) | Caron Butler (6) | Bradley Center<br />15,970 | 14–45

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 | March 2 | Atlanta | | Antawn Jamison (23) | Antawn Jamison, JaVale McGee (9) | Dominic McGuire (9) | Verizon Center<br />10,189 | 14–46 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 4 | @ Oklahoma City | | Antawn Jamison (29) | Antawn Jamison (10) | Dominic McGuire (6) | Ford Center<br />18,576 | 14–47 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 6 | @ San Antonio | | Antawn Jamison (14) | Nick Young (6) | Dominic McGuire (4) | AT&T Center<br />18,440 | 14–48 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 7 | @ Dallas | | Antawn Jamison (24) | Antawn Jamison (11) | Mike James (7) | American Airlines Center<br />20,150 | 14–49 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 64 | March 9 | @ Minnesota | | Caron Butler (27) | Caron Butler (10) | Caron Butler (6) | Target Center<br />13,119 | 15–49 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 11 | New Orleans | | Antawn Jamison (25) | Antawn Jamison (10) | Caron Butler (9) | Verizon Center<br />15,255 | 15–50 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 13 | Orlando | | Antawn Jamison (36) | Dominic McGuire (7) | Javaris Crittenton (7) | Verizon Center<br />18,152 | 15–51 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 67 | March 15 | Sacramento | | Antawn Jamison (30) | Antawn Jamison (9) | Dominic McGuire (8) | Verizon Center<br />15,108 | 16–51 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 17 | @ Utah | | Nick Young, Juan Dixon (14) | Andray Blatche (13) | Darius Songaila (3) | EnergySolutions Arena<br />19,911 | 16–52 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 18 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Antawn Jamison (24) | Antawn Jamison (11) | Antawn Jamison (7) | Staples Center<br />15,123 | 16–53 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 20 | @ Denver | | Antawn Jamison (27) | JaVale McGee (11) | Mike James (9) | Pepsi Center<br />18,231 | 16–54 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 21 | @ Phoenix | | Antawn Jamison (25) | Andray Blatche (9) | Darius Songaila (3) | US Airways Center<br />18,422 | 16–55 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | March 23 | Chicago | | Antawn Jamison (34) | Andray Blatche (13) | Dominic McGuire (7) | Verizon Center<br />15,421 | 16–56 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 | March 25 | Charlotte | | Antawn Jamison (27) | Antawn Jamison (8) | Mike James (5) | Verizon Center<br />14,657 | 17–56 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 28 | Detroit | | Antawn Jamison (21) | Caron Butler (10) | Gilbert Arenas (10) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 17–57 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 29 | @ Indiana | | Caron Butler (31) | Caron Butler (13) | Javaris Crittenton, Caron Butler (3) | Conseco Fieldhouse<br />13,729 | 17–58

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 1 | @ Memphis | | Caron Butler (31) | Javaris Crittenton (11) | Caron Butler (4) | FedExForum<br />10,013 | 17–59 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 | April 2 | Cleveland | | Caron Butler (25) | Brendan Haywood, Dominic McGuire (10) | Gilbert Arenas (10) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 18–59 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | April 4 | Miami | | Caron Butler (27) | Brendan Haywood (12) | Javaris Crittenton (8) | Verizon Center<br />20,173 | 18–60 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 8 | @ Cleveland | | Nick Young (16) | Brendan Haywood (7) | Dominic McGuire (4) | Quicken Loans Arena<br />20,562 | 18–61 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 | April 10 | @ Toronto | | Antawn Jamison (24) | Antawn Jamison (12) | Caron Butler (7) | Air Canada Centre<br />18,107 | 19–61 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 81 | April 13 | Toronto | | Caron Butler (28) | Caron Butler, Dominic McGuire (9) | Juan Dixon (7) | Verizon Center<br />18,455 | 19–62 |-bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 15 | @ Boston | | Caron Butler (39) | Oleksiy Pecherov (10) | Caron Butler, Javaris Crittenton (4) | TD Banknorth Garden<br />18,624 | 19–63　

Playoffs

Did not qualify

Player statistics

Season

Transactions

Trades

References