Team: | Washington Wizards |
End Year: | 2025 |
Wins: | 0 |
Losses: | 0 |
Division: | Southeast |
Coach: | Brian Keefe |
Owner: | Ted Leonsis |
Arena: | Capital One Arena |
Bbr Team: | WAS |
Television: | Monumental Sports Network |
Radio: | Federal News Radio 106.7 The Fan |
President: | Michael Winger |
The 2024–25 Washington Wizards season will be the 64th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 51st in the Washington, D.C. area. On May 29, 2024, the Washington Wizards hired Brian Keefe as their full-time head coach.[1]
See main article: article and 2024 NBA draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | |
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1 | 2 | Alex Sarr | PF | France | ||
1 | 26 | Dillon Jones | SF | United States | Weber State | |
2 | 51 | Melvin Ajinça | SF | France |
The Wizards entered the draft holding two first-round picks and one second round pick.[2] [3] The Wizards would not swap their top pick with either the Memphis Grizzlies or the Phoenix Suns this year following their Bradley Beal trade from last season since their pick remained the best out of three possible selections this year.
With the #2 Overall selection, the Wizards drafted the tall French prospect Alex Sarr. Shortly before the start of the draft, the Wizards traded Deni Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers and got their #14 pick as part of the return, which they used on Bub Carrington from Pittsburgh. During the first draft night, the Wizards then struck a trade with the New York Knicks to move up two spots, giving their last two picks of this year's draft (#26 and #51) to acquire the rights to the Knicks' #24 pick, which became Kyshawn George.
|- style="background:#| 1| October 6| @ Toronto| | | | | Bell Centre| |- style="background:#| 2| October 9| @ New York| | | | | Madison Square Garden| |- style="background:#| 3| October 11| Toronto| | | | | Capital One Arena| |- style="background:#| 4| October 14| @ Brooklyn| | | | | Barclays Center| |- style="background:#| 5| October 18| New York| | | | | Capital One Arena|
|- style="background:#"| | November 2| Miami| |||| Mexico City Arena
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See main article: 2024 NBA Cup. The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.[4] [5]
See main article: article and List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions.
June 26, 2024[6] | To Washington Wizards Draft rights to Kyshawn George (No. 24) | To New York Knicks Draft rights to Dillon Jones (No. 26) Draft rights to Melvin Ajinça (No. 51) |
July 6, 2024 | To Washington Wizards Malcolm Brogdon Draft rights to Bub Carrington (No. 14) First round pick in the 2029 NBA draft Two future second-round draft picks | To Portland Trail Blazers Deni Avdija |
July 6, 2024[7] [8] | To Washington Wizards Jonas Valančiūnas (sign-and-trade) | To New Orleans Pelicans 2027 CHI protected second-round pick |
Date | Player | Ref. | |
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June 29 | Richaun Holmes | ||
July 3 | Tristan Vukčević | [9] |