1992–93 Washington Bullets season

1992–93 Washington Bullets season
Head coachWes Unseld
ArenaCapital Centre (37 games)
Baltimore Arena (4 games)
Results
Record22–60 (.268)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Atlantic)
Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
TelevisionWDCA
Home Team Sports
RadioWTOP

The 1992–93 Washington Bullets season was the 32nd season for the Washington Bullets in the National Basketball Association, and their 20th season in Washington, D.C..[1] The Bullets received the sixth overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft, and selected power forward Tom Gugliotta out of North Carolina State University.[2][3][4] During the off-season, the team acquired rookie power forward, and first-round draft pick Don MacLean out of the University of California, Los Angeles from the Los Angeles Clippers, who had acquired him from the Detroit Pistons,[5][6] and signed free agents Buck Johnson,[7][8] and rookie point guard Doug Overton.[9] However, Ledell Eackles would miss the entire season due to weight problems.[10][11]

With the addition of Gugliotta, the Bullets got off to a 7–10 start to the regular season, but then struggled posting a nine-game losing streak in December, and later on held a 15–36 record at the All-Star break.[12] In January, All-Star forward Bernard King was released to free agency, and later on signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.[13][14][15] The team struggled with injuries as Pervis Ellison only played just 49 games due to a knee injury, Rex Chapman only played 60 games due to an ankle injury, and Overton only played just 45 games due to a thumb injury.[16][17] The Bullets lost ten of their final eleven games of the season, and finished in last place in the Atlantic Division with a 22–60 record;[18] the team missed the NBA playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.[1]

Harvey Grant averaged 18.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, while Ellison averaged 17.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, and Michael Adams provided the team with 14.8 points, 7.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game. In addition, Gugliotta provided with 14.7 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, while Chapman contributed 12.5 points per game, and second-year forward Larry Stewart averaged 9.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, second-year guard LaBradford Smith contributed 9.3 points per game, Overton contributed 8.1 points and 3.5 assists per game, Johnson provided with 6.5 points per game, and defensive center Charles Jones averaged 1.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game.[19]

The Bullets finished 20th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 558,966 at the Capital Centre during the regular season.[19][20] Following the season, Grant was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers after five seasons with the Bullets,[21][22][23] and Johnson, Eackles and Jones were all released to free agency.

One notable highlight of the regular season occurred on March 19, 1993, in a road game against the 2-time defending NBA champion Chicago Bulls at the Chicago Stadium. Smith scored a career-high of 37 points against All-Star guard Michael Jordan, and made 15 out of 20 field-goal attempts, while Jordan struggled shooting just 9–27 from the field. However, the Bullets lost to the Bulls, 104–99.[24][25][26]

NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
16Tom GugliottaPF United StatesNorth Carolina State
232Brent PricePG United StatesOklahoma

Roster

1992–93 Washington Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
C 42 Mark Acres 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) –– Oral Roberts
PG 10 Michael Adams 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 162 lb (73 kg) –– Boston College
SG 3 Rex Chapman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) –– Kentucky
SG 21 Ledell Eackles (IN) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) –– LSU New Orleans
C 43 Pervis Ellison 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) –– Louisville
SF 44 Harvey Grant 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) –– Oklahoma
PF 24 Tom Gugliotta 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) –– NC State
SF 2 Buck Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) –– Alabama
C 23 Charles Jones 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) –– Albany State
PF 34 Don MacLean 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) –– UCLA
PG 14 Doug Overton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) –– La Salle
PG 20 Brent Price 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) –– Oklahoma
SG 22 LaBradford Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) –– Louisville
PF 33 Larry Stewart 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) –– Coppin State
Head coach
Assistant(s)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (IN) Inactive
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Roster Notes

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-New York Knicks6022.732—37–423–1823–5
x-Boston Celtics4834.5851228–1320–2119–9
x-New Jersey Nets4339.5241726–1517–2414–14
Orlando Magic4141.5001927–1414–2715–13
Miami Heat3646.4392426–1510–319–19
Philadelphia 76ers2656.3173415–2611–3011–17
Washington Bullets2260.2683815–267–347–21
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-New York Knicks6022.732–
2 y-Chicago Bulls5725.6953
3 x-Cleveland Cavaliers5428.6596
4 x-Boston Celtics4834.58512
5 x-Charlotte Hornets4438.53716
6 x-New Jersey Nets4339.52417
7 x-Atlanta Hawks4339.52417
8 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50019
9 Orlando Magic4141.50019
10 Detroit Pistons4042.48820
11 Miami Heat3646.43924
12 Milwaukee Bucks2854.34132
13 Philadelphia 76ers2656.31736
14 Washington Bullets2260.26838
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

Legend
  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

Washington Bullets statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Mark Acres† 12720.5.600.7145.1.4.3.54.8
Michael Adams 707035.7.439.321.8563.47.51.4.114.8
Steve Burtt Sr. 408.8.385.333.800.81.5.5.07.3
Rex Chapman 602321.7.477.371.8101.51.9.6.212.5
Chris Corchiani† 103.01.000.0.0.0.02.0
Pervis Ellison 494834.7.521.000.7028.82.4.92.217.4
Greg Foster† 1009.3.440.6672.71.1.0.52.4
Harvey Grant 727237.0.487.100.7275.72.81.0.618.6
Tom Gugliotta 818134.5.426.281.6449.63.81.7.414.7
Byron Irvin 4211.3.5001.000.5001.0.5.3.05.5
Buck Johnson 731917.6.479.000.7302.71.2.5.26.5
Charles Jones 672118.0.524.000.5794.1.6.61.11.3
Don MacLean 62410.9.435.500.8112.0.6.2.16.6
Alan Ogg† 301.0.500.5001.3.0.0.01.7
Doug Overton 451322.0.471.231.7282.43.5.7.18.1
Brent Price 68912.6.358.167.7941.52.3.8.03.9
Larry Robinson 408.3.375.000.600.8.8.3.33.8
LaBradford Smith 693322.4.458.348.8581.52.7.8.19.3
Larry Stewart 81822.5.543.000.7274.71.8.6.49.8
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Bullets only.

Player statistics citation:[19]

Awards and records

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Araton, Harvey (June 25, 1992). "Basketball: Draft Sticks to Program Until the 5th Pick, That Is". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  3. ↑ "After Big Men Go First, Locals Go in First Round: NBA Draft: Miner Goes to Heat at No. 12; Lakers Take Peeler. Clippers Select: La Salle's Woods with Their First Pick". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. June 25, 1992. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  4. ↑ "1992 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  5. ↑ Howard-Cooper, Scott (October 9, 1992). "Clippers Make Sizable Deal, Get John Williams: Pro Basketball: L.A. Trades Rights to Rookie Forward Don MacLean, and Backup Center William Bedford to the Bullets for former crenshaw High Star Troubled with Weight Problems". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  6. ↑ Howard-Cooper, Scott (June 25, 1992). "Clippers Go Forward to MacLean: NBA Draft: Polynice Is Traded to..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  7. ↑ Aldridge, David (September 22, 1992). "Johnson Set to Sign on Bullets' Frontline". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sports People: Pro Basketball: Bullets Sign Buck Johnson, a Free Agent". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 23, 1992. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  9. ↑ Aldridge, David (October 24, 1992). "Overton Makes Most of His Opportunity". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ Aldridge, David (September 15, 1992). "Bullets Look at Eackles, Johnson". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  11. ↑ Aldridge, David (September 18, 1992). "Eackles Would Like to Stay a Bullet". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  12. ↑ "NBA Games Played on February 18, 1993". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  13. ↑ Araton, Harvey (February 6, 1993). "Pro Basketball: Nets Are Close to Signing Bernard King". The New York Times. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  14. ↑ Aldridge, David (February 6, 1993). "Former Bullet King Ready to Join Nets". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  15. ↑ Harvin, Al (February 7, 1993). "Pro Basketball: Interview Goes Well, So King Gets the Call". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  16. ↑ Aldridge, David (February 27, 1993). "Last-Second Magic Catches Bullets". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  17. ↑ Wilbon, Michael (March 2, 1993). "Sparse Bullets Try to Reload". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  18. ↑ "1992–93 Washington Bullets Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  19. 1 2 3 "1992–93 Washington Bullets Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  20. ↑ "1992–93 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Sports People: Pro Basketball: Bullets Get Duckworth for Grant". The New York Times. June 25, 1993. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  22. ↑ Aldridge, David (June 25, 1993). "Bullets Trade Grant to Get Duckworth". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  23. ↑ "Bullets Trade Grant, Acquire Duckworth". Los Angeles Times. Staff and Wire Reports. June 25, 1993. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  24. ↑ Aldridge, David (March 20, 1993). "Bullets' Smith Scores 37, But Jordan Boosts Bulls". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  25. ↑ Goldstein, Alan (March 21, 1993). "Jordan Scores 36 in First Half, Bulls Handle Bullets, 126-101". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  26. ↑ "Washington Bullets at Chicago Bulls Box Score, March 19, 1993". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
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