1994–95 Washington Bullets season

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1994–95 Washington Bullets season
Head coachJim Lynam
General managerJohn Nash
Owner(s)Abe Pollin
ArenaUS Airways Arena (37 games)
Baltimore Arena (4 games)
Results
Record21–61 (.256)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Atlantic)
Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWDCA
Home Team Sports
RadioWTOP
< 1993–94 1995–96 >

The 1994–95 NBA season was the Bullets' 34th season in the National Basketball Association.[1] In the 1994 NBA draft, the Bullets selected Juwan Howard from the University of Michigan with the fifth overall pick.[2] In the off-season, the team acquired Scott Skiles from the Orlando Magic and hired Jim Lynam as head coach. During the first month of the regular season, the Bullets traded Tom Gugliotta to the Golden State Warriors for Howard's former "Fab Five" teammate at Michigan, second-year star Chris Webber.[3] However, after a 4–1 start to the season, the Bullets struggled losing 25 of their next 28 games, which included a ten-game losing streak. At midseason, things got worse as Kevin Duckworth dealt with continuing weight problems, and was suspended indefinitely after 40 games for not staying in physical condition, where he weighed over 310lbs.[4] The Bullets posted a 13-game losing streak between March and April, and finished last place in the Atlantic Division with a 21–61 record.[5]

Webber averaged 20.1 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, while Howard averaged 17.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, and second-year guard Calbert Cheaney provided the team with 16.6 points per game. Rex Chapman contributed 16.2 points per game, while Skiles provided the team with 13.0 points and 7.3 assists per game, Don MacLean provided with 11.0 points per game, and second-year center Gheorghe Mureșan averaged 10.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game.[6] Muresan also finished tied in third place in Most Improved Player voting.[7]

Following the season, Chapman was traded to the Miami Heat,[8] while Skiles signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers, Duckworth was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks, MacLean and Doug Overton were both dealt to the Denver Nuggets,[9] and Larry Stewart left in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft.[10]

Draft picks[]

Main article: 1994 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 5 Juwan Howard SF/PF  United States Michigan
2 32 Jim McIlvaine C  United States Marquette

Roster[]

1994–95 Washington Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
G 32 Butler, Mitchell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) –– UCLA
G 3 Chapman, Rex 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) –– Kentucky
G/F 40 Cheaney, Calbert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) –– Indiana
C 00 Duckworth, Kevin Injured (S) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) –– Eastern Illinois
F 5 Howard, Juwan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) –– Michigan
F 34 MacLean, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) –– UCLA
C 22 McIlvaine, Jim 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 240 lb (109 kg) –– Marquette
C 77 Mureșan, Gheorghe 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) 303 lb (137 kg) –– Romania
G 14 Overton, Doug 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) –– La Salle
G 20 Price, Brent Injured (IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) –– Oklahoma
G 4 Skiles, Scott Injured 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) –– Michigan State
F 33 Stewart, Larry 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) –– Coppin State
F 15 Walker, Kenny 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) –– Kentucky
F 2 Webber, Chris 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) –– Michigan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Roster Notes[]

  • Point guard Brent Price missed the entire season due to a knee injury.
  • Center Kevin Duckworth was suspended indefinitely after playing 40 games, due to weight problems and not maintaining playing shape.
  • Rookie small forward Anthony Tucker was waived on April 19.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Orlando Magic 57 25 .695 — 39–2 18–23 18–10
x-New York Knicks 55 27 .671 2 29–12 26–15 23–5
x-Boston Celtics 35 47 .427 22 20–21 15–26 14–14
Miami Heat 32 50 .390 25 22–19 10–31 9–19
New Jersey Nets 30 52 .366 27 20–21 10–31 13–15
Philadelphia 76ers 24 58 .293 33 14–27 10–31 12–16
Washington Bullets 21 61 .256 36 13–28 8–33 9–19
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Orlando Magic 57 25 .695 –
2 y-Indiana Pacers 52 30 .634 5
3 x-New York Knicks 55 27 .671 2
4 x-Charlotte Hornets 50 32 .610 7
5 x-Chicago Bulls 47 35 .573 10
6 x-Cleveland Cavaliers 43 39 .524 14
7 x-Atlanta Hawks 42 40 .512 15
8 x-Boston Celtics 35 47 .427 22
9 Milwaukee Bucks 34 48 .415 23
10 Miami Heat 32 50 .390 25
11 New Jersey Nets 30 52 .366 27
12 Detroit Pistons 28 54 .341 29
13 Philadelphia 76ers 24 58 .293 33
14 Washington Bullets 21 61 .256 36
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[]

1994–95 NBA records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta — 3–1 2–2 1–4 1–4 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–4 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 4–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 4–0
Boston 1–3 — 1–3 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 4–1 1–3 2–0 2–3 0–5 2–3 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–1
Charlotte 2–2 3–1 — 2–2 3–2 0–2 1–1 5–0 2–0 0–2 1–4 2–0 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–3 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1
Chicago 4–1 4–0 2–2 — 2–3 1–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–4 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–2
Cleveland 4–1 2–2 2–3 3–2 — 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 4–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 3–1
Dallas 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 — 1–4 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–4 3–1 2–2 2–3 0–4 2–4 1–1
Denver 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 — 1–1 1–3 1–4 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 6–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–2 1–4 1–3 1–4 2–0
Detroit 2–3 1–3 0–5 0–5 2–2 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–3 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–1
Golden State 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 — 0–4 0–2 3–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–4 0–5 1–3 1–4 2–2 2–0
Houston 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 4–0 — 1–1 3–1 0–4 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 3–1 1–5 0–4 2–3 2–0
Indiana 4–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–1
L.A. Clippers 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–1 2–3 1–3 0–2 — 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–4 0–5 1–4 0–4 0–5 1–3 0–2
L.A. Lakers 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–3 4–0 1–1 3–2 — 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–3 3–2 1–3 4–1 2–2 2–0
Miami 2–2 1–4 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 — 4–0 1–1 1–3 1–4 1–3 1–4 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 4–1
Milwaukee 3–1 3–1 1–4 4–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–4 — 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–4 3–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–1
Minnesota 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–4 0–6 1–1 3–1 2–3 0–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–4 1–3 0–5 0–4 1–4 1–1
New Jersey 0–4 3–2 1–3 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 — 1–4 2–2 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–3
New York 2–2 5–0 1–3 1–3 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 — 2–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 4–0
Orlando 3–1 3–2 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 — 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–2
Philadelphia 1–3 1–3 1–3 0–4 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 0–4 1–4 — 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–2
Phoenix 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 4–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 — 5–0 4–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 2–0
Portland 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 5–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–5 — 3–2 1–3 2–3 1–3 2–0
Sacramento 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 5–0 1–3 0–2 4–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–3 — 0–4 3–2 0–4 1–1
San Antonio 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 0–2 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 — 2–2 3–2 2–0
Seattle 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 4–0 1–1 5–0 1–4 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–4 3–2 2–3 2–2 — 1–3 2–0
Utah 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–2 4–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 2–3 3–1 — 2–0
Washington 0–4 1–3 1–3 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 3–2 0–4 2–3 2–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 —

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[]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Mitchell Butler 76 5 20.4 .421 .326 .665 2.2 1.2 .8 .1 7.9
Rex Chapman 45 29 32.6 .397 .314 .862 2.5 2.8 1.5 .3 16.2
Calbert Cheaney 78 71 34.0 .453 .339 .812 4.1 2.3 1.0 .3 16.6
Kevin Duckworth 40 22 20.5 .442 .200 .643 4.9 .5 .5 .6 7.1
Tom Gugliottaa 6 6 37.7 .398 .500 .788 8.8 3.0 3.5 1.8 16.0
Juwan Howard 65 52 36.1 .489 .000 .664 8.4 2.5 .8 .2 17.0
Don MacLean 39 20 27.0 .438 .250 .765 4.2 1.3 .4 .1 11.0
Jim McIlvaine 55 0 9.7 .479 .000 .683 1.9 .2 .2 1.8 1.7
Gheorghe Mureșan 73 58 23.6 .560 .000 .709 6.7 .5 .7 1.7 10.0
Brian Olivera 6 0 7.0 .444 .000 .750 .7 .7 .0 .0 2.3
Doug Overton 82 20 20.8 .416 .424 .872 1.7 3.0 .6 .0 7.0
Scott Skiles 62 62 33.5 .455 .421 .886 2.6 7.3 1.1 .1 13.0
Larry Stewart 40 0 8.7 .461 .000 .667 1.7 .5 .4 .2 2.6
Anthony Tuckera 62 13 15.8 .457 .000 .614 2.7 1.1 .7 .2 3.9
Kenny Walker 30 24 11.1 .429 .000 .750 2.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 2.4
Chris Webber 54 52 38.3 .495 .276 .502 9.6 4.7 1.5 1.6 20.1

a Statistics with the Washington Bullets.

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Overview[]

Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

Players Lost

Via trade

Via free agency

Via waivers

  • a Later waived.
  • b Signed for the rest of the season after a 10-day contract.

Trades[]

July 29, 1994 To Washington Bullets
Scott Skiles
Conditional 1996 first round pick
Conditional 1998 first round pick 		To Orlando Magic
Conditional 1996 second round pick
Conditional 1998 first round pick
August 2, 1994 To Washington Bullets
Conditional 1996 second round pick
Conditional 1997 second round pick 		To Charlotte Hornets
Michael Adams
November 17, 1994 To Washington Bullets
Chris Webber 		To Golden State Warriors
Tom Gugliotta
Conditional 1996 first round pick
Conditional 1998 first round pick
Conditional 2000 first round pick

Free agents[]

Waivings[]

Player Left
Brian Oliver November 18, 1994
Anthony Tucker April 19, 1995
Brent Price April 19, 1995

Player Transactions Citation:[11]

References[]

  1. ^ 1994-95 Washington Bullets
  2. ^ "BASKETBALL; The Bucks Go With Robinson As No. 1 Pick". New York Times. June 30, 1994. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Bullets' Fab Day Nets Howard, Webber". Washington Post. November 18, 1994. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  4. ^ "Duckworth Suspended". The Washington Post. February 4, 1995. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "1994–95 Washington Bullets Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "1994–95 Washington Bullets Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "1994–95 NBA Awards Voting". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  8. ^ "Bullets Select UNC's Wallace". Washington Post. June 29, 1995. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  9. ^ "PRO BASKETBALL; The Bullets Pick Up Pack". New York Times. January 18, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "1995 NBA Expansion Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  11. ^ "1994–95 Washington Bullets Transactions". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 14, 2021.

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