The 2006-07

2006-07 NBA season

The 2006–07 NBA season was the 61st season of the National Basketball Association. The regular season began on October 31, 2006 and ran through April 18, 2007. The league fielded 30 teams, each playing an 82 game regular season schedule. The top eight seeds from each conference reached the NBA...

 Washington Wizards

Washington Wizards

The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...

 season was their 46th season in the National Basketball Association. The Wizards made the playoffs for the third straight season. The Wizards were then eliminated for the second straight time by the Cavaliers in just the first round.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2006 NBA Draft
  2006 NBA Draft
  The 2006 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2006 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players,...
  
   took place in New York City, New York on June 28.
• The free agency
  Free agent
  In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
  
   period begins in July.

Draft picks

Washington's selections from the 2006 NBA Draft

2006 NBA Draft

The 2006 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2006 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players,...

 in New York, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	18	Oleksiy Pecherov Oleksiy Pecherov Oleksiy Pecherov is a Ukrainian basketball player. He stands at 7'0".The NBA's Washington Wizards selected him with the 18th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft; Pecherov signed a contract with the Wizards on July 5, 2007. Pecherov had previously played with Paris Basket Racing internationally...	Power Forward
2	48	Vladimir Veremeenko Vladimir Veremeenko Vladimir Veremeenko is a Belarusian professional basketball player. A power forward from Gomel, he was drafted by the Washington Wizards with the 48th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. He started his career at Avtodor Saratov, then moved with this team from Saratov to Saint Petersburg and played for new...	Small Forward	/

Roster

Standings

Southeast Division Southeast Division (NBA) The Southeast Division is one of the three divisions in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . The division consists of five teams, the Atlanta Hawks, the Charlotte Bobcats, the Miami Heat, the Orlando Magic and the Washington WizardsThe division was created at the start of...
Miami Heat 2006–07 Miami Heat season The 2006-07 Miami Heat season was the 19th season of the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association .-Key dates:*June 28 - The 2006 NBA Draft took place in New York City.*July 8 - The free agency period started....	44	38	.537	—	27–14	17–24	9–7	82
Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	3	26–15	15–26	8–8	82
Orlando Magic 2006–07 Orlando Magic season The 2006-07 Orlando Magic season was the team's 18th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 36-46 output from the previous season. They bestest it by four wins, finishing 40-42, qualifying for the playoffs.-Standings:-References:...	40	42	.488	4	25–16	15–26	9–7	82
Charlotte Bobcats 2006–07 Charlotte Bobcats season The 2006–07 Charlotte Bobcats season was the 3rd season for the Charlotte Bobcats in the National Basketball Association .-Draft:-Standings:-Game log:-Roster:-Awards and records:NBA All-Rookie Second Team...	33	49	.402	11	20–21	13–28	9–7	82
Atlanta Hawks 2006–07 Atlanta Hawks season The 2006-07 Atlanta Hawks season was the team's 58th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 26-52 output from the previous season. They improved by four games to finish 30-52, but failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eight straight season.-Standings:-References:...	30	52	.366	14	18–23	12–29	5–11	82

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	74	73	39.8	.418	.351	.844	4.6	6.0	1.9	0.2	28.4
	56	13	12.2	.437	.148	.612	3.4	0.7	0.3	0.6	3.7
	58	58	39.9	.466	.357	.901	6.7	4.9	2.21	.34	20.3
	71	63	30.4	.459	.230	.776	2.9	4.8	.97	.03	8.4
	80	80	27.9	.528	.000	.735	7.2	.9	.39	1.66	10.6
	79	79	38.7	.436	.339	.760	10.2	1.5	1.34	.43	21.4
	80	9	21.4	.443	.398	.873	1.6	1.7	.50	.23	9.1
	70	1	9.9	.379	.167	.438	2.0	.6	.29	.37	1.3
	35	0	9.1	.352	.283	.645	1.9	.2	.17	.14	3.6
	80	13	19.4	.458	.000	.918	3.4	1.7	.66	.20	6.2
	82	82	31.3	.386	.383	.797	2.9	3.1	.79	.18	11.2
	75	2	15.4	.439	.400	.815	1.5	.8	.47	.09	7.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	4	2	23.5	.389	.417	.833	1.8	2.8	.50	.00	10.8
	6	0	14.8	.429	.000	.333	3.3	.2	.33	1.00	3.7
	6	6	41.0	.460	.238	.871	5.7	3.8	1.83	.17	18.7
	6	4	25.7	.452	.250	.882	2.3	3.0	.33	.33	7.3
	6	6	29.7	.591	.000	.800	6.7	.8	.67	1.50	12.0
	6	6	39.5	.406	.280	.571	12.0	1.0	1.33	1.33	16.8
	6	0	21.5	.404	.235	.750	.8	1.0	.50	.17	8.0
	3	0	5.0	.000	.000	.500	1.0	.3	.33	.33	.3
	3	0	2.7	.000	.000	1.000	.3	.0	.33	.33	.7
	5	0	15.4	.421	.000	.867	2.6	.8	.20	.00	5.8
	6	6	32.7	.367	.389	.889	2.2	3.0	1.00	.00	12.3
	4	0	4.3	.111	.000	.750	.5	.3	.50	.00	1.3

Transactions

The Wizards have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006-07 season.

Trades

Free Agents

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Player New team