1992–93 Washington Bullets season

The 1992–93 NBA season was the 32nd season for the Washington Bullets in the National Basketball Association, and their 20th season in Washington, D.C.. The Bullets received the sixth overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft, and selected power forward Tom Gugliotta out of North Carolina State University. In the off-season, the team acquired top 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, and signed free agents Buck Johnson, and rookie guard Doug Overton. However, Ledell Eackles would miss the entire season due to weight problems.

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 held a 15–36 record at the All-Star break. 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. 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. The Bullets lost ten of their final eleven games, finishing in last place in the Atlantic Division with a 22–60 record.

Harvey Grant averaged 18.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, while Michael Adams averaged 14.8 points, 7.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and Gugliotta provided the team with 14.7 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. In addition, Ellison averaged 17.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, while Chapman contributed 12.5 points per game, second-year forward Larry Stewart averaged 9.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, second-year guard LaBradford Smith contributed 9.3 points per game, and Johnson provided with 6.5 points per game. Following the season, Grant was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, and Johnson, Eackles and Charles Jones were all released to free agency.

One notable highlight of the regular season was Smith scoring a career-high of 37 points against Michael Jordan, and the 2-time defending champion Chicago Bulls at the Chicago Stadium on March 19, 1993; Smith shot 15–20 from the field, while Jordan struggled shooting just 9–27 from the field. However, the Bullets lost to the Bulls, 104–99.