The 2000–01 NBA season was the Wizards' 40th season in the National Basketball Association. Washington hosted the 2001 NBA All-Star Game. Under new head coach Leonard Hamilton, and later on acquiring Tyrone Nesby from the Los Angeles Clippers, the Wizards continued to struggled with a 7–34 start to the season, as people scoffed that their best player Michael Jordan was sitting up in the owner's box. Juwan Howard, who grew disgruntled with all the team failures was traded at midseason to the Dallas Mavericks for Christian Laettner, Hubert Davis, and rookies Courtney Alexander and Etan Thomas, who was out for the entire season with a toe injury. In early March, Rod Strickland was released and later on re-signed with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Alexander averaged 17.0 points per game in 27 games with the Wizards, and made the All-Rookie Second Team. However, the Wizards finished last place in the Atlantic Division with a dreadful 19–63 record. Second-year star Richard Hamilton led them in scoring with 18.1 points per game. Following the season, Mitch Richmond signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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