Washington Wizards Opening Day Rosters

2001-2002 Washington Wizards Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Courtney Alexander SG 6-5 205 Apr 27, 1977 24 Fresno State 1 2000 1st Rnd, #13, Orlando Magic
Kwame Brown C 6-11 290 Mar 10, 1982 19 Glynn Academy (Georgia) 0 2001 1st Rnd, #1, Washington Wizards
Hubert Davis SG 6-5 183 May 17, 1970 31 North Carolina 9 1992 1st Rnd, #20, New York Knicks
Richard Hamilton SG 6-7 193 Feb 14, 1978 23 UConn 2 1999 1st Rnd, #7, Washington Wizards
Brendan Haywood C 7-0 263 Nov 27, 1979 21 North Carolina 0 2001 1st Rnd, #20, Cleveland Cavaliers
Popeye Jones PF 6-8 250 Jun 17, 1970 31 Murray State 8 1992 2nd Rnd, #41, Houston Rockets
Michael Jordan SG 6-6 215 Feb 17, 1963 38 North Carolina 13 1984 1st Rnd, #3, Chicago Bulls
Christian Laettner F-C 6-11 245 Aug 17, 1969 32 Duke 9 1992 1st Rnd, #3, Minnesota Timberwolves
Tyronn Lue PG 6-0 170 May 3, 1977 24 Nebraska 3 1998 1st Rnd, #23, Denver Nuggets
Tyrone Nesby F-G 6-6 225 Jan 31, 1976 25 UNLV 3 1998 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Bobby Simmons SF 6-6 235 Jun 2, 1980 21 DePaul 0 2001 2nd Rnd, #41, Seattle SuperSonics
Etan Thomas C 6-9 256 Apr 1, 1978 23 Syracuse 1 2000 1st Rnd, #12, Dallas Mavericks
Loy Vaught PF 6-9 230 Feb 27, 1967 34 Michigan 11 1990 1st Rnd, #13, Los Angeles Clippers
Jahidi White C-F 6-9 290 Feb 19, 1976 25 Georgetown 3 1998 2nd Rnd, #43, Washington Wizards
Chris Whitney PG 6-0 168 Oct 5, 1971 30 Clemson 8 1993 2nd Rnd, #47, San Antonio Spurs

Washington 91, New York 93

October 30, 2001

Regular Season

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: 19,763

Officials: Mark Wunderlich, Steve Javie, Derek Richardson

Team Rebounds: Washington (7) New York (12)

Technicals: Washington (0) New York (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
WAS (0-1) 21 22 18 30 91
NYK (1-0) 19 22 26 26 93

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
WAS 92 98.9 101.1
NYK 92 101.1 98.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
WAS .476 0.152 0.231 0.159
NYK .467 0.185 0.283 0.307

Washington Wizards

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Courtney Alexander Starter PG 23:00 3-8 0-0 0-0 6.8 2.0 3 5 2 1 0 1 0 6
32 Richard Hamilton Starter SF 27:00 5-10 1-1 2-2 2.2 1.0 4 5 1 3 0 0 6 13
23 Michael Jordan Starter SG 37:00 7-21 0-3 5-6 11.0 3.0 2 5 6 3 4 0 3 19
44 Christian Laettner Starter PF 36:00 3-11 0-0 4-4 3.0 1.0 3 4 2 5 2 0 2 10
55 Jahidi White Starter C 17:00 0-1 0-0 1-2 2.0 0.0 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 1
5 Kwame Brown Bench C 12:00 1-2 0-0 0-1 3.4 0.0 3 3 0 2 0 3 1 2
54 Popeye Jones Bench PF 30:00 6-11 0-1 1-3 10.4 2.0 5 7 3 4 1 0 1 13
8 Tyrone Nesby Bench PF 33:00 4-8 1-2 0-0 11.2 0.0 5 5 5 5 2 0 0 9
12 Chris Whitney Bench PG 25:00 7-10 4-6 0-0 14.8 0.0 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 18
  Team                   7         1  
        240 36-82 6-13 13-18 84.8 9 30 46 23 27 11 4 15 91
          43.9% 46.2% 72.2%                    

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
20 Allan Houston Starter SG 38:00 8-16 0-1 6-7 15.1 1.0 5 6 2 2 2 0 0 22
31 Mark Jackson Starter PG 38:00 3-5 1-3 0-2 10.0 1.0 4 5 8 3 0 0 3 7
50 Felton Spencer Starter C 17:00 1-2 0-0 1-2 3.0 2.0 1 3 0 3 0 2 1 3
8 Latrell Sprewell Starter SF 39:00 9-21 4-7 6-8 14.5 2.0 3 5 3 2 1 0 2 28
40 Kurt Thomas Starter PF 22:00 6-8 0-0 2-2 10.2 2.0 4 6 1 4 1 0 2 14
49 Shandon Anderson Bench SF 19:00 0-5 0-4 2-2 -3.2 0.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 2
32 Othella Harrington Bench PF 31:00 3-6 0-0 3-6 8.5 3.0 9 12 0 5 1 0 2 9
21 Charlie Ward Bench PG 11:00 1-5 1-5 1-2 -4.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4
35 Clarence Weatherspoon Bench PF 25:00 1-7 0-0 2-2 5.5 2.0 6 8 1 0 1 0 1 4
  Team                   12            
        240 32-75 6-20 23-33 89.6 13 33 58 16 21 7 2 17 93
          42.7% 30.0% 69.7%                    

Washington Wizards Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Courtney Alexander
6p, 5r, 2a
Michael Jordan
19p, 5r, 6a
Richard Hamilton
13p, 5r, 1a
Christian Laettner
10p, 4r, 2a
Jahidi White
1p, 4r, 0a
Rotation Chris Whitney
18p, 1r, 4a
 
 
 
 
Tyrone Nesby
9p, 5r, 5a
Kwame Brown
2p, 3r, 0a
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Popeye Jones
13p, 7r, 3a
 
 

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mark Jackson
7p, 5r, 8a
Allan Houston
22p, 6r, 2a
Latrell Sprewell
28p, 5r, 3a
Kurt Thomas
14p, 6r, 1a
Felton Spencer
3p, 3r, 0a
Rotation Charlie Ward
4p, 0r, 0a
 
 
Shandon Anderson
2p, 1r, 1a
Othella Harrington
9p, 12r, 0a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Clarence Weatherspoon
4p, 8r, 1a