National Basketball Association

For 1st time in club history, Wizards make no draft picks

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 5:56 p.m. ET

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WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Wizards sat out the NBA draft entirely, the first time in the franchise's 55-year history that the team did not make a selection.

The Wizards entered Thursday's draft without a pick because they had traded two away.

The club's first-round choice, No. 13 overall, was sent to Phoenix in the deal that brought forward Markieff Morris to Washington in February. The second-rounder went to Atlanta in the 2015 draft-day swap that landed rookie Kelly Oubre Jr.

Washington had always taken at least one player in each draft, even after it was cut to two rounds in 1989.

Last season, the Wizards went 41-41 and missed the playoffs, finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference. Coach Randy Wittman was fired and replaced by Scott Brooks.