2017–18 Washington Wizards season

The 2017–18 Washington Wizards season was the 57th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 45th in the Washington, D.C. area. The Wizards played their home games at newly named Capital One Arena.

They finished the regular season with a record of 43–39, which clinched the 8th seed. In the playoffs, the Wizards faced the top-seeded Toronto Raptors in the First Round, and lost in 6 games.

This would be the final season until 2021 that saw the Wizards qualify for the playoffs, and remains the last season when the Wizards achieved a winning record.

Previous season

The Wizards finished the 2016–17 season 49–33 to finish in first place in the Southeast Division. They received the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs where they defeated the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the playoffs, winning the series 4–2. In the Conference semifinals, they were defeated 4–3 by the Boston Celtics.

Offseason

Draft picks

The Wizards did not select anyone in the draft, having traded both picks earlier in the year.

The Wizards traded their first-round pick (No. 22 overall) to the Brooklyn Nets on February 22, along with Andrew Nicholson and Marcus Thornton, in exchange for both Bojan Bogdanović and Chris McCullough.
The Wizards traded their second-round pick (No. 52 overall) to the New Orleans Pelicans on June 21 (the night before the NBA Draft), in exchange for Tim Frazier.