Wes Unseld

Westley Sissel Unseld (The Wide U, The Oak Tree)

Born: March 14, 1946 in Louisville, Kentucky

Died: June 2, 2020

High School: Seneca in Louisville, Kentucky

College: Louisville

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Franchises

Washington Wizards: May 1, 1996 to January 19, 2000
Washington Wizards: September 26, 2001 to June 30, 2003

Team Records

Team Records Table
			Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W/L%	W > .500	Finish	G	W	L	W/L%	Notes
1996-97	WSB	NBA	82	44	38	.537	3.0	4	3	0	3	.000
1997-98	WAS	NBA	82	42	40	.512	1.0	4	0	0	0
1998-99	WAS	NBA	50	18	32	.360	-7.0	6	0	0	0
1999-00	WAS	NBA	40	12	28	.300	-8.0	7	0	0	0
2001-02	WAS	NBA	82	37	45	.451	-4.0	5	0	0	0
2002-03	WAS	NBA	82	37	45	.451	-4.0	5	0	0	0
Career			418	190	228	.455	-19		3	0	3	.000
1 season	WSB		82	44	38	.537	3		3	0	3	.000
5 seasons	WAS		336	146	190	.435	-22		0	0	0

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.

Washington Wizards Franchise (May 1, 1996 - January 19, 2000)

June 26, 1996: Selected Ronnie Henderson (2nd round, 55th pick) in the 1996 NBA Draft.

July 15, 1996: Traded Mitchell Butler and Rasheed Wallace to the Portland Trail Blazers for Harvey Grant and Rod Strickland.

July 15, 1996: Signed Tracy Murray as a free agent.

July 26, 1996: Signed Lorenzo Williams as a free agent.

September 4, 1996: Signed Ashraf Amaya as a free agent.

October 2, 1996: Signed Matt Fish as a free agent.

October 2, 1996: Signed Jaren Jackson as a free agent.

October 2, 1996: Signed Ben Wallace as a free agent.

October 2, 1996: Signed Richard Petruška.

February 5, 1997: Fired Jim Lynam as Head Coach.

February 5, 1997: Appointed Bob Staak as Interim Head Coach.

February 10, 1997: Hired Bernie Bickerstaff as Head Coach.

February 20, 1997: Signed Gaylon Nickerson to the first of two 10-day contracts.

June 25, 1997: Selected God Shammgod (2nd round, 45th pick) and Predrag Drobnjak (2nd round, 48th pick) in the 1997 NBA Draft.

September 30, 1997: Signed Darvin Ham as a free agent.

October 7, 1997: Signed Charles Shackleford as a free agent.

October 27, 1997: Signed Terry Davis as a free agent.

October 30, 1997: Signed Jimmy Oliver as a free agent.

February 9, 1998: Signed Lawrence Moten to a 10-day contract.

May 14, 1998: Traded Chris Webber to the Sacramento Kings for Mitch Richmond and Otis Thorpe.

June 24, 1998: Selected Jahidi White (2nd round, 43rd pick) in the 1998 NBA Draft.

January 21, 1999: Signed Etdrick Bohannon as a free agent.

January 21, 1999: Signed Jeff McInnis as a free agent.

January 21, 1999: Signed Randell Jackson as a free agent.

January 21, 1999: Signed Ivano Newbill.

March 18, 1999: Signed John Coker to the first of two 10-day contracts.

April 8, 1999: Signed John Coker to a contract for the rest of the season.

June 16, 1999: Hired Gar Heard as Head Coach.

June 30, 1999: Selected Richard Hamilton (1st round, 7th pick) and Calvin Booth (2nd round, 35th pick) in the 1999 NBA Draft.

August 11, 1999: Traded Terry Davis, Tim Legler, Jeff McInnis and Ben Wallace to the Orlando Magic for Isaac Austin.

August 17, 1999: Signed Aaron Williams as a free agent.

August 19, 1999: Signed Jonathan Kerner as a free agent.

September 20, 1999: Signed Gerard King as a free agent.

September 22, 1999: Traded a 2001 2nd round draft pick (Omar Cook was later selected) to the Orlando Magic for Laron Profit.

September 28, 1999: Signed James Collins.

October 1, 1999: Signed Michael Smith as a free agent.

October 1, 1999: Signed Reggie Jordan as a free agent.

Washington Wizards Franchise (September 26, 2001 - June 30, 2003)

June 25, 2002: Traded Courtney Alexander to the Charlotte Hornets for a 2002 1st round draft pick (Juan Dixon was later selected).

June 26, 2002: Selected Jared Jeffries (1st round, 11th pick), Juan Dixon (1st round, 17th pick), Rod Grizzard (2nd round, 39th pick) and Juan Carlos Navarro (2nd round, 40th pick) in the 2002 NBA Draft.

July 18, 2002: Signed Larry Hughes as a free agent.

September 10, 2002: Signed Bryon Russell as a free agent.

September 11, 2002: Traded Hubert Davis, Richard Hamilton and Bobby Simmons to the Detroit Pistons for Brian Cardinal, Jerry Stackhouse and Ratko Varda.

October 1, 2002: Signed Bobby Simmons as a free agent.

October 11, 2002: Signed Charles Oakley as a free agent.

October 24, 2002: Traded Chris Whitney to the Denver Nuggets for George McCloud.

December 27, 2002: Signed Bobby Simmons.

March 1, 2003: Signed Anthony Goldwire to the first of two 10-day contracts.