[2][3][4][5][6] In the off-season, the team acquired former All-Star center Kevin Duckworth from the Portland Trail Blazers in a trade involving Harvey Grant,[7][8][9] signed free agents Kenny Walker and undrafted rookie guard Mitchell Butler,[10] and released LaBradford Smith to free agency after seven games, as he later on signed with the Sacramento Kings.
[11] However, Duckworth never lived up to expectations as he struggled with weight problems, where he weighed up to 340 lbs during the season.
[15] Chapman and second-year forward Don MacLean both led the team in scoring with 18.2 points per game each, while MacLean was named Most Improved Player of the Year,[16][17] and second-year star Tom Gugliotta averaged 17.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.
[18] Following the season, Ellison signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics,[19][20] while Adams was traded to the Charlotte Hornets,[21][22] and head coach Wes Unseld resigned after six in a half seasons coaching the Bullets.
[25][26] On January 7, 1994, the Bullets nearly dealt with tragedy as forward Larry Stewart was gagged, shot in the neck, and stabbed in the right thigh by four intruders in his Baltimore county home; he was taken to Baltimore's shock trauma center, where the doctors found that the bullet had passed through his neck, narrowly missing his spinal cord.