[1] The Bullets had the fourth overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft, and selected Rasheed Wallace from the University of North Carolina.
[2][3][4][5][6] During the off-season, the team acquired All-Star guard Mark Price from the Cleveland Cavaliers,[7][8][9][10] acquired Robert Pack from the Denver Nuggets,[11][12][13] and signed free agents Tim Legler,[14][15] Chris Whitney and former Bullets guard Ledell Eackles.
[23][24][25] The Bullets played around .500 for the first half of the regular season, but struggled losing 11 of their 14 games in February, and held a 22–24 record at the All-Star break.
[26] After a 7-game winning streak, the Bullets lost their final four games, and finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 39–43 record, which was an impressive 18-game improvement over their previous season.
Second-year star Juwan Howard averaged 22.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, while Calbert Cheaney averaged 15.1 points per game, and 7' 7" center Gheorghe Mureșan provided the team with 14.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game, and was named Most Improved Player of the Year.