1989–90 Washington Bullets season

The 1989–90 Washington Bullets season was the 29th season for the Washington Bullets in the National Basketball Association, and their 17th season in Washington, D.C.. The Bullets received the ninth overall pick in the 1989 NBA draft, and selected power forward Tom Hammonds out of Georgia Tech University.

The Bullets got off to a fast start by winning five of their first six games of the regular season. However, they would struggle losing 10 of their next 13 games, but would climb back into playoff connection with a 12–11 record in mid December. However, their playoff hopes faded quickly as they lost 14 of their next 16 games, and held a 18–31 record at the All-Star break. The Bullets finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 31–51 record.

Jeff Malone led the Bullets in scoring averaging 24.3 points per game, while Bernard King averaged 22.3 points per game, and John "Hot Plate" Williams provided the team with 18.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, but went down with a knee injury after only playing just 18 games. In addition, second-year guard Ledell Eackles contributed 13.5 points per game, while Mark Alarie averaged 10.5 points per game, Darrell Walker contributed 9.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and Charles Jones provided with 6.2 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game.

The Bullets finished last in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 458,332 at the Capital Centre during the regular season, which was 27th in the league. Following the season, Malone was traded to the Utah Jazz in a three-team trade, after seven seasons with the Bullets.