ruland took over the starting power forward spot for the 1982–83 nba season, and continued to back up at center for washington. his 55% shooting and 11 rebounds per game ranked him, respectively, 10th and 8th place league-wide. leading coach gene shue's balanced team in scoring as well, ruland earned a spot in the nba all-star game that year. with the same record as the year before, the bullets did not make the playoffs this time.