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The Washington Wizards are a National Basketball Association team based in Washington, D.C..
- Founded: 1961
- Formerly known as: Chicago Packers, Chicago Zephyrs, Baltimore Bullets, Capital Bullets, Washington Bullets
- Home Arena: MCI Center
- Uniform colors: Blue, White, Gold, and Black
- Logo design: A blue stylized wizard standing in front of a gold crescent moon and star
- NBA Championships: 1978
1 Franchise history
The team now known as the Wizards started as the Chicago Packers in the 1961-62 season. The next season, they changed their name to the Zephyrs. And the season after that, they moved to Baltimore, Maryland and became the Baltimore Bullets, no relation to the old '40s Bullets. In 1973, the team moved to Landover, Maryland and became the Capital Bullets, and they changed their name to the Washington Bullets the next season.
On May 15, 1997, the Bullets officially unveiled their new name and logo. They had changed it because the name "Bullets" was apparently too violent. Also that year, they moved to the new MCI Center in Washington, D. C.
2 Players of note
2.2 Not to be forgotten
- Manute BolManute Bol is a Sudanese/ American basketball player and activist. At a height of 7'7" (2. 31 m), he is, along with Gheorghe Muresan, the tallest player ever to appear in the National Basketball Association. He played for 11 years for the Washington Bulle
- Bob Dandridge
- Juwan HowardJuwan Antonio Howard (born February 7, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an NBA player and a member of the University of Michigan "fab five" (along with Chris Webber and Jalen Rose). He left Michigan after his junior year (but graduated on time), and was take
- Gus JohnsonGus Johnson was a professional basketball player for the NBA Baltimore Bullets. He died in 1987. Johnson, Gus.
- Michael JordanMichael Jeffery Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former National Basketball Association player, by many accounts the best in history. An unstoppable force at both ends of the floor, Jordan ended a career of 15 full seasons with a regular-season scorin
- Bernard King
- Gheorghe MuresanGheorghe Muresan (born February 14, 1971) is a former NBA player. A 7'7 1/2" (2. 31m) center, Muresan is one of the two tallest men to ever play in the NBA, Manute Bol being the other. Muresan is a native of Romania. He also dabbled in acting, receiving g
- Chris WebberMayce Edward Christopher Webber III better known as Chris Webber (born March 1, 1973), is a professional basketball player in the NBA. College career After graduating from Detroit Country Day School, he went to college at the University of Michigan for tw
- Rasheed WallaceRasheed Wallace (born September 17, 1974) is a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He currently plays power forward for the Detroit Pistons. Originally drafted from the University of North Carolina by the Washington Bull
- Ben WallaceBen Wallace (born September 10, 1974 in White Hall, Alabama) is a basketball player in the NBA. He went to college at Virginia Union, a Division II school. Wallace was not drafted to the NBA, but was signed as a free agent by the Washington Bullets on Oct
- Phil Chenier
2.3 Retired numbers
- 11 - Elvin Hayes
- 25 - Gus JohnsonGus Johnson was a professional basketball player for the NBA Baltimore Bullets. He died in 1987. Johnson, Gus.
- 41 - Wes Unseld
