In 1963 the franchise moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and became the Baltimore Bullets, taking their name from a 1940s–'50s Baltimore Bullets BAA/NBA franchise and playing home games at the Baltimore Civic Center. Their only season as the Zephyrs boasted former Purdue star Terry Dischinger, who went on to win Rookie of the Year honors. After only one year, the organization changed its name to the Chicago Zephyrs and played its home games at the Chicago Coliseum (Saperstein's ABL Majors prevented the team from playing in the larger Chicago Stadium).
However, it was extremely unpopular since it was the same nickname used by the NFL's Green Bay Packers, bitter rivals of the Chicago Bears. The team's original nickname was a nod to Chicago's meatpacking industry their home arena, the International Amphitheater, was next door to the Union Stock Yards.
Bellamy was named the league Rookie of the Year, but the team finished with the NBA's worst record at 18–62. During the All-Star game, Bellamy represented the team while scoring 23 points and grabbing 17 rebounds. Rookie Walt Bellamy was the team's star, averaging 31.6 points per game, 19.0 rebounds per game, and leading the NBA in field goal percentage. The team now known as the Wizards began playing as the Chicago Packers in 1961, as the NBA's first expansion team, an expansion prompted by Abe Saperstein's American Basketball League. Four players ( Walt Bellamy, Terry Dischinger, Earl Monroe, and Unseld) have won the Rookie of the Year award.įranchise history Team creation Bellamy (#8) averaged 31.6 points per game and 19.0 rebounds per game during his rookie season. Wes Unseld is the only player in franchise history to be named NBA MVP (1969) and Finals MVP (1978). Their best season record, in 1975, was 60–22. The Wizards have played in four NBA Finals they won in 1978. In 1997, they rebranded themselves as the Wizards. In 1973, the team moved to the Washington metropolitan area and changed its name first to the Capital Bullets, then the following season to Washington Bullets. In 1963, they moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and became the Baltimore Bullets, taking the name from a previous team of the same name. The franchise was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers in Chicago, Illinois they were renamed the Chicago Zephyrs in the following season. an arena they share with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Georgetown University men's basketball team. The team plays its home games at the Capital One Arena, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division.
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The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. For the original 1944–1954 Baltimore Bullets ABL/BAA/NBA team, see Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954). This article is about the NBA team that was named the Baltimore Bullets from 1963 to 1973.
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