The National Basketball Association's franchise located in Washington, DC, USA, the Wizards were founded in 1961. They won an NBA Championship in 1978, when they were known as the Washington Bullets. Hall Of Famers to play for the franchise include Walt Bellamy, Elvin Hayes, Earl Monroe and Wes Unseld. Other notable players to have played for the franchise include Manute Bol, Bernard King and
Michael Jordan.
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Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:25:33 GMTCoach Eddie Jordan was generally pleased with what he saw during the Washington Wizards' training camp this past week in Richmond, but he had a few things he wanted to work on at the first post-camp practice.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:48:51 GMTGuard Gilbert Arenas spent most of last night's Washington Wizards scrimmage sitting on the white team's bench and then on the black team's bench. He walked from one to the other with a bag of ice wrapped around his left knee. Center Brendan Haywood wasn't available, either, courtesy of a sprained right wrist. He was sent back to Washington and will miss at least another week of the preseason.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:23:36 GMTFriday night presented the younger members of the Washington Wizards an opportunity to prove themselves against the veterans one final time, and they did just that, beating their counterparts 77-66 in an intrasquad scrimmage at Virginia Commonwealth University's Siegel Center.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:01:12 GMTEtan Thomas finished practice with the Washington Wizards yesterday at the Siegel Center, sat down on a trainer's table and addressed matters of the heart. There's the physical part: Thomas, a 6-10 backup center, is returning after missing last season because of heart surgery to repair a leaking aortic valve. And the feeling part: Thomas is passionate in his social and political views.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:27:50 GMT
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The franchise has gone through many name changes. They started as the Chicago Packers (1961-1962) and then became the Chicago Zephyrs
(1962-1963). Then they moved to Baltimore, where they became the Baltimore Bullets (1963-1972). Moving to Washington, DC, they became the Capital Bullets (1973-1974) and then the Washington Bullets (1974-1997) before changing their name again in 1997 to the Washington Wizards to move away from the violent overtones of the Bullets name.
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