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.
THE VILLAGES — A former director/choreographer for the cheerleading dance team of the NBA Washington Wizards, back in the 1980s when the team was called the Washington Bullets, now enjoys twirling her baton with the Prime Time Twirlers.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:28:13 GMTDespite sporting the worst record in the Eastern Conference, the Wizards did not go into the draft thinking they needed to rebuild.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:06:50 GMTThe parallels are there because Michael Jackson was an entertainer at the top of his game.
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:38:03 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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