The Washington Wizards is a professional basketball team based in Washington Garett Bolles Limited Jersey , D.C. They are amongst seven teams in the Atlantic Division of the eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise plays in the Verizon Center also known as "The Phone Booth" and wears jerseys of red, white and blue.
The Wizards started its NBA adventure in the 1961-62 season. They were then called Chicago Packers and they managed to win only 18 games in their first season. They changed their name to the Zephyrs in next season. Then in 1963, they became the Baltimore Bullets as the franchise moved to Baltimore, Maryland. The 1964-65 NBA season saw first success for the team and they reached the playoffs for the first time. In the following season, the Bullets advanced to the Western Conference Finals but lost to Los Angeles Lakers.
The Washington Wizards have won NBA championship in 1978. They defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in 7 games and brought a professional sports championship to Washington D.C. for the first time in 36 years. They were the forerunners of that era as they also won four Conference titles in 1971 Courtland Sutton Limited Jersey , 1975, 1978 and 1979 and seven Division titles.
The Washington Wizards saw many modifications in their team, team jerseys and logos in years to come. The biggest of them came on May 15 1997, when the Bullets officially changed their logo and name to Washington Wizards. They entered the 1979 NBA Playoffs and finished the regular season at 54?28. In the playoffs the Bullets nearly blew a 3-1 series lead against the Atlanta Hawks, but managed to hold off the Hawks in 7 games.
This was the time when the Wizards started declining in their game and wins and didn?t advance to the playoffs for several years. They made some very good trades but in vain. A major transition came for the Wizards when in January 2000; Michael Jordan became the Washington Wizards? president of basketball operations and minority owner. He dissociated himself from the ownership net year in 2001 and returned as player but he soon left the team because of internal some issues. The Wizards Bradley Chubb Limited Jersey , however, didn?t showed improvement in their ratings and continued to miss important games.