Washington Wizards

Also known as Chicago Zephyrs, Chicago Packers, Baltimore Bullets, Capital Bullets, Washington Bullets, The Wiz

National Basketball Association team in Washington, D.C.

AI overview

The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team represents Washington, D.C. and competes against other NBA franchises for the league championship.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Washington Wizards is referenced by 3,536 other articles, and connects out to Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks and All-NBA Team.

It is catalogued under topics including 1961 establishments in Illinois, Basketball teams established in 1961 and Monumental Sports & Entertainment.

Its subject is documented across 68 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Official website: www.nba.com/wizards

Show 3 more facts

Commons category: Washington Wizards
inception: 1961-00-00
social media followers: 60400

Sources (8)

via Wikidata · CC0

~40 min read

Encyclopedic overview

The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Capital One Arena, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. an arena they share with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Georgetown University men's basketball team. The team is owned by Ted Leonsis through Monumental Sports & Entertainment.

The franchise was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers in Chicago; they were renamed the Chicago Zephyrs in the following season. In 1963, they moved to Baltimore, and became the Baltimore Bullets, taking the name from a previous team of the same name. 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 1997, they rebranded themselves as the Wizards.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washington Wizards” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.