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The following is a list of players of the 1997–present Washington Wizards professional American basketball team. Before the 1997–98 season the Wizards were known as the Chicago Packers (1961–1962), Chicago Zephyrs (1962–1963), Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973), Capital Bullets (1973–1974), and the Washington Bullets (1974–1997).
Players who died following the conclusion of their career should not be included. Players are listed with the team for which they last played before death, rather than the team with which the player spent most of their playing career. Basketball teams may honor active players who died by bestowing upon them a posthumous honor of a retired number.
NBA Most Valuable Player. Wes Unseld – 1969; NBA Finals MVP. Wes Unseld – 1978; NBA Rookie of the Year. Walt Bellamy – 1962; Terry Dischinger – 1963; Earl Monroe – 1968; Wes Unseld – 1969; NBA Most Improved Player. Pervis Ellison – 1992; Don MacLean – 1994; Gheorghe Mureșan – 1996; NBA Coach of the Year. Gene Shue – 1969, 1982
The 6-foot-3 left-handed shooter reportedly once received a death threat to deter him from playing in a game for Richland High School.
Susan O'Malley (born November 7, 1961) [1] is an American sports executive. In 1991, she became president of the Washington Bullets team, a member of the National Basketball Association (NBA); then 29 years old, she was the first female president of an NBA franchise, and one of the first women to hold the top front-office position for a major league sports team in North America.
Rasual Butler (born Felix Rasual Cheeseborough; [1] May 23, 1979 – January 31, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. In his 14-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career, he played for the Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards and San Antonio Spurs.
Newman attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge as a freshman in the 1975–76 season and played on the LSU Tigers basketball team. After the year, he transferred to Lake City Community College, where he played one total game in the early part of the 1976–77 season, and then transferred to Grambling State University, where he did not play at all.
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