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WGN. 1962–63 >. The 1961–62 NBA season was the Packers' 1st season in the NBA. [1] It would also be their only season for the franchise under that name. They would be renamed the Chicago Zephyrs for the 1962–1963 season.
The Chicago Packers entered the league, bringing the number of teams to nine. The NBA schedule was expanded for the third consecutive season. This time it went from 79 games per team, to 80. The Philadelphia Warriors played their final season before their transcontinental relocation to San Francisco for the following season.
The Wizards began playing as the Chicago Packers in 1961, as the NBA's first expansion team, an expansion prompted by Abe Saperstein's American Basketball League. Rookie Walt Bellamy was the team's star, averaging 31.6 points per game, 19.0 rebounds per game, and leading the NBA in field goal percentage. During the All-Star Game, Bellamy ...
The 1961 NBA expansion draft was the inaugural expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 26, 1961, so that the newly founded Chicago Packers could acquire players for the upcoming 1961–62 season. The Packers were the second NBA team from Chicago, after the Chicago Stags, which folded in 1950. [1]
Chicago Packers / Zephyrs regular season record (1961–1963) 43 117 .269 Baltimore Bullets regular season record (1963–1973) 401 412 .493 Capital / Washington Bullets regular season record (1973–1997) 934 1,034 .475 Washington Wizards regular season record (1997–present) 937 1,369 .406 All-time regular season record 2,272 2,815.447
Bellamy played with the Chicago Packers (1961-1962), renamed the Chicago Zephyrs the next season (1962-1963), and then the Baltimore Bullets, [25] for his first four seasons. He was traded from the Bullets to the New York Knicks for Johnny Green, Johnny Egan, Jim Barnes and cash on November 1, 1965. He had been coveted by the Knicks since he ...
1962 →. The 1961 NBA draft was the 15th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on March 27, 1961, before the 1961–62 season. In this draft, nine NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection.
The arena, which seated 9,000, was the first home of the Chicago Packers of the NBA during 1961–62, before changing their name to the Chicago Zephyrs and moving to the Chicago Coliseum for their second season. [10]