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The franchise was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers in Chicago, Illinois; they were renamed the Chicago Zephyrs in the following season. In 1963, they moved to Baltimore, Maryland , and became the Baltimore Bullets , taking the name from a previous team of the same name .
0–9. 1961–62 Chicago Packers season; 1962–63 Chicago Zephyrs season; 1963–64 Baltimore Bullets season; 1964–65 Baltimore Bullets season; 1965–66 Baltimore Bullets season
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
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).
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 original Bullets were the last defunct team to leave the NBA, having folded during the 1954–55 season, and are the only defunct team to have won an NBA championship. The Chicago Stags, the Indianapolis Olympians, the Cleveland Rebels, the Packers, and the Red Skins qualified for the playoffs in every year they were active in the league.
Washington Wizards lists (4 P) Pages in category "Chicago Packers" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.