I’ve been watching, analyzing, and writing about the Washington Wizards (and Bullets) for a long time, which means I’ve chronicled a lot of failure. It hasn’t all been bad, though. The best run in franchise history was unarguably the 1970s — kickstarted by drafting Wes Unseld with the second overall pick in 1968.
Unseld built a Hall of Fame career, was named to the NBA’s 50 greatest players of all-time team, and was one of only two players to win Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year in the same year. The other guy was Wilt Chamberlain.