Bullets Forever · Sep 11, 2024
Who are the top coaches in Wizards/Bullets history?
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. Not too shabby.
Elvin Hayes was the number one overall pick that year, and he was a central figure in that best run in team history.