Baltimore’s history with professional sports can best be described as “tumultuous.” The now-Washington Wizards, formerly known as the Baltimore Bullets, left their original city in 1973. Since then, Baltimore has broken even on NFL teams, losing the Colts and gaining the Ravens. MLB’s Baltimore Orioles have also just about broken even in that time, going a combined 3851-3984, just barely shy of a .500 record over the last half-century.
Would the perennially-middling Wizards benefit from a rival team setting up shop 40 miles away in Baltimore?
Since all signs point to Seattle and Las Vegas receiving teams in the next round of expansion, Baltimore’s best hope for an NBA team is relocation of an existing team.