Let’s face it, since winning the NBA championship in 1978, the Washington Wizards franchise hasn’t given their fan base a lot to cheer for.
Since the likes of Wes Unseld, Bob Dandridge and Elvin Hayes led the team to their only title, the team has failed to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. It’s been even longer since they’ve recorded more than 50 wins in a season. Suffice to say, there have been more downs than ups.
The recent history of the Wizards particularly highlights this. When you bring up the Washington franchise to most fans, lowlights like the Gilbert Arenas/Javaris Crittenton gun situation, wasting lottery picks on Jan Vesely and Kwame Brown, DeShawn Stevenson’s one-sided beef with LeBron James and JaVale McGee’s weekly appearances on “Shaqtin’ a Fool” often overshadow whatever good the team does on the floor.