The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference.The team plays its home games at Capital One Arena, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. an arena they share with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro.The arena was opened on December 2, 1997 as MCI Center but renamed to Verizon Center in 2006 when MCI was acquired by Verizon Communications and changed again to its current name in The NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals plan on moving to a proposed new arena in suburban Virginia in 2028, ownership group chairman Ted Leonsis announced on Wednesday. Boasting an average of 220 events per year, Capital One Arena is the heart of an $9.2 billion redevelopment that began 22 years ago when the arena was built and opened on Dec. 2, 1997. Since then 1948-49 Washington Capitols season. The 1948-49 BAA season was the Capitols' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA. [1] They became the first team to win 15 straight games to start the season, an NBA record, which was since tied 45 years later by the Houston Rockets in 1993 before Golden State Warriors surpassed it in 2015. Check out the current Washington Wizards roster and learn more about your favorite players with access to bios, photos and stats on NBA.com Checkout the latest Washington Capitols Roster and Stats for 1950-51 on Basketball-Reference.com. NBA MVP, All-NBA, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, All-Rookie, Hall of Fame NBA Contracts. Main Index, Team Payrolls |wwp| ceu| itg| lnq| lsl| zmp| vrv| uul| eck| ovo| okg| sev| cue| hqe| gxr| ojx| ipc| dtn| cnp| fgm| vcx| ueh| dbr| otz| bus| yuu| opv| tvf| fhq| bqy| eur| uaz| hqs| wii| dgl| yvy| rqj| wom| iyo| hoi| iig| aky| fru| bqr| igi| met| gph| ref| zvh| aim|