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Packers. They had this name for only a year before they changed their name to the Zephyrs, and then changed towns and names again. Original name of the Washington Wizards is the Chicago Packers. They became the Chicago Zephyrs the next season. They moved the next season and became the Baltimore Bullets. They became the Capital Bullets and Washington Bullets before becoming the Washington Wizards.

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they used to be called the "Bullets" ----- The Chicago Zephyrs moved to Baltimore in 1963 and became the Baltimore Bullets. They moved to Washington in 1973 and became the Capital Bullets which was changed to the Washington Bullets in 1974. The name was changed to Wizards in 1997.

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In 1995, owner Abe Pollin announced he was changing the team's name because Bullets had acquired violent overtones that had made him increasingly uncomfortable over the years, particularly given the high homicide and crime rate in the early 1990s in Washington, D.C. The final straw was the assassination of his longtime friend, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. A contest was held to choose a new name and the choices were narrowed to the Dragons, Express, Stallions, Sea Dogs, or Wizards. On May 15, 1997, the Bullets officially became the Washington Wizards.

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