{"id":4846,"date":"2010-02-04T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/02\/how-the-bullets-became-the-wizards.html"},"modified":"2010-02-04T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:00:00","slug":"how-the-bullets-became-the-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/02\/how-the-bullets-became-the-wizards\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Bullets became the Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/14521456320\/\" title=\"old Washington Bullets trucker hat\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3865\/14521456320_f480f81517_b.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"old Washington Bullets trucker hat\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/dcsportsbog\/2010\/02\/why_abe_pollin_went_from_bulle.html\"><b>Why Abe Pollin went from Bullets to Wizards<\/b><\/a> &#8211; DC Sports Bog, <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dan Steinberg<\/span> goes into the archives and puts together a timeline of the Washington Bullets changing their name to Wizards.<\/p>\n<p>As I have said before, if <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ted Leonsis<\/span> does acquire the team, the name &#8220;Wizards&#8221; stays because Leonsis has so much respect for Pollin. The colors will change back to red, white and blue, but perhaps not until the team is ready to be good again.<\/p>\n<p>For the record, Dragons would have been a good name since they play in Chinatown, but what is done is done.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\u00a9MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Abe Pollin went from Bullets to Wizards &#8211; DC Sports Bog, The Post Dan Steinberg goes into the archives and puts together a timeline of the Washington Bullets changing their name to Wizards. 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