Happy Holidays from CWebb, Juwan and the 1994-95 Bullets
As a '92 grad living in DC, you can imagine how psyched I was when these two guys came to DC.
What might have been . . .
December 22nd, 2021 at 3:38 PM ^
To this day the only NBA basketball game I ever attended was in 1996 when I was 7 years old, the Bullets vs. Celtics in the USair Arena in Northern Virginia. Much of that same team, namely CWebb, Juwan and George Muresan, tallest player in NBA history. I remember asking my dad if the rims were shorter than our rim in our driveway at home.
December 22nd, 2021 at 4:10 PM ^
For the record, USAir Arena was in Landover, MD. My next door neighbor had season tickets with his wife and when she didn't feel like going would take me or one of my brothers. I've never owned a basketball jersey, but to this day whenever I think about buying one, the only one I'd actually want is Webber's from when he was on the Bullets. What a cool player he was.
ETA: The video rules!
December 22nd, 2021 at 9:55 PM ^
You are right. My 7 year old memory deceived me being from NoVa
December 22nd, 2021 at 3:39 PM ^
This was fun. Nice share. Thx!
December 22nd, 2021 at 3:44 PM ^
I loved it - and now realize it featured all 237 Bullets fans.
December 22nd, 2021 at 4:04 PM ^
Is that cabbage, Gheorghe?
December 22nd, 2021 at 8:29 PM ^
Yea, chicks dig it!
December 22nd, 2021 at 4:30 PM ^
Okay, so 2 things immediately spring to mind:
Apparently this is an annual team message, or somehow I randomly had the 2017 version queued up as well?
Also, I understand why they did it, but damn if something didn't die inside me the day they decided to change the name to Wizards.
December 22nd, 2021 at 5:55 PM ^
User name checks out.
December 23rd, 2021 at 2:56 PM ^
"Washington Wizards" has always sounded cringy, like an off-brand version of Orlando Magic.
December 22nd, 2021 at 4:38 PM ^
Wow, they also had Scott Skiles, my all-time favorite Spartan? (Not favorite as in he was a good person, but definitely favorite as, "that guy is an assassin and I wish he were on my my team"). That round-the-back pass in the NCAA tournament game against ... Georgetown, I think, was just eye-popping.
I can see why they didn't do much that year, but ... once you include Cheaney, some serious Big Ten vibes on that team!
December 22nd, 2021 at 4:41 PM ^
Yep, Georgetown. I just checked by typing in Scott Skiles in YouTube, and "Scott Skiles pass" is the first thing that comes up. And in a tournament game! The guy had serious skills.
December 22nd, 2021 at 6:01 PM ^
Also known for telling Antione Joubert “You better lose 20 pounds if you’re gonna guard me, fat boy” before a MSU/UM game, then smoking Joubert for 26. I always thought he was a punk, but I wanted him on my team.
December 22nd, 2021 at 5:11 PM ^
Wasn't Hall of Famer Ben Wallace on that squad as well?
December 22nd, 2021 at 6:58 PM ^
Wallace was a year later.
December 22nd, 2021 at 6:19 PM ^
I had a partial game season ticket package for the Bullets back in the early 90's. Don't remember much about it, but I do remember watching Micheal hit for 50-some points one night. Great time, that was!