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===1997β2001: Rebranded as the Wizards=== The newly named Wizards began the 1997β98 season playing five home games at the [[Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)|Capital Centre]] before moving to the new MCI Center on December 2, 1997.<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/> The Wizards finished the season with a {{Win-loss record|w=42|l=40}} record including four straight victories to end the season but just missed the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/standings?Season=1997-98|title=1997-98 NBA Regular Season Standings|work=NBA|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213094237/https://www.nba.com/standings?Season=1997-98|url-status=live}}</ref> Highlights of the season included [[Chris Webber]] leading the team in scoring (21.9 ppg) and rebounding (9.5 rpg). Strickland led the league in assists (10.5 apg) before suffering an injury near the end of the season. He was also named on the All-NBA Second Team. Tracy Murray averaged 15.1 ppg off the bench including a 50-point game against Golden State. Off-court distractions led to the trade of Webber to the [[1998β99 Sacramento Kings season|Sacramento Kings]] for [[Mitch Richmond]] and [[Otis Thorpe]] in May 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/05/15/webber-traded-to-sacramento/55b294a5-ed9a-41db-8dc0-0623453790ed/|title=WEBBER TRADED TO SACRAMENTO|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 15, 1998|access-date=December 13, 2022|last=Bucher|first=Ric|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114211854/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/05/15/webber-traded-to-sacramento/55b294a5-ed9a-41db-8dc0-0623453790ed/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Wizards finished the lockout-shortened season of [[1998β99 Washington Wizards season|1998β99]] with a record of {{Win-loss record|w=18|l=32}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/standings?Season=1998-99|title=1998-99 NBA Regular Season Standings|work=NBA|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213094238/https://www.nba.com/standings?Season=1998-99|url-status=live}}</ref> Mitch Richmond led the team in scoring with a 19.7 ppg average. In the [[1999β2000 Washington Wizards season|1999β2000 season]], the Wizards finished with a {{Win-loss record|w=29|l=53}} record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/standings?Season=1999-00|title=1999-00 NBA Regular Season Standings|work=NBA|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213094237/https://www.nba.com/standings?Season=1999-00|url-status=live}}</ref> Mitch Richmond led the team with 17.4 ppg. In the [[2000β01 NBA season|2000β01 season]], under newly hired coach [[Leonard Hamilton]], [[1999 NBA draft]] pick [[Richard Hamilton (basketball)|Richard Hamilton]] led the team in scoring with 18.1 ppg, but the team finished with a {{Win-loss record|w=19|l=63}} record, the most losses the team had ever suffered in one season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/standings?Season=2000-01|title=2000-01 NBA Regular Season Standings|work=NBA|access-date=December 13, 2022|archive-date=December 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213094246/https://www.nba.com/standings?Season=2000-01|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 23, 2001, the Wizards were involved in a blockbuster trade days before the trading deadline. The team sent [[Juwan Howard]], [[Obinna Ekezie]] and [[Calvin Booth]] to the [[2000β01 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas Mavericks]]. In return, Washington received [[Hubert Davis]], [[Courtney Alexander]], [[Christian Laettner]], [[Loy Vaught]] and [[Etan Thomas]] along with $3 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/2001/0222/1102754.html|title=Mavs, Wizards complete eight-player deal|work=ESPN|agency=The Associated Press|date=February 23, 2001|access-date=December 13, 2022|location=Washington|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404030716/https://www.espn.com/nba/news/2001/0222/1102754.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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