Retired Numbers
Westley "Wes" Unseld
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Wes Unseld played his entire career moving from city to city. For the same team. Unself played for the Bullets his entire career, but that didn't stop him from travelling to Baltimore, Landover and Washington. In 1968 he became just the 2nd person to win both the Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season (The first being Wilt Chamberlain). He won the first and only championship in team history in 1978 against the Seattle SuperSonics. Shortly after retiring from basketball Unseld's number was retired by the Washington organization. In 1996 he was named one of the NBA's 50 greatest players of all time
Gus Johnson
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Gus Johnson played 9 seasons with the Bullets and his last season split between the Phoenix Suns and the Indiana Pacers. Johnson finished runner up for the Rookie of the Year trophy in his rookie season after an outstanding showing. Gus Johnson was abnormally tall for this time frame standing at 6'6", 235 pounds, he was one of the few basketball players in this time to play above the rim. After trading for Elvin Hayes and drafting Kevin Porter, Johnson became expendable and was traded to the Phoenix Suns to finish his last NBA season. Injuries shortened Johnson's career to 10 seasons. Because of this he still has not been inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame, and at this time many doubt he ever will be inducted. Gus Johnson developed inoperable brain cancer and would later die at the age of 48.
Elvin "The Big E" Hayes
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In 1972 Elvin Hayes was traded to the Baltimore Bullets where he teamed up with Hall-Of-Famer Wes Unseld to form an unstoppable force. His 18.1 rebounds per game marked the third highest average since Wilt Chamberlain retired in 1973. Unseld and himself later led the Bullets (now of Washington) to the finals to beat the SuperSonics. During the run he averaged 21.8 points per game and 12.1 rebounds per game in only 21 games. The next year he set the record for most rebounds in an NBA Finals game with 11.