Washington Wizards 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
Sadly for the Washington Wizards and their fans, this year is more of the same in a nightmare that seemingly won’t end. Last year was a catastrophe for the Wizards. Washington went from being a mediocre team to one of the worst in NBA history, with a final win percentage of .183. It was the Wizards' worst campaign since their founding in 1961. The unfortunate Brian Keefe took over as interim head coach and was given the full-time tag by season’s end. This is his first NBA head coaching assignment. It might be his last.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Washington Wizards NBA Betting Lines
As the All-Star break approaches, the Washington Wizards are 8-41 straight up, 19-29-1 against the spread, and 24-24 over/under the total. Washington is 15th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Washington is 32.5 games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Washington has NBA metrics of 27th for scoring offense, 29th for field goal percentage, 29th for 3-point field goal percentage, 17th for free throw percentage, and 17th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Wizards have NBA metrics of 30th for scoring defense, 25th for field goal percentage permitted, 19th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 30th for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
In 2023-24 SF Kyle Kuzma led the Wizards with 22.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. Kuzma was the 27th overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft out of Utah by the Brooklyn Nets. Kuzma played on the 2020 NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers and was on the 2018 NBA All-Rookie First Team. So far this season he is averaging 15.2 points per game.
SG Jordan Poole averaged 17.4 points per game last year. Poole was the 28th overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft out of Michigan by Golden State. He played for the 2022 Golden State Warriors NBA championship team. So far this season, Poole is averaging 20.3 points per game.
Head Coach
Wes Unseld Jr was fired as head coach after a 7-36 start to the 2023-24 season. Brian Keefe was the interim coach. He has been a career NBA assistant since 2007. Keefe was named permanent coach after going 8-31 and will remain for the upcoming season.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
15 |
67 |
5th, Southeast |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
35 |
47 |
3rd, Southeast |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
35 |
47 |
4th, Southeast |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
34 |
38 |
3rd, Southeast |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (76ers) |
| 2019–20 |
72 |
25 |
47 |
3rd, Southeast |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
32 |
50 |
4th, Southeast |
Did Not Qualify |
Washington Wizards History
The Washington Wizards have a pretty interesting history. They were the first expansion franchise in the NBA, joining the league as the Chicago Packers in 1961. They had NBA Rookie of the Year Walt Bellamy in their first season, but they only managed to win 18 games. The team changed its name to the Zephyrs the following year, but that didn’t improve its record or attendance much, so the franchise relocated and became the Baltimore Bullets.
A change of scenery wasn’t immediately beneficial to the franchise. The Baltimore Bullets went seven years without finishing over .500, but that allowed the team to draft star players. They selected Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe as the No. 2 overall pick in the 1967 NBA Draft, and they followed that up by taking Wes Unseld, No. 2 in the 1968 NBA Draft. Monroe and Unseld immediately led the franchise to a 57-25 record in their first season together, and they went on to make the NBA Finals in 1971 and 1975. Unfortunately, they lost in both of those NBA Finals appearances.
This franchise made another move during its halcyon years. The Bullets became the Capital Bullets in 1973 and then changed their name to the Washington Bullets the following year. They continued to be very competitive and then finally broke through in 1978. The Washington Bullets beat the Seattle Supersonics in a seven-game series to win the NBA Finals, thanks to Unseld and Elvin Hayes. They faced Seattle in a rematch the following year, but the Supersonics were too much.
Washington has not advanced to the conference finals since that point. The franchise has won just five playoff series since 1979, and they haven’t won 50 or more games in a season since then, either. They changed their name to the Washington Wizards in 1997, but that’s about the only thing they have done of note. This has been an absolutely moribund franchise for over 40 years, and it doesn’t look like things are getting better any time soon.
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