Wes Unseld
American basketball player
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Monroe
- In Earl Monroe
…Monroe teamed with big man Wes Unseld, who joined the Bullets in 1968. They won games, but the story was not Baltimore’s three straight play-off appearances from 1968–69 to 1970–71, including a trip to the 1971 NBA finals. Instead, it was Monroe’s offensive arsenal, one of the first times that…
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Washington Wizards
- In Washington Wizards
Wes Unseld, and Elvin Hayes made the Bullets yearly contenders for the NBA championship. The Bullets finished atop their division six times in that decade and qualified for the playoffs each year, winning their only NBA title in the 1977–78 season. The 1977–78 Bullets team…
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