(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1995 1997 2010 2010 – Present New Nickname: Wizards In 1995, owner Abe Pollin announced he was changing the team’s name because Bullets had acquired violent overtones that had made him increasingly uncomfortable over the years, particularly given the high homicide and crime rate in the early 1990s in Washington, D.C. The final straw was …