PHOTO: Wizards unveil new, wizard-less primary logo
It's a brand new day for the Washington Wizards, who are leaving the past behind and embracing a wizard-less future.
The Wizards unveiled a new primary logo on Wednesday, the last day of the 2014-15 regular season, and it features not so much as a wand.
#Wizards Unveil New Primary Logo
Press Release: http://t.co/SFVgzKImKT
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From the team's press release:
The new primary logo incorporates the "monument ball" design that has been in place since 2011 in combination with the iconic striping from the team's uniforms, the three stars that represent D.C., Maryland and Virginia (which are also featured on the apron of center court at Verizon Center) and the team's wordmarks.
The Wizards will continue to prominently use both the monument ball and "DC hands" logos in all collateral materials and will discontinue the use of the "wizard/partial moon" logo that was introduced in 1997 and revamped in 2011.
The dispatching of the wizard-centric logo is mostly a formality, since they'd all but stopped using it anyway, but apparently it was time they made it official.
Washington changed the name of their team from the Bullets to the Wizards in 1997. After 18 years, it seems they've finally grown out of their interest in magic.
R.I.P.
