After two nicknames while playing two seasons in Chicago, the NBA's newest franchise was on the move, heading to Baltimore, where they paid tribute to the city's first NBA team named the Bullets , who got their name because they played in an armory. The original Bullets played in the ABL, and NBA then called the BAA from 1944 until folding during the 1953/54 season.

Along the way, the Bullets took home the second Championship in league history in 1948. The new Bullets were quite different; they were an up and coming expansion team with the two previous Rookie of the Year winners.

After two last-place finishes in Chicago, the Bullets finally escape last place but finish far out of the playoffs with a 31-49 record, which lands them in fourth place in the Western Division.