We’ve known that the Wizards would be the 27th team to add a G League affiliate since June but the organization revealed the name of the minor league squad – the Capital City Go Go – in the middle of their Friday night contest.
At the time of the initial announcement we learned that the new club will play in southeast Washington, D.C. and that the team’s stadium will also serve as the home arena for the city’s WNBA squad. The building will also include a practice facility for the Wizards.
As the Wizards’ official site touches on in their press release for the occasion, having an affiliate so close to the big league squad makes assigning and recalling players on short notice more feasible. In the last few seasons we’ve seen clubs fully utilize their affiliates to get young, developing players extra reps while also keeping them involved with the NBA franchise.
On top of that, NBA squads have started to use their G League affiliates to rehabilitate injured players as the Bulls and Spurs have done with Nikola Mirotic, Zach LaVine and Tony Parker as recently as this week.
With the addition of the Go Go to the G League’s stable of affiliates, only the Trail Blazers and Nuggets are left without one. Technically the Pelicans lack one, too, but they’re looking to rectify that.
Capital City Go Go? What the heck kind of stupid name is that?
Go Go is a musical style native to the DC area.
I dig the name cause at least it reflects the city.
That makes sense thanks Jeff
There’s a swingin’ town I know called Capital City.
Come on blazers and nuggets get a team
Well we have a new champion for stupidest name ever.
Go! Go! Go go!
Anyone from the area? How far is it from the wizards stadium?
That is so dumb
Being from the DC area I like the name. If I wasn’t from the area I probably wouldn’t. Go Go is a style of music unique to DC, I think the local market will like it and the rest won’t or at least won’t understand it. Who really cares though it’s a G League team. It’s about as important as the professional tennis team the Washington Kastles.
I think having the local community like it is key. I mean, it’s not like minor league affiliates sell a lot of gear out side of their area (with a few exceptions).
Washington has a difficult mascot and color scheme to work with graphically– wizards, red&blue– and now must deal with “go go”!
General grumpage: Having an affiliate team in the same city deprives another city (i.e., Baltimore, Norfolk, etc.) and makes the affiliate look like a JV team. Might as well schedule them as an undercard!