Capital City Go-Go | |
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Conference | Eastern |
League | NBA G League |
Founded | 2018 |
History | Capital City Go-Go 2018–present |
Arena | Entertainment and Sports Arena (2018–present) |
Location | Washington, D.C. |
Team colors | Navy blue, red, white [1] |
President | Michael Winger |
Team manager | Amber Nichols |
Head coach | Cody Toppert |
Ownership | Monumental Sports & Entertainment |
Affiliation(s) | Washington Wizards |
Website | capitalcity |
The Capital City Go-Go are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Washington, D.C., and are affiliated with the Washington Wizards. The Go-Go play their home games at the St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment.
In December 2017, the Washington Wizards unveiled the Capital City Go-Go's name and released their logo. The team's name alludes to the go-go music genre that emerged in Washington, D.C., in the mid-1960s to late 1970s. [2] On August 7, 2018, the Washington Wizards named Pops Mensah-Bonsu as general manager and Jarell Christian as head coach. [3] After one season, Christian joined the Wizards as an assistant coach and was replaced by Ryan Richman. [4] Following the pandemic-curtailed 2019–20 season, Pops Mensah-Bonsu left the team. [5] The Go-Go were one of several teams to opt out of the abbreviated 2020–21 bubble season in Orlando, and the Wizards came to an agreement to loan players to the Erie BayHawks. [6] The Wizards then assigned Amber Nichols as Capital City's general manager and to work alongside their players with the BayHawks, becoming the second woman to hold that position in the G League after the College Park Skyhawks' Tori Miller. [7]
Season | Division | Conference | Regular Season | Postseason Results | |||
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Finish | Wins | Losses | Win % | ||||
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2018–19 | Southeast | Eastern | 2nd | 25 | 25 | .500 | |
2019–20 | Southeast | Eastern | 2nd | 22 | 21 | .512 | Season cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic |
2020–21 | Opted out of single-site season | ||||||
2021–22 | – | Eastern | 4th | 21 | 10 | .677 | Won Conference Quarterfinal (College Park) 131–122 Lost Conference Semifinal (Raptors 905) 126–131 (OT) |
2022–23 | – | Eastern | 3rd | 19 | 13 | .594 | Won Conference Quarterfinal (Fort Wayne) 101–87 Lost Conference Semifinal (Delaware) 99–104 |
2023–24 | – | Eastern | 4th | 20 | 14 | .588 | Lost Conference Quarterfinal (Long Island) 118-120 |
Regular season record | 107 | 83 | .563 | ||||
Playoff record | 2 | 3 | .400 |
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# | Head coach | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | ||||||
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G | W | L | Win% | G | W | L | Win% | ||||
1 | Jarell Christian | 2018–2019 | 50 | 25 | 25 | .500 | — | — | — | — | |
2 | Ryan Richman | 2019–2020 | 43 | 22 | 21 | .512 | — | — | — | — | |
3 | Mike Williams | 2021–2023 | 63 | 40 | 23 | .635 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | |
4 | Cody Toppert | 2023–present | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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