wright was selected with the 14th pick overall in the 1976 nba draft by the washington bullets. he played a significant part of the bullets' successful team of the late 1970s, as a substitute. with the bullets he won an nba title in 1978 and reached the finals the next year. after a disappointing season in which they were knocked out from the playoffs by the philadelphia 76ers, he was traded to the detroit pistons, for whom he played only 46 games in two seasons. he decided to move to italy in 1982 and signed with banco di roma.