I used to love Jordan when he played for the Bulls in the 90's, but I quit watching after his first retirement. I recently started watching NBA again, and I was thinking, why did Jordan come back and play for he Wizards? It seems like it would have been nice to be a one team career guy. Would the Bulls not take him back? Were the Wizards contenders?
Jordan was a part of the front-office staff for the Wizards at the time. He felt like suiting up could help the team.
I guess that makes sense. Do people generally feel this tarnished his legacy?
oops. sorry for the double post.
He was part owner of the Wiz. I think he held an office position too. Anyway, he was very hands on. This was before Arenas was good and he didn't feel like they were playing to their potential, so he decided to show them how it's done. I don't think he realized how much he was going to miss that half-step he lost.
MJ played for the Wizards because we didn't want him anymore in Chicago. He took his ego and his idea that he could be a good coach and GM to the Wizards. We were happy to see him leave. What dis he do for us anyway.
As mentioned, he was a part owner of the Wizards. The value of his stake in the team went way up when he suited up. Therefore, his investment made a ton of money when he sold it. Also, he had a huge ego and realized that he was still better than 90 percent of the guys in the league at the time. He is probably still better than half the NBA today. Either way, it was an egotistical move on his part, with a little business savvy sprinkled in.
He might have been better than half the league when he played for the Wizards but not in his current condition.
a bunch of bull(s) fans wrote:
MJ played for the Wizards because we didn't want him anymore in Chicago. He took his ego and his idea that he could be a good coach and GM to the Wizards. We were happy to see him leave. What dis he do for us anyway.
are you stupid.. he won your worthless city 6 championships. He was the only person to play and retire a jersey. Then come back and still play and dominate. Only person better is Mr. 66 Mario Lemieux
When you dig up a 1.5 year old thread please turn your sarcasm detector on.
To comment on this old thread, if you quit watching after his first retirement then you missed him win three more Championships with the Bulls.
I don't see how the Wizards time tarnished his image.
People came and paid to watch him play.
As a 40 year old, he had nine 30 point games and three 40 point games in the NBA.
They sold out every single home game and overall they were the second most watched team in the NBA even though they were not a playoff team.
You ungrateful fool. You should be sending that man nothing but respect for actually making the Bulls a world wide known team. Your just trashing him because the last banner that will be hung had a lot to do with his hard work and talent. He averaged 20 ppg in his two years as a Wizard. You’d be a fool to think he tarnished his legacy by not retiring as a Bull. He was a legend by the time he retired for the first time. He is a very smart businessman.....I’ll give anyone six guesses why he didn’t tarnish his legacy. Don’t worry I’ll wait.
BMcDougald wrote:
You ungrateful fool. You should be sending that man nothing but respect for actually making the Bulls a world wide known team. Your just trashing him because the last banner that will be hung had a lot to do with his hard work and talent. He averaged 20 ppg in his two years as a Wizard. You’d be a fool to think he tarnished his legacy by not retiring as a Bull. He was a legend by the time he retired for the first time. He is a very smart businessman.....I’ll give anyone six guesses why he didn’t tarnish his legacy. Don’t worry I’ll wait.
I'm so confused by this post.