![]() In 2010, Jordan took over majority ownership of the Charlotte Bobcats buying the team from owner Robert Johnson. ![]() In 2008, after narrowly missing the play-offs he made the dreadful choice to dismantle a very good team to avoid salary cap issues. The bad decisions and poor team management did not stop there. Someone that has not played up to his potential and is to make $26 million over the next three seasons. His first move in Charlotte was drafting Adam Morrison another mega-bust and trading away a first-round pick to get Tyrus Thomas. Time away from the game did not improve his talent evaluating skills. Jordan joined the franchise in 2006 as managing member of basketball operations for owner Robert Johnson. Out of basketball from 2003 to 2005 the Charlotte Bobcats hired Jordan to run the team. In his three-plus seasons as an executive and player with the Washington Wizards, Jordan's teams were 110-179. Assuming he would get his job back as the team president, but after doing such a terrible job at team management and evaluating talent team owner Abe Pollin dismissed Jordan. After two disappointing seasons with the Wizards Jordan retired for the last time in 2003. The next year he began comeback number three. Seeing the rise of young stars like Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, and Tracy Mcgrady, and the decline of his status as a player Jordan decided he wanted to return to the court. His time running the Wizards began in 2000, and he had the final say in personnel matters, such as drafting mega-bust Kwame Brown with the number one pick in 2001. His record as the president of the Washington Wizards was horrendous. After a brief hiatus from basketball Jordan returned to the NBA in 2000 not as a player, but as part owner and president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards. Labor disputes between NBA players and team owners, and the eventual breakup of the Bulls dynasty were the reasons he called it quits. Leading the Bulls to another three-peat Jordan retired a second time in 1999 ending his career on a high note. He was the star of the team with the greatest record ever, the 1995-96 Bulls, who finished the regular season 72-10, and blew through the playoffs with a 15-3 record, an 87-13 record in one year. He rejoined the Chicago Bulls and eventually helped win the championship that year. In March 1995, however Jordan returned to the basketball court. In a move that shocked the world Michael Jordan decided to retire from basketball to pursue baseball to honor his late father. He lost his father, James, to an act of violence after the end of the 1992-1993 season. Shortly after leading the Bulls to their third consecutive championship Jordan was struck by tragedy. Brand Jordan has grown to become a market leader under Jordan’s creative design input. Created in 1985 Brand Jordan is an innovator of athletic shoes and apparel marketed to the masses. Using his dynamic on court abilities, personal sense of style, and star power Jordan built Brand Jordan. Jordan became a true champion who spearheaded the globalization of the NBA. Jordan was also among the greatest winners in NBA history leading the Chicago Bulls to six titles. 1 points per game, the most in NBA history. He won a record 10 scoring titles, and boasted a career average of 30. Jordan is the greatest scorer the league has ever seen. Individual honors include 10 All-NBA first teams, nine all-defensive first-team, and the NBA’s most valuable player five times. Hard work, dedication, and the desire to be the best Jordan attained many individual accolades through out his career. Jordan burst into the league as a rookie sensation scoring in droves with an unmatchable first step and acrobatic drives and dunks and concluded his career as a cultural icon. Jordan was and is still known for his intense competitiveness and will to win, but that has not translated to his ownership of the Charlotte Bobcats. ![]() The thing that separated Jordan from the rest of the all-time greats was his compulsive need to win. A phenomenal athlete with the unique combination of fundamental soundness, grace, speed, power, artistry, and an unquenchable competitive desire, Jordan single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar. Michael Jordan is arguable the best basketball player who ever played the game.
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