I don’t think Jordan doesn’t want to be out on the court. I f that was the case, why would he be pushing Collins to start him instead of having him come off the bench.
What is so horrible about living up to the terms of your contract? Given how shockingly rare a thing that is in todays pro sports society, I think Jordan should be given at least a small bit of credit.
More importantly, Jordan beleives that he can play at a level that is acceptable to him, if he didn’t think he could, then he would have actually retired instead of syaing he was going to at the end of the season.
Elwoodcus, Abdul-Jabbar isn’t going to hold the scoring record for very much longer, Karl Malone is going to overtake him.
Legacy. He doesn’t want to be remembered as the player who couldn’t walk away and just faded into obscurity as a sixth man.
He doesn’t have to worry about the health of his knee, since he’s not going to be playing next year.
He hates to lose to much that he’s willing to take valuable playing time away from the younger players (who will be around next year) just so he can try to carry another team.
Take a look at the how the Wizards were last year with him, and their phenomenal collapse at the end without him. If he demands the sort of playing time he was getting in Chicago, next year is going to be really painful for Washington.
Let me put it this way … If you’re Michael Jordan, you know that question is going to be asked. The least you can do is put it a bit more of a diplomatic touch to it. “I’m just playing out my contract” indeed. How about letting someone who wants to play on the court, instead of just playing because you’re supposed to?
How intelligent do you really think it is to introduce the concept that Jordan is logical about retiring?
For very much longer? Dude, unless Malone has 3K-point seasons, the record’s gonna last until 2004 or 2005, easy:) And that’s even assuming Malone lasts that long.
Wow. I’m amazed everyone is so lackluster about Mr. Jordan. So, yep, he’s gone thru the in and out’s…He’s pushing forty. I know, because he was a classmate of mine at UNC-CH, and in HS in Wilmington. I well remember those glory UNC days, and, that man changed the way the game was played! He brought hang-time to a beautiful reverie moment! All commonplace now, but he had a world to do with it.
Being a concurrent 40, yeah, time for the body to slow down. Looking forward to his wayward grin in whatever he does now.
