Jordan had the Wizards at 26 wins and 21 losses after the allstar break that first year with the Wizards in 2002 averaging 25 pts , 6 boards , and 5 assists which was amazing in itself at 39 years old. But unfortunately his teammate at power forward Etan Thomas ran into Jordan ramming his knee into Michael's knee which slightly tore the miniscus in MJ's knee. Jordan tried to push through for a time but he had to shut it down and finally had to have off-season knee surgery that next summer. Jordan came back that next year in 2003 and was able to play all 82 games in the regular season and averaged 20 points , 5 boards , and 5 assists at age 39 and 40 years old. It was amazing to see an older Jordan compete against the young NBA superstars of the 2000's like Kobe , Kevin Garnnet , Jason Kidd , Paul Pierce , Tracy McGrady , Vince Carter , Allen Iverson and many others! We also got some great moments from MJ like game winning shots and 40 and 50 plus games as well as making the all star game both years in 2002 and 2003. Had Jordan not injured his knee midway through that first season with the Wizards in 2002 I really believe Jordan would have continued to improve his game and gotten that Wizards team into the playoffs. But again father time is still undefeated and in the end Jordan knew it was time to retire for good at 40 years of age. Basketball without Michael Jordan never seemed right to me and if there were ever a player who deserved to always be playing and somehow not age it would be Michael Jordan. But we live in the real world and sadly nothing lasts forever. But I remember watching those MJ Wizards games and taping them on vhs tape on my old VCR machine and once again MJ thrilled me and the whole world just with his attempt at playing the game he loved at 39 and 40. Don't get it twisted also...Jordan gave those young Allstars of the 2000's a run for their money and gave them the business out there. It was amazing to watch. Jordan really wasn't afraid to bark out their on that court and it was great for players like the great Kobe Bryant to learn and absorb some of Jordan's knowledge out there. It's amazing at 39 and 40 years old in 2 seasons with the Wizards Jordan averaged 20 points , 6 boards , and 5 assists. Those numbers are better than the numbers of some of the young NBA stars while in their prime or even better than their total career stat averages after they finished playing themselves. Michael Jordan man.....the GOAT. 😉😜
@@zelloguy lol you know nothing about the Jordan Wizards Era. The Last Dance was not about the Wizards, that's why it wasn't there. Listen up. 38 yrs old Jordan - averaged same stats as T-Mac in his prime 38 yrs old T-Mac - ESPN analyst Jordan scored 40 or more while shooting 50% in just 8 games of 2 seasons with the Wizards. Kawhi has 6 and Jimmy Butler has 5 IN THEIR CAREERS. He was also the minority owner and Vice President of the Wizards at the time, only took 1mil salary for better salary cap, he just wanted to play, then donated the entire thing for 9/11.
On this 23rd anniv of 9/11 I wanna express appreciation to #23 for donating his ‘01-‘02 salary to the victims, arguably the most thoughtful thing he ever did
Jordan always had this kind of confidence and swag to him that can never be replicated. Unless your kobe bryant(rip) and tried to steal all of his moves. Kobes an all time great in my mind as well. Other than that, there will never be another Michael Jordan Just a straight up stone cold killer on and off the court. Ive always mirrored that same competitve mindset in every sporting event ive ever played my entire life because of Michael Jordan and what he inspired me to be. He will always be the Greatest of all time, 1st ballad hall of famer, and the God aka the 🐐 of basketball. Growing up in the 90s everyone wanted to be like Mike.
Mj missed 20gms that 1st year & Stackhouse,Hughes,Other starters missed allot games 2nd year...They probably make the playoffs both years as a 6 7th or 8th seed both time's...
Rip Hamilton also missed a lot of time that first season. It’s not an exaggeration to think they might get to the ECF in 02. If you look at the east and how the wizards were improving until MJ hurt his knee, it could’ve been a deep run.
people praise Bron for bring that Cavs team above .500 and carrying them to the finals. Jordan woulda done it alone at 38 if he never got hurt. At THIRTY-EIGHT with none of the crazy vitamins and docs they got now. This dude was almost 40 smoking cigars and nearly dragging a NOTHING team to a playoff run as a man coming out of retirement with no advantages guys have today. The GOAT undisputed. Maybe Bill Russell or Kareem but noone else is close.
Such a brain dead take MJ literally doesn’t have a single season with a winning record without Scottie on his team. Please, just stop either the bullshit. MJ was incredible, but without an incredible team, he simply was not a winner. He could get buckets, but not W’s when he had “bad teams”….. NONE of which were as bad as the team Bron carried to his first finals with the Cavs. When Big Z is your best teammate and you make it to the finals….shit. Let alone the teams he had before making the finals. Unfortunately, Lebron simply had an Owner that had absolutely no interest in trying to win. - consider the year he left Cleveland. Damn near the entire league were free agents, Brons like, “who we getting” … no onec im not spending money.., and he said fk this and left. MJ’s teams his first 2 years and last two years were not as bad as brons entire first run with Cleveland ‘03-‘10 What he was able to do with that team has NEVER been done by anyone else.
If MJ would have come back to play with an already decent team, they could have been contenders. He chose to do otherwise, since it was his challenge. People forget that.
think about if he didnt play those two seasons on the wizards what his ppg would be for his career. 55 point game after taking 3 years off at the END with none of the advantages guys like Bron have today. Not a slight on Bron but they have medicine, Docs and vitamins to Take Care of players now more than then.
@@proudiofficialu Jordan fans are disgusting. His wizards days were a failure no matter how people like u try to make excuses or mention what their record was or what he shot from the field
@@bobbyjohnson9409 he’d done everything already. Absolutely nothing to prove. Dumb fucks like you look at this as a failure based off what? Because he wasn’t what he was anymore? He was still better than 85-90% players on one leg from 38-40 years old. The sad part was he was working harder than these young kids and had a better attitude and work ethic.
![Michael Jordan - Presser after last game in Washington [w/ Wizards] (2003)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9Hp2yd9dWfQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Jordan had the Wizards at 26 wins and 21 losses after the allstar break that first year with the Wizards in 2002 averaging 25 pts , 6 boards , and 5 assists which was amazing in itself at 39 years old. But unfortunately his teammate at power forward Etan Thomas ran into Jordan ramming his knee into Michael's knee which slightly tore the miniscus in MJ's knee. Jordan tried to push through for a time but he had to shut it down and finally had to have off-season knee surgery that next summer. Jordan came back that next year in 2003 and was able to play all 82 games in the regular season and averaged 20 points , 5 boards , and 5 assists at age 39 and 40 years old. It was amazing to see an older Jordan compete against the young NBA superstars of the 2000's like Kobe , Kevin Garnnet , Jason Kidd , Paul Pierce , Tracy McGrady , Vince Carter , Allen Iverson and many others! We also got some great moments from MJ like game winning shots and 40 and 50 plus games as well as making the all star game both years in 2002 and 2003. Had Jordan not injured his knee midway through that first season with the Wizards in 2002 I really believe Jordan would have continued to improve his game and gotten that Wizards team into the playoffs. But again father time is still undefeated and in the end Jordan knew it was time to retire for good at 40 years of age. Basketball without Michael Jordan never seemed right to me and if there were ever a player who deserved to always be playing and somehow not age it would be Michael Jordan. But we live in the real world and sadly nothing lasts forever. But I remember watching those MJ Wizards games and taping them on vhs tape on my old VCR machine and once again MJ thrilled me and the whole world just with his attempt at playing the game he loved at 39 and 40. Don't get it twisted also...Jordan gave those young Allstars of the 2000's a run for their money and gave them the business out there. It was amazing to watch. Jordan really wasn't afraid to bark out their on that court and it was great for players like the great Kobe Bryant to learn and absorb some of Jordan's knowledge out there. It's amazing at 39 and 40 years old in 2 seasons with the Wizards Jordan averaged 20 points , 6 boards , and 5 assists. Those numbers are better than the numbers of some of the young NBA stars while in their prime or even better than their total career stat averages after they finished playing themselves. Michael Jordan man.....the GOAT. 😉😜
Did they make the playoffs? No, in a weak ass eastern conference. Get off your knees and stop making excuses
Exactly right if Richard Hamilton wasn't injured they would've won the title that year I truly believe that.
March 19, 1995 - "I'm Back."
October 1, 2001 - "I'm Back...Again." #MJTHEGOAT
One of the greatest moments in NBA history.
Call me dumb but they need to put a wizards team on 2k just for Jordan I'd play with them
Jordan wants you to forget about the Wizards years. Why did you think they avoided mentioning his Wizards years in The last dance?
@@zelloguy I know itd still be cool
@@zelloguy I think espn will make a documentary down the road about it down the road.
@@zelloguy lol you know nothing about the Jordan Wizards Era. The Last Dance was not about the Wizards, that's why it wasn't there.
Listen up.
38 yrs old Jordan - averaged same stats as T-Mac in his prime
38 yrs old T-Mac - ESPN analyst
Jordan scored 40 or more while shooting 50% in just 8 games of 2 seasons with the Wizards. Kawhi has 6 and Jimmy Butler has 5 IN THEIR CAREERS.
He was also the minority owner and Vice President of the Wizards at the time, only took 1mil salary for better salary cap, he just wanted to play, then donated the entire thing for 9/11.
@@zelloguy How come Jordan wants us to forget?
Greatest player of all time
WOW thanks for this!
Thanks for sharing this.
On this 23rd anniv of 9/11 I wanna express appreciation to #23 for donating his ‘01-‘02 salary to the victims, arguably the most thoughtful thing he ever did
Just imagine barkley had come back, too.
Jordan always had this kind of confidence and swag to him that can never be replicated. Unless your kobe bryant(rip) and tried to steal all of his moves. Kobes an all time great in my mind as well. Other than that, there will never be another Michael Jordan Just a straight up stone cold killer on and off the court. Ive always mirrored that same competitve mindset in every sporting event ive ever played my entire life because of Michael Jordan and what he inspired me to be. He will always be the Greatest of all time, 1st ballad hall of famer, and the God aka the 🐐 of basketball. Growing up in the 90s everyone wanted to be like Mike.
🐐
MY GOAT❤
GOAT.💪🏀🐐
What if Barkley came back with him
Barkley knew he was too fat. MJ lost 30 pounds in the summer to come back.
@@Zeus0886 what if Barkley lost 50 pounds
By that point Barkley was comfortable with his job at TNT
Did they mentioned Barkley in this press conference?
@@zelloguy Chuck losing weight at that point, no shot. God damn in his prime was he ever good tho.
MJ knew he wasn’t gonna be the Bulls version of himself. Honestly I don’t think anyone expected him to be.
Mj missed 20gms that 1st year & Stackhouse,Hughes,Other starters missed allot games 2nd year...They probably make the playoffs both years as a 6 7th or 8th seed both time's...
isn't that fucking crazy to think about
Rip Hamilton also missed a lot of time that first season. It’s not an exaggeration to think they might get to the ECF in 02. If you look at the east and how the wizards were improving until MJ hurt his knee, it could’ve been a deep run.
@@JCR1992 now I’m not saying the wizards would’ve have won, But they definitely would’ve have at least got into the playoffs getting to the 2nd round
@@Micheck-1MJ doesn’t ever have a winning record without Scottie, so I doubt it
people praise Bron for bring that Cavs team above .500 and carrying them to the finals. Jordan woulda done it alone at 38 if he never got hurt. At THIRTY-EIGHT with none of the crazy vitamins and docs they got now. This dude was almost 40 smoking cigars and nearly dragging a NOTHING team to a playoff run as a man coming out of retirement with no advantages guys have today. The GOAT undisputed. Maybe Bill Russell or Kareem but noone else is close.
all that shooting over 40% at 38-40
Bullsh*t
What advantage did he not have? What crazy vitamins? What docs? Lmao y’all ability to run with a narrative is insane.
Please, he would not have any answers against Kobe and Shaq if he went to the finals that year.
Such a brain dead take MJ literally doesn’t have a single season with a winning record without Scottie on his team. Please, just stop either the bullshit.
MJ was incredible, but without an incredible team, he simply was not a winner. He could get buckets, but not W’s when he had “bad teams”….. NONE of which were as bad as the team Bron carried to his first finals with the Cavs. When Big Z is your best teammate and you make it to the finals….shit. Let alone the teams he had before making the finals.
Unfortunately, Lebron simply had an Owner that had absolutely no interest in trying to win. - consider the year he left Cleveland. Damn near the entire league were free agents, Brons like, “who we getting” … no onec im not spending money.., and he said fk this and left.
MJ’s teams his first 2 years and last two years were not as bad as brons entire first run with Cleveland ‘03-‘10
What he was able to do with that team has NEVER been done by anyone else.
Let’s get a 2003 Nba2k wiz team on there
I think you can in the new 2K24
If MJ would have come back to play with an already decent team, they could have been contenders. He chose to do otherwise, since it was his challenge. People forget that.
Who's here after the Antoine Walker story?
Kochanie fowsterd kolezanki da ..care for them .
Only MJ could of done this past his prime & still play at a high level! 🐐🤙🏾
Its like jordon was a god and came down to play with mortals
But never had a winning record without Scottie on his team 😅
What a sweetheart
A shark
Worst decision Jordan ever made.......the two years he should have played were 1994 and 1995, instead.
I wish he would’ve. Or at least if he got to play until 2000 with the bulls with the team intact.
@@JCR1992that's if the bulls dynasty lasted that long,it would've kept pippen out of Houston and Portland those seasons
The League would've favored the Bulls those 18 months
@@aarontrainor9918No it wouldn’t have. Pip was criminally underpaid and would have left regardless
@@JCR1992it wouldn’t have been. Scottie was criminally underpaid and eventually they would have left for money along with others, while they could.
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What a sorry years for those young guys of the Washington wizards . Playing with an old ball hog .
U stupid asf must be a leflop fan boy
literally was shooting over 40% and putting in the work, guy was old on a nothing team putting in the minutes and still scoring. Stop hating weirdo.
think about if he didnt play those two seasons on the wizards what his ppg would be for his career. 55 point game after taking 3 years off at the END with none of the advantages guys like Bron have today. Not a slight on Bron but they have medicine, Docs and vitamins to Take Care of players now more than then.
@@proudiofficialu Jordan fans are disgusting. His wizards days were a failure no matter how people like u try to make excuses or mention what their record was or what he shot from the field
@@bobbyjohnson9409 he’d done everything already. Absolutely nothing to prove. Dumb fucks like you look at this as a failure based off what? Because he wasn’t what he was anymore? He was still better than 85-90% players on one leg from 38-40 years old. The sad part was he was working harder than these young kids and had a better attitude and work ethic.