11/14 🎂 Stinging Cho Bitch Ass

Michael Jordan's two seasons in Washington get remembered as the asterisk. The numbers say something more interesting. He came back at 38 to a team that went 19-63 the year before. With him in uniform in 2001-02, the Wizards went 30-30. Without him, 7-15. That December he scored 6 against Indiana, his first single-digit game since the Bulls days, and the obituaries started. Two nights later he dropped 51 on Charlotte. The next game, 45 on New Jersey. In 2002-03, at 39, he played all 82 games. He averaged 20.0 points and made the All-Star team. Four days after turning 40, he scored 43 on the Nets. Over the two seasons: 21.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists. Both years the Wizards finished 37-45 and missed the playoffs. The Wizards years didn't add to his legacy. They showed what it was made of. Take away the hops, the first step and the supporting cast, and what's left is the part that never needed any of them. Nobody wants to go out on a 37-45 team. He chose to compete anyway. That's the whole story.