Jordan coming back into the league a bad idea
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by user Rizzo42789
When Bob Johnson sold a portion of the Charlotte Bobcats to NBA legend Michael Jordan, everyone seemed pleased Jordan had finally found his way back to the NBA. But the league may be making a mistake by encouraging Jordan, arguably the NBA's best and most popular player ever, to make another come back.
Remember what happened last time a team trusted Jordan with being the president of basketball operations? The Washington Wizards allowed Jordan to make personnel decisions he drafted high schooler Kwame Brown with the no. 1 overall pick. Brown had a terrible attitude and struggled to adjust to the NBA level of play and was traded to the Lakers after four seasons.
The Wizards record during Jordan's tenure was 110-179 and did a horrible job picking coaches. His first choice, college coach Leonard Hamilton had no pro experience and struggled through a 19-63 season and was fired by Jordan after the season. Then Jordan hired Doug Collings who had two consecutive seasons of 37-45, out of the playoffs, despite the fact Jordan was the teams star player.
Jordan messed up the team by bringing in veterans instead of trying to build a team through the draft. And now he takes over a Charlotte Bobcats organazation which has been around for less than five years. The roster features former NBA rookie of the year Emeka Okafor who has performed well at the pro level. Raymond Felton and Sean May are two prospects who could develop into a good, young team.
But if Jordan decides to mess with the team chemistry like he did in Washington, expect his run as president of basketball operations with the Bobcats will be short. His first draft will be crucial to how the young franchise will develop over the next few years.
Jordan's reentry is also bad idea because the NBA is saying the league cannot function without him. During this season television ratings went up due to the performance of young stars such as Carmello Anthony, Dwayne Wade and Lebron James. With Jordan coming back it will be nearly impossible to avoid having to listen to Wade and James being compared to Jordan.
I think Jordan will struggle and hurt the franchise, he should stay in the owner's box and leave the personnel choices to real general managers. You know the ones who can find talent all over the country and do not depend on their reputation as a player (Isiah Thomas as well) to score them jobs.
Date
Sat 06/24/06, 5:36 am EST
