They traded Rasheed Wallace for Rod Strickland. It made sense then because the Wizards had Chris Webber and were desperate to do something quick to nullify the fallout from Howard's leaving. It was a bad idea to again trade big for small, and old for young, and I urged the Wizards not to re-sign Richmond. Jordan has no blame there. But as bad as the team was last year, it's worse this year.
Offense is skill, but defense is desire.
His defenders say he can't change the team because of these onerous contracts. Of course he knew. Michael Jordan does his homework. Lately, Jordan hasn't been as optimistic about the Wizards. The next game, they lost at home to the Clippers, blowing a 19-point lead in the fourth quarter.