Those who say they don't want to see a Jordan comeback are being shortsighted. My only concern is that Shaq and Kobe will scare him away. I've always believed Jordan would return, eventually. Those who want him to sit quietly in a front office likely are the same ones who celebrated his incomparable competitiveness as a player. Jordan didn't leave the game because he was ready to leave.
Unchallenged domination gets boring, as it did for Jordan.
No one knows if Jordan can regain his form, but we do know he was barely past his peak when he left. With the Wizards, Jordan probably wouldn't get a shot at the Lakers, but he'd get a shot at Allen Iverson and Vince Carter, and could legitimize them just by losing to them. He'd get a chance to reinvent himself as an underdog. Bob Wojnowski's column appears regularly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.