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Gene Shue is the only Wizards coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award; he won it twice, in 1969 and 1982. [6] No Wizards coach has been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, but four have been elected into the Hall of Fame as a player: Jim Pollard, Buddy Jeannette, K. C. Jones and Wes Unseld.
Jordan was fired as head coach of the Washington Wizards on November 24, 2008, after a 1–10 start. At the time of his firing Jordan was the longest tenured coach in the Eastern Conference and as their coach he guided the Wizards to four straight playoff appearances, advancing only once. He compiled a regular season record of 197–224.
After retiring from the Chicago Bulls in early 1999, Michael Jordan became the Washington Wizards' vice president of basketball operations as well as a minority owner in January 2000. [103] In September 2001, Jordan came out of retirement at age 38 to play for Washington. [104] Jordan stated that he was returning "for the love of the game". [105]
Jordan Poole of the Washington Wizards drives to the basket past LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets in the first quarter at Spectrum Center on Nov. 8, 2023, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s, [10] becoming a global cultural icon. [11] His profile on the NBA website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." [12] [13] Jordan played college basketball with the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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This article is a list of principal owners of National Basketball Association teams. The NBA requires a change in "controlling ownership" to be approved by the NBA Board of Governors, composed of one representative (Governor) from each team. [1] Toronto Raptors owner Larry Tanenbaum has been Chairman of the NBA Board of Governors since 2017. [2]
From secret golf courses and sprawling houses to custom planes, Jordan is clearly enjoying life after hoops. Michael Jordan was the first athlete-billionaire — here's how he makes and spends his ...