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CHICAGO – JUNE 16: Michael Jordan #23 of the Chicago Bulls celebrates with cigar after winning the 1996 NBA title against the Seattle SuperSonics in Game Six of the 1996 NBA Finals at the United Center on June 16, 1996 in Chicago Iillinois. The Bulls won 87-75. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1996 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

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CHICAGO – JUNE 16: Michael Jordan #23 of the Chicago Bulls celebrates with cigar after winning the 1996 NBA title against the Seattle SuperSonics in Game Six of the 1996 NBA Finals at the United Center on June 16, 1996 in Chicago Iillinois. The Bulls won 87-75. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1996 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Many consider his NBA record enviable. He has won six NBA rings throughout his career. He has the highest career PPG in the entire league’s history, with the number being 30.1.
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However, his playing days with the Washington Wizards are much less known. He had spent the last two years of his career there but nobody talks about it much.
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One of his teammates there, Larry Hughes recently gave an interview on the Hoops Hype podcast. He recounted a very funny incident Johnson had with a mother and her child there. Hughes was talking about the crazy fan incidents he had seen when Jordan was playing alongside him.
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He said, “We were out at an event where they had families and kids around. We were doing some pictures and some autographs and things of that nature. M had a cigar deal and he would always have a cigar, whether it was lit or not lit. But I can remember that, at this occasion, the cigar was lit. There was this mom who wanted her kid to take a picture with MJ and she did not care that he had this stinky cigar that was lit.”
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He added, “She forced her kid into MJ’s hands and basically forced the picture. I don’t know if this picture is still around or what, but there should be a picture around of MJ with a 12-to-18-month-old baby with a cigar in his hand. Those were two things that stood out to me.”
Michael Jordan and his stint with the Washington Wizards

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Wizards star Michael Jordan watches Denver’s Kenny Satterfield during the first period of last nights game between the Denver Nuggets and the Washington Wizards. (Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post) (Photo By Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Jordan’s stint with the Wizards was unremarkable to say the least. He had just come out of his second retirement to play with the team in 2001. The expectations were very high as it was with him. But it wasn’t to be as his performances disappointed everyone. He averaged 23 and 20 ppg which would have been great for any average player but for Jordan; it was a step-down.
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It wasn’t the player fans were used to seeing. The Wizards finished 37-45 during each of Jordan’s two years in a Wizards uniform. They never made the playoffs. After spending two years there, he retired from the game for good.
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It was not to be for Jordan and the Wizards as he ended his career being the greatest but not being able to lead the team to the playoffs and the championship.
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