After taking on the role of owner and team operations manager of the Washington Wizards in 2000, he once again returned to the sport he loved due to dissatisfaction with the team's performance. September 2001 On March 25, he signed a two-year contract with the Wizards at the veteran's minimum salary.

Jordan brought his old coach from the Bulls, Doug Collins, in the hope of pulling this team out of the swamp of a bad team. Unfortunately, although The Wizards qualified for the playoffs, but failed to make it to the playoffs for two years. However, Jordan still left many great moments. He scored 40 points in the 2002-03 season when he was just over 40 years old. .

In 2001, Jordan, then the chairman of the Wizards, walked out of his office and returned to the basketball court. Due to age, his skills were not as good as before. Despite the injury, Despite the torture, he still scored almost 23 points per game. Despite the pain (especially the knee injury), he was still an important member of the team.

Jordan wore special designs in the 02-03 season Sneakers that can reduce knee pressure, he returned to the court healthy. This time, he averaged 20 points per game. That year, he played his last All-Star Game. After the season, he met the fans for the third time They said goodbye.

At the beginning of the 01-02 season, Jordan donated 1 million US dollars to help those victims of the 9/11 incident.

Out of respect for Jordan, even though he never played for a Florida team, the Miami Heat retired his No. 23 jersey on April 11, 2003. This is Miami Heat 15 The jersey was retired for the first time in the team's history. Half of the jersey was Wizards blue and the other was Bulls red.

The battle in Philadelphia was the last game of Jordan's career. On April 16, 2003, in limited playing time, Jordan scored 15 points but failed to help the Wizards win. The last 1:44 seconds , Jordan made his last two free throws, and the audience applauded enthusiastically for 3 minutes. Unfortunately, the Wizards still failed to make the playoffs.

In the 2004-05 season, the Wizards without Jordan broke out of the siege and entered the playoffs. In the playoffs, the Bulls were eliminated in the first round, and the Heat were kicked out of the game after being swept in the second round.

He left the court as a player and returned to the front office. He looked at these young superstars and was convinced that the NBA was working well. In his book - The Game I Love: My In the story (For the Love of The Game: My Story), he wrote: "There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player in this world. I have never believed that there is one greatest player. Everyone lives in a different era. I stand on the shoulders of those who came before me and contributed my talents. I believe that "greatness" is a process of continuous evolution from period to period. Without Julius Erving, David Thompson, Walter Davis, and Elgin Baylor, there would be no Miachael Jordan. .I evolved from them".

Jordan loved proving his naysayers wrong. During a game against the Utah Jazz, Jordan dunked a dunk over guard John Stockton, and a Jazz fan shouted "You can throw a big one!". On the next possession, Jordan put one over the head of 6-foot-11, 285-pound center Melvin Turpin, and then asked the fan: "Is this big enough?"