Lets see...-He drafted Kwame Brown #1 overall over guys like Pau Gasol, Eddy Curry, Tyson Chandler, Jason Richardson, and Gilbert Arenas. Since then Kwame has shown no signs of greatness.-Traded probably the best player on the Wizards in Richard Hamilton For a declining Jerry Stackhouse. (MJ might not have had anything to do with that)-Drafted Morrison who has been a bust so far in his short career-Traded the rights to Brandon Wright for Jason Richardson with a huge contract.-Waived possibly the best backup point guard in the game today in Brevin Knight.So far he has not made great moves but has a chance and time to prove himself.
With the Wizards, Jordan did do alot of blatanly weird things, but I might be able to see what he was doing with some of them and why he did it. -Kwame Brown was looked at as a great pick prior to the draft, and thought of as a good choice for first overall pick in the draft. I can't really knock him for taking Brown, it just hurts that Brown didn't quite work out. Passing on Gilbert Arenas, every team in the first round did that, can't really fault him for it. Same as Richardson was passed on by 3 other teams and picked at 5 I won't knock him for that passing on him.-Richard Hamilton for Stackhouse trade was a bad trade, and most people could see that. However, maybe he did it because Jordan wanted to win at that time, as opposed to later on, and wanted someone that could create his own shot a little bit better. Hamilton wasn't able to create his own shot off the dribble, instead had to go in motion, and shoot the mid range shot alot off of that motion. A player that was able to create their own shot, was more likely to be able to shoulder a scoring load when things went bad for the team. So I don't really have a problem with that trading, even though it really did work out bad.-Morrison was an obvious pick, as he looked like the best scorer in the draft coming out of college. They needed a scorer on the perimeter, someone that can hit the three ball, as well as someone that can create their own shot off the dribble. So I won't knock him for that draft pick, plus Morrison showed flashes of being able to create, get open shots, and showed he can be a good scorer for the Bobcats last year. We have to give that draft pick time to mature, and get better because it could turn into a good pick.-They needed a quality two guard that can score for them. Richardson did have a bad contract, but the Bobcats have the space to take him, and be able to re-sign Wallace I am pretty sure. So that could give their starting players on the wings Wallace and Richardson, which is more than a good enough duo. Wright could very well end up being a bust, and proving nothing, so I don't see that as being bad just yet.-Waiving Knight was not a complete bad thing. When he was completely not out there, and Felton was running the show as a solo man he was producing much better which lead to the team doing great. Carroll, Wallace, Okafor was all doing very well when Felton was the main man and handling it all himself. He was averaging around 10 assists per game without Knight around, but when Knight came back his production went down. So maybe Knight was having a bad effect on Felton, and not helping him out as much as he could. I don't know that to be a fact, but it could be a reason, in which case it was great completely turning it over to Felton.So while lots of the moves he made ended up not working, I can see why he made the moves. I think it's good he is actively trying to get a winning team. That means he will try anything to get a good deal, and trade about anyone to get that person to help his team.
Yes, Jordan made mistake after mistake when he was on Washington. He put Washington into a 3 year horror streak and just had no idea what he was doing. You forgot to mention that he also drafted Brendan Haywood over Gilbert Arenas and also drafted Jared Jeffries who's offensive game did not transfer to the NBA. When Ernie Grunfield stepped in he turned the Wizards around making them a playoff team in only 2 season.
