Tyson Chandler, one of the Bulls high school rookies, has a poster of Jordan on his wall at home in California.  While at work he looks to the rafters and sees the famous #23 hanging.  He has played against his idol at Hoops the Gym, even cheating on a play to block his shot, and now he'll get the opportunity to do it for real in an actual NBA game.  "I'm excited because this will give me a chance to play against the greatest player ever," said Chandler.  "He'll always be my idol. He wouldn't make this decision if he didn't think he could come back and be the player that he was."

"It's going to be wild?MJ, in a Wizards uniform?" Ron Artest said.

"I was [in awe] when I first started playing [at Hoops] with him," Marcus Fizer added. "I didn't know how physical to be with him and stuff like that.

Jamal Crawford, a favorite teammate of Jordan's in pick-up games before tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, said Jordan will surprise any doubters.

Eddie Robinson made a special trip to Hoops the Gym to meet his idol and participate, but never got in.