Steve Wyche of the Washington Post reports: After this season, Michael Jordan will end his storied 14-year career and call it quits once and for all.

Michael Jordan said yesterday that this season will be his last.

"Right now I'm fulfilling my contract," said Jordan, who is in the final season of a two-year, $2.1 million deal. "At the end of this season I'm not looking to enter another contract. Right now I want to finish this year out and hopefully fulfill my obligations and let this team take its own course."

Jordan said he plans to resume his role as the Wizards' president of basketball operations after the season. However, he did not say whether he would rejoin the Lincoln Holdings minority ownership group, led by America Online executive and Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis. Sources close to Jordan have said that when Jordan stops playing, he plans to repurchase a stake in the team.

Jordan, 39, came out of his second retirement before last season after working as the Wizards' top basketball official since Jan. 19, 2000. He signed a two-year, $2.1 million contract upon his return to the court. Months before his comeback, Jordan said he was "99.9 percent" certain he would not play again, only to restart a career that had been spent exclusively with the Bulls.

"It won't be no points, zero," Jordan said. "It would be 100 percent, I'm sure."