What if Michael Jordan and George Shinn had struck a deal three years ago?  Would Jordan be wearing teal right now?  Would their attendance be way up, would a new arena have been approved, and would Louisville be known simply as the city which missed out on the Grizzlies?

"Absolutely," said Johnny Bach, a former Hornets assistant coach who is now a member of the Wizards' staff. "He said, 'I have an itch and it needs to be scratched.' He could have scratched that itch just as easily in Charlotte.... So yes, if he would have bought into them, he would be playing there. And he would have been younger when he did it. It would have happened a few years ago."

A starting lineup of Davis, Jordan, Mashburn, Brown and Cambell.. oh my!  Can anyone say Eastern Conference Champions?