According to the Washington Post, Washington Wizards swingman Michael Jordan may have to occasionally sit out games because his problematic right knee will not heal without prolonged rest, Coach Doug Collins said today.

"It can be that as the season goes on he doesn't play in back-to-back games," Collins said. "It could be a lot of things like that, where it could be we have to pick and choose the games that he plays. What I'd like to be able to do when he comes back is play him eight minutes a quarter but there's no guarantee that fluid is going to stay out of his knee."

Jordan had an MRI exam on his knee Monday and no structural damage was found. He had fluid drained from his right knee for the second time this season and did not play in tonight's game against the San Antonio Spurs. It was the first time Jordan missed a game because of illness or injury since 1993, when Jordan was with the Chicago Bulls.

Jordan said going on the injured list and missing five games was an option, but it would have been a last resort. "I don't think mentally I can accept that," Jordan said of rehabilitating on the injured list.