The last hurrah?

According to Steve Wyche of the Washington Post this will be Michael Jordan's last year in the NBA, and there will be no encore.  Michael Jordan announced yesterday that this season will be his last.

"Right now I'm fulfilling my contract," said Jordan, in the last of his two year deal with the struggling Wizards. "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, almost 40, 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."

Sure Michael.  Until your ego once again irritates that infamous itch you seem to get when you have a point to prove.