Michael Jordan and the Washington Wizards' minority owner, Ted Leonsis, are expected to dine tonight in the Washington area, a supposedly gentlemanly affair with only one detail at stake: perhaps the future of Jordan with the team, a franchise he and his legions feel he rescued from the N.B.A.'s scrap heap.

Though Jordan and Leonsis get along famously, the team's ownership is generally displeased about the direction Jordan has taken the Wizards the past three seasons, according to two team officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. It has raised speculation that the Wizards and Jordan may part ways as early as tomorrow.