 After his third retirement , Jordan assumed that he would be able to return to his front office position of Director of Basketball Operations with the Wizards . However , his previous tenure in the Wizards ' front office had produced the aforementioned mixed results and may have also influenced the trade of Richard " Rip " Hamilton for Jerry Stackhouse ( although Jordan was not technically Director of Basketball Operations in 2002 ) . On May 7 , 2003 , Wizards owner Abe Pollin fired Jordan as Washington 's President of Basketball Operations . Jordan later stated that he felt betrayed , and that if he knew he would be fired upon retiring he never would have come back to play for the Wizards . 
 After his third retirement , Jordan assumed that he would be able to return to his front office position of Director of Basketball Operations with the Wizards . However , his previous tenure in the Wizards <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'</mark></a>front office <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> produced the aforementioned mixed results and may <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>have</mark></a> also influenced the trade of Richard " Rip " Hamilton for Jerry Stackhouse ( although Jordan <a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>not</mark></a>technically Director of Basketball Operations in 2002 ) . On May 7 , 2003 , Wizards owner Abe Pollin fired Jordan as Washington <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>President of Basketball Operations . Jordan later stated that he felt betrayed , and that if he knew he would be fired upon retiring he never would <a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>have</mark></a> come back to play for the Wizards . 
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