After being on the sidelines for the past two months Jordan watch will officially resume on Saturday.  This is when, Josh Barr of the Washington Post is reporting, Michael Jordan is expected to resume workouts in preparation for a potential second season of MJ Comeback III.

Jordan was forced to undergo arthroscopic surgery on the knee on February 27, returning to the Wizards line up only three weeks later against the advice of many.  Some believe Jordan?s early lead to inevitable problems later on which forced him to abandon the Wizards long shot at making the playoffs, choosing to sit out the remainder of the year (seven games) to rehabilitate.

Barr writes that it is unclear if Jordan plans on returning to the Washington Wizards next season, his trainer Tim Grover saying Wednesday that an announcement on Jordan?s status will likely be made in the next two weeks, but that may not include a decision on next season.  

Jordan has been in Chicago during the off season according to a Wizards spokesman, and does not have imminent plans to travel to Washington.

At the time of the surgery on the right knee Jordan discussed having a similar procedure performed on his left knee to avoid any similar problems in the future, but to this point nothing has been done.

How long will the free agent boycott of Chicago last, asks Rick Morrissey of the Chicago Tribune.  It has been long rumored that Chicago is not a destination that free agents prefer due to the presence of Jerry Krause, but for how long will this reason be a viable one?

Morrissey believes the center of the Bulls woes is no one less than Michael Jordan, the superstar who build the Bulls and has been keeping them destroyed after whispering trash about the Bulls into free agents' ears.  Players, it is reported, do not want to come to Chicago because of what happened to Jordan.  Do they mean the $30 million he received from Krause and the Bulls in each of his last two seasons?

It was Jordan who vowed he would never play for another coach other than Phil Jackson.  It was Jackson who labeled 1998 as ?The Last Dance?, confirming that it was the team?s last run during the Grant Park celebrations after their sixth championship.  And need we forget Scottie Pippen?s  ?I?ll never wear a Bulls uniform again? comment quarter of the way through the 1997-98 season whilst out with a bad back?  It certainly doesn?t sound like it is entirely Krause?s fault.

NBA free agents need to wake up and smell the roses.  Jordan was able to ignore Krause and he did fine.  This young Bulls team already has Jalen Rose signed through to 2007 and they have two young, potential superstars in Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry, so their future is blindingly bright.  As they say money is money, and the Bulls have a cool $5.5M of it for the right person(s).

Michael Jordan hasn't spoken publicly since five weeks ago, when a knee injury ended his season and the Wizards playoff chances.  Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post has a lot questions and MJ has disappeared.   What does MJ think of the Wizards? season now that it?s completed?  Was Jordan satisfied or disappointed?  How does MJ think Doug Collins fared in his first year as head coach?  

Is Jordan sitting at home, second-guessing himself for playing so many minutes?  Is he thinking if he just listened to those who told him to play 30-minutes a night instead of 40 a night before his knee came out, would the Wizards still be alive in the playoffs?  Speaking of MJ?s health, how are his knees doing?  And does he plan to play next season?

Now well into the second month of MJ?s last game, he still isn?t talking.  MJ?s silence has started the Wizards? offseason on an odd note.  Because Jordan is technically just a ?player? he isn?t supposed to speak for the team when it comes to personnel and management decisions.  However, he can speak for himself, and MJ?s silence once again raises questions about whether he?s suited, or committed, to running a franchise.  The man whose opinion carries the most weight in any franchise should not go silent for long periods during the offseason.  
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