Michael Jordan wants to own NBA team

Michael Jordan wants to own an NBA team. "I'm being patient, waiting for the right situation," Jordan said. "Basketball is still my passion. If the right situation comes up, it will happen." Jordan, who became one of the world's top sports names while...

Michael Jordan wants to own an NBA team. "I'm being patient, waiting for the right situation," Jordan said. "Basketball is still my passion. If the right situation comes up, it will happen."

Jordan, who became one of the world's top sports names while leading the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles, has been out of the league since being fired from a front-office job with the Washington Wizards in 2003.

Robert Johnson, the NBA's only African-American owner, talked to Jordan last year about a job with the Charlotte Bobcats, an expansion team.

Jordan decided against it, he said, because he wanted to be a majority owner of a team and make the final decisions.

NBA commissioner David Stern has said he would welcome Jordan as a team owner.

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