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Defiant MJ has that look again

By David Aldridge
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, October 2, 2001

He was Defiant MJ. Which means these won't be your father's Washington Wizards. I expected Michael Jordan to announce his return to hoops with some whimsy, some sense of his own athletic mortality. Some golly-gee talk. Like, 'well, I know what I said before, but you know, things change. Got tired of Pebble Beach. Boy, I sure hope I can hold my own against Kobe and McGrady.' You know, low expectations. What was I thinking? There was none of that in Washington on Monday. ...

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