During the finals, Jordan was spotted at MCI by a journalist, who noticed he looked very tense.
"If you could do it all over, would you trade Frye?" a reporter asked loudly.
Jordan responded coldly, "That's a stupid question!"
Jordan was no longer himself—at least not the person the fans were used to seeing, neither confident nor in control. When discussing his performance as the Wizards' executive and leader, he hesitated, on the one hand acknowledging the poor performance of the team under his management over the last three and a half years, while on the other hand defending his actions, claiming that the young players were "learning" and that trading Yu Fei had been "for systemic reasons."
He reiterated his intention to retake the position of club president. His wording seemed to try to convince people of a fact that did not exist in an objective world—once I'm back upstairs, I will do an outstanding job.
Everyone knew that was not possible.
