Paul Pierce is the Michael Jordan Washington D.C. deserves

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsWelcome to the last hurrah a city signed up for fourteen long years ago.

First things first. Michael Jordan didn't come to D.C. in 2001 to play with the 2014-15 Wizards. He came to play with Kwame Brown instead of Nene, Brendan Haywood instead of Marcin Gortat. Chris Whitney and Courtney Alexander instead of John Wall and Bradley Beal. This was not a team ready to punch its own ticket to the playoffs and everyone knew it.

Still, this was Michael Jordan.

The Wizards sold out endless home games and were national television heavyweights, thanks to His Airness. Every moment became breathless because anything could happen. This was a legend before our eyes and his…