Michael Jordan has retired twice that I know of, but then he came back. The first time was in 1994 when he stopped playing basketball to play baseball for a minor league team called the Barons, but we all know that didnt work out. So then he came back and helped the Bulls beat the Jazz for the NBA championship game in 1996. That brings me up to his second retirement. When he retired the second time he said it was the last time he was retiring. In 1999 Michael bought part of the Washington Wizards. Soon after that he gave up his ownership so he could play ball. So my question is to you do you know when he is going to retire? Is he retiring this year or next year? Nobody knows. So if I were him I would make up my mind and either decide to play or to decide to retire, but if I were to retire I would stay retired and not go back to the game.