Jordan announces that he will play for the Washington Wizards at the MCI Center in October 2001. (Getty Images/Mark Wilson)

If you grew up in the 1990s, you probably went through—at least briefly—a phase in which you idolized Michael Jordan. Even for committed Chicago Bulls haters, Jordan’s gifts on the basketball court were unimpeachable. (Assuming, of course, that you omit all the traveling violations that scads of NBA referees generously ignored.)

But, Space Jam aside, perhaps the most enduring moment of his playing career came in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, when he arched a jump shot over the Utah Jazz to seal the Bulls’ sixth championship with just six seconds remaining. Not long after, he made his graceful exit.

And then Jordan got bored during his second retirement and re-emerged as the general manager and part-owner of the Washington Wizards. In that role, he eventually decided he still had some playing days remaining and, pushing 40, he suited up in the Wizards’ then-teal uniforms. Also, he switched from shooting guard to small forward. The Wizards weren’t great in the two seasons that Jordan played, but, hey, it was Air Jordan at the MCI Center, so who really cared?

Anyway, with Jordan turning 50 on Saturday, here are his best and worst on-court moments as a Washington Wizard.

BEST: On December 27, 2001, with the Wizards facing the Charlotte Hornets, Jordan bounced back from an ugly six-point performance the game before by posting up a whopping 51 points. Sure, it’s a number that Kobe Bryant and other players have eclipsed several times in subsequent years, but those guys didn’t do it at age 38, like Jordan was at the time. The NBA is a young man’s league and Jordan, with nearly two full decades on some of his colleagues, still proved he was the best to ever play.

WORST: Jordan, perhaps out of nostalgia, was picked for the Eastern Conference’s team to the 2002 NBA All-Star Game. Whatever, the annual event is nothing more than a shoot-around with minimal defense, so an old guy like Jordan (who was then 39 years old), was not facing anything drastic. Anyway, at one point during the game, Jordan got the ball on a breakaway. He headed down court, leaped up for a signature out-stretched dunk, and clanked it something fierce. You don’t get to be on the Tune Squad if you’re missing dunks!