Jordan Vandenberg Jordan Vandenberg Jordan Vandenberg (born 25 March 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Nishinomiya Storks of the Japanese B.League second division. He played four seasons of college basketball for North Carolina State University. He also holds a Dutch passport because of his father. Born in Melbourne, Vandenberg played junior basketball for the Waverley Falcons and attended Box Hill Senior Secondary College. In 2008, he accepted a basketball scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) where he went on to represent Australia at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament. He also played 17 games for the
Michael Jordan may have also influenced the trade of Richard "Rip" Hamilton for Jerry Stackhouse (although Jordan was not technically Director of Basketball Operations in 2002). On May 7, 2003, Wizards owner Abe Pollin fired Jordan as the team's president of basketball operations. Jordan later stated that he felt betrayed, and that if he had known he would be fired upon retiring he never would have come back to play for the Wizards. Jordan kept busy over the next few years. He stayed in shape, played golf in celebrity charity tournaments, and spent time with his family in Chicago. He also promoted