Salary, expectations increase for Jordan.(SPORTS)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: July 14, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Tom Knott, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

An announcement trumpeting the contract extension of Eddie Jordan will be made by the Wizards this weekend, a team source said yesterday.

Jordan will return to the city tomorrow from Las Vegas, where he has been evaluating the performance of the team's neophytes in the summer league.

The three-year extension came with the vocal support of two-time All-Star Gilbert Arenas.

"I know he's excited," Arenas said earlier this week. "He's taken a team that had been in a playoff drought for many years and got them to the playoffs ...

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