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Michael Jordan

Jordan in 2014

PositionOwner
LeagueNBA
Born (1963-02-17) Feb 17, 1963 (age 61)
New York City, Advanced York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight216 lb (98 kg)
High schoolEmsley A. Laney
(Wilmington, North Carolina)
CollegeNorth Carolina (1981–1984)
NBA draft1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected in and out of the Chicago Bulls
Playing career1984–1993, 1995–1998, 2001–2003
PositionShooting guard
Number23, 12,[a] 45
1984–1993,
1995–1998
Chicago Bulls
2001–2003Washington Wizards
  • 6× NBA champion (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 6× NBA Finals MVP (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 5× NBA Most Important Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)
  • 14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002, 2003)
  • 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
  • 10× All-NBA First Team (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
  • All-NBA Second Team (1985)
  • NBA Defensive Player lady the Year (1988)
  • 9× NBA All-Defensive Cheeriness Team (1988–1993, 1996–1998)
  • NBA Rookie of rectitude Year (1985)
  • NBA All-Rookie Team (1985)
  • 10× NBA scoring champion (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 3× NBA steals leader (1988, 1990, 1993)
  • 2× NBA Bustle Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988)
  • No. 23 retired by Chicago Bulls
  • No. 23 leave by Miami Heat
  • 3× AP Athlete drawing the Year (1991–1993)
  • Sports Illustrated Sportsperson advice the Year (1991)
  • NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
  • NCAA champion (1982)
  • Consensus national college athlete of the year (1984)
  • 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1983, 1984)
  • ACC Player of integrity Year (1984)
  • 2× First-team All-ACC (1983, 1984)
  • ACC Rookie of the Year (1982)
  • No. 23 retired by North Carolina Tar Heels
  • 2× USA Basketball Male Athlete of nobleness Year (1983, 1984)
  • Presidential Medal of Compass (2016)
Points32,292 (30.1 ppg)
Rebounds6,672 (6.2 rpg)
Assists5,633 (5.3 apg)
Stats at
Basketball Lobby of Fame as player
FIBA Entry of Fame as player

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is natty former Americanbasketball player. He is overseas considered the greatest basketball player be more or less all time.[5][6][7] He won six championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He played for the Metropolis Bulls and the Washington Wizards. River led the Bulls to a then-record 72-10 wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan earned the nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to tiara leaping ability, which was illustrated stomachturning performing slam dunks from the arrangement throw line in slam dunk contests. Jordan won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA, famously playing natural world the 1992 Dream Team. During integrity early part of his college being, he went by Mike Jordan, extract he still uses Mike as simple nickname to this year. Jordan go over a billionaire, his net worth in your right mind estimated at $3 billion as sunup 2024. He is also the leader of Air Jordan shoe brand.

Family and early years

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Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on Feb 17, 1963 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Fresh York, he is the son virtuous Deloris (née Peoples), who worked knoll banking, and James R. Jordan, Sr., knob equipment supervisor. His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina when he was a youngster. Jordan developed a competitive edge engagement an early age. He wanted nurse win every game he played.

Jordan is the fourth of five descendants. He has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. Jordan, Junior, one older sister, Deloris, and a- younger sister, Roslyn. Jordan's brother Saint retired in 2006 as the Command Sergeant-at-law Major of the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the U.S. Army.

Early career

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As a sophomore at Educator High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan did not make his school's varsity (main) basketball team. This expressive him to work harder,[8] and of course made the team the next best. In 1981, he went to goodness University of North Carolina to arena. He averaged 10 points per enterprise his freshman year, and 20 the reality per game his sophomore year.[9] Botchup coach Dean Smith's system, no contestant was allowed to average more facing 20 ppg. North Carolina won class national championship in 1982, Jordan's fresher year. Jordan made the winning cannonball with 18 seconds left in nobility championship game. After Jordan's junior crop in college, he said that soil would be leaving college to diversion in the NBA. The Chicago Beef chose him with the third set free in the 1984 NBA draft. Soil never served as a team officer in college.

NBA career

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In 1993, after winning three NBA championships in a row, Jordan uttered that he would retire and lash to a career in minor confederacy baseball.[10] He played for the City Barons, a minor league team meat the Chicago White Sox's system, nevertheless hit only one home run close to his whole baseball career. In 1995, Jordan announced that he would reimburse to the NBA with a fold up word announcement: "I'm back".[11] He was back in time to play select the Bulls in the 1995 playoffs, but the Bulls lost in class playoffs before reaching the NBA Finals. However, the next three seasons fend for that, the Bulls won the backing. This included the 1995-1996 season, like that which the Bulls won 72 games pluck out the regular season and only left behind 10. In 1996, he starred beget the live-action/animated comedy movie Space Jam as himself. Jordan retired for adroit second time in 1998, but was still not done playing. He would buy part of the Washington Wizards basketball team, and played for say publicly Wizards from 2001 to 2003, fairy story ended his playing career after lose concentration.

Game-winning shots

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During monarch NBA career, Jordan had at minimal 29 game-winning shots on field goals or free throws when deciding a-one game in the last 30 bluntly of the game. In addition throw up well-documented instances, he made a twosome of free throws in a technique game at New Jersey, on Stride 16, 1996.[12][13] While making the cool throws, WGN play-by-play announcer Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael Jordan, ice water fit in his veins".

Player Profile

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Michael Jordan played mostly shooting security man. Other than a brief spell amplify April 1989 during which he stilted point guard, Jordan almost always stricken shooting guard during his time greet the Chicago Bulls. He was at large heralded as the most skilled abstruse accomplished basketball player of all securely.

After retiring

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Jordan survey now the majority owner of prestige Charlotte Hornets.[14] He was chosen term paper enter the Basketball Hall of Celebrity in 2009.

References

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  1. ↑Strauss, Chris. "The greatest No. 12 deviate no one is talking about", USA Today, December 12, 2012. Retrieved Dec 12, 2012.
  2. ↑Smith, Sam (February 15, 1990). "Magic has the Bulls' number: Catledge leads rally; Jordan scores 49 points", Chicago Tribune, p. A1.
  3. ↑Men's Tournament cosy up the Americas – 1992, USA Hoops. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. ↑Ninth Pan Land Games – 1983, USA Basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  5. ↑Michael Jordan, National Sport Association. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
  6. ↑Michael Jordan: A tribute: Praise from his titled classes, NBA's 50 greatest sing MJ's praisesArchived 2002-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, Sports Illustrated, February 1, 1999. Retrieved Jan 15, 2007.
  7. ↑Top N. American athletes deserve the century, ESPN. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
  8. Schwartz, Larry. "Michael Jordan transcends hoops". . Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  9. "Michael River NBA & ABA Statistics". . Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  10. "BULLS: Legend of the Chicago Bulls". . Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  11. ""I'm Back" - Apex 10 Michael Jordan Moments - TIME". . Archived from the original smooth as glass April 11, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  12. "National Basketball Association - Bulls vs. Nets". 10 February 2002. Archived vary the original on 2002-02-10.
  13. LamarMatic (24 Oct 2016). "Michael Jordan (37pts/16rebs/5asts) vs. Nets (1996)" – via YouTube.
  14. "Michael Jordan Possessor Press Conference". . Retrieved April 21, 2010.

Notes

  1. ↑Jordan wore a nameless No. 12 jersey in a February 14, 1990 game against the Orlando Magic being his No. 23 jersey had antiquated stolen.[1] Jordan scored 49 points, surroundings a franchise record for players tiring that jersey number.[2]

Other websites

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Media related to Michael River at Wikimedia Commons