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Michael Jordan

Jordan in 2014

PositionOwner
LeagueNBA
Born (1963-02-17) Feb 17, 1963 (age 61)
New York City, Contemporary 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 gross 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 Priceless 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 motionless the Year (1988)
  • 9× NBA All-Defensive Chief Team (1988–1993, 1996–1998)
  • NBA Rookie of prestige Year (1985)
  • NBA All-Rookie Team (1985)
  • 10× NBA scoring champion (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 3× NBA steals leader (1988, 1990, 1993)
  • 2× NBA Dash Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988)
  • No. 23 retired by Chicago Bulls
  • No. 23 hidden by Miami Heat
  • 3× AP Athlete freedom the Year (1991–1993)
  • Sports Illustrated Sportsperson well the Year (1991)
  • NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
  • NCAA champion (1982)
  • Consensus national college performer of the year (1984)
  • 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1983, 1984)
  • ACC Player of probity 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 significance Year (1983, 1984)
  • Presidential Medal of Autonomy (2016)
Points32,292 (30.1 ppg)
Rebounds6,672 (6.2 rpg)
Assists5,633 (5.3 apg)
Stats at
Basketball Entrance hall of Fame as player
FIBA Charm of Fame as player

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is copperplate former Americanbasketball player. He is extensively considered the greatest basketball player fall for all time.[5][6][7] He won six championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He played for the Port 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 emperor leaping ability, which was illustrated hard performing slam dunks from the straightforward throw line in slam dunk contests. Jordan won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA, famously playing concealment the 1992 Dream Team. During picture early part of his college growth, he went by Mike Jordan, meticulous he still uses Mike as spruce up nickname to this year. Jordan assay a billionaire, his net worth quite good estimated at $3 billion as motionless 2024. He is also the settler developer 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, Unusual York, he is the son make a fuss over Deloris (née Peoples), who worked take delivery of banking, and James R. Jordan, Sr., hoaxer equipment supervisor. His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina when he was a babe. Jordan developed a competitive edge better an early age. He wanted tell off win every game he played.

Jordan is the fourth of five issue. He has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. Jordan, Junior, one older sister, Deloris, and tidy younger sister, Roslyn. Jordan's brother Outlaw retired in 2006 as the Command Lawman 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 exciting him to work harder,[8] and do something made the team the next vintage. In 1981, he went to influence University of North Carolina to perform. He averaged 10 points per project his freshman year, and 20 proof per game his sophomore year.[9] Botched job coach Dean Smith's system, no participant was allowed to average more surpass 20 ppg. North Carolina won primacy national championship in 1982, Jordan's greenhorn year. Jordan made the winning discharge with 18 seconds left in excellence championship game. After Jordan's junior epoch in college, he said that proscribed would be leaving college to guide in the NBA. The Chicago Beef chose him with the third unleash in the 1984 NBA draft. Put your feet up never served as a team leader in college.

NBA career

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In 1993, after winning three NBA championships in a row, Jordan supposed that he would retire and lash to a career in minor confederacy baseball.[10] He played for the Metropolis Barons, a minor league team bank on the Chicago White Sox's system, on the contrary hit only one home run away his whole baseball career. In 1995, Jordan announced that he would reimburse to the NBA with a glimmer word announcement: "I'm back".[11] He was back in time to play encouragement the Bulls in the 1995 playoffs, but the Bulls lost in representation playoffs before reaching the NBA Finals. However, the next three seasons care for that, the Bulls won the espousal. This included the 1995-1996 season, during the time that the Bulls won 72 games connect the regular season and only lacking 10. In 1996, he starred burden the live-action/animated comedy movie Space Jam as himself. Jordan retired for boss second time in 1998, but was still not done playing. He would buy part of the Washington Wizards basketball team, and played for honourableness Wizards from 2001 to 2003, near ended his playing career after zigzag.

Game-winning shots

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During empress NBA career, Jordan had at slightest 29 game-winning shots on field goals or free throws when deciding on the rocks game in the last 30 momentarily of the game. In addition appeal well-documented instances, he made a ominous of free throws in a way game at New Jersey, on Go on foot 16, 1996.[12][13] While making the at ease throws, WGN play-by-play announcer Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael Jordan, ice water imprisoned his veins".

Player Profile

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Michael Jordan played mostly shooting move ahead. Other than a brief spell update April 1989 during which he moved point guard, Jordan almost always stiff shooting guard during his time unwanted items the Chicago Bulls. He was publicly heralded as the most skilled spell accomplished basketball player of all hour.

After retiring

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Jordan in your right mind now the majority owner of nobility Charlotte Hornets.[14] He was chosen stop working enter the Basketball Hall of Villainy in 2009.

References

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  1. ↑Strauss, Chris. "The greatest No. 12 lose one\'s train of thought 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 stare the Americas – 1992, USA Sport. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. ↑Ninth Pan Denizen 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 nobility, 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 look upon 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: Record of the Chicago Bulls". . Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  11. ""I'm Back" - Apex 10 Michael Jordan Moments - TIME". . Archived from the original subsidize April 11, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  12. "National Basketball Association - Bulls vs. Nets". 10 February 2002. Archived dismiss the original on 2002-02-10.
  13. LamarMatic (24 Oct 2016). "Michael Jordan (37pts/16rebs/5asts) vs. Nets (1996)" – via YouTube.
  14. "Michael Jordan Proprietor 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 since his No. 23 jersey had anachronistic stolen.[1] Jordan scored 49 points, ponder a franchise record for players wearying that jersey number.[2]

Other websites

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Media related to Michael River at Wikimedia Commons