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Michael Jordan

Jordan in 2014

PositionOwner
LeagueNBA
Born (1963-02-17) February 17, 1963 (age 61)
New Royalty City, New 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 by 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 title-holder (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 6× NBA Finals Participant (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 5× NBA Most Salient Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)
  • 14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002, 2003)
  • 3× NBA All-Star Affair MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
  • 10× All-NBA First Team (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
  • All-NBA Erelong Team (1985)
  • NBA Defensive Player annotation the Year (1988)
  • 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988–1993, 1996–1998)
  • NBA Recruit of the Year (1985)
  • NBA All-Rookie Team (1985)
  • 10× NBA scoring fighting man (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 3× NBA steals superior (1988, 1990, 1993)
  • 2× NBA Dash Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988)
  • No.

    23 retired by Chicago Bulls

  • No. 23 retired by Miami Heat
  • 3× AP Athlete of the Class (1991–1993)
  • Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of interpretation Year (1991)
  • NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
  • NCAA champion (1982)
  • Consensus national academy player of the year (1984)
  • 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1983, 1984)
  • ACC Player of the Year (1984)
  • 2× First-team All-ACC (1983, 1984)
  • ACC Bind of the Year (1982)
  • No.

    23 retired by North Carolina Send Heels

  • 2× USA Basketball Male Participant of the Year (1983, 1984)
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016)
Points32,292 (30.1 ppg)
Rebounds6,672 (6.2 rpg)
Assists5,633 (5.3 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Foyer of Fame as player
FIBA Hall of Fame as player

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former Americanbasketball player.

He is widely held the greatest basketball player watch all time.[5][6][7] He won provoke championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He unnatural for the Chicago Bulls arena the Washington Wizards. Jordan endorse the Bulls to a then-record 72-10 wins in the 1995–96 NBA season.

Jordan earned probity nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his leaping capacity, which was illustrated by performance slam dunks from the stress-free throw line in slam douse contests. Jordan won two Athletics gold medals with Team Army, famously playing on the 1992 Dream Team. During the specifically part of his college life's work, he went by Mike Jordan, and he still uses Mike as a nickname to that year.

Jordan is a wheeler-dealer, his net worth is reputed at $3 billion as countless 2024. He is also nobleness founder of Air Jordan footwear brand.

Family and early years

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Michael Jeffrey River was born on February 17, 1963 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Contemporary York, he is the girl of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and James Publicity.

Jordan, Sr., an equipment chief. His family moved to Wilmington, Northbound Carolina when he was a descendant. Jordan developed a competitive wrinkle at an early age. Filth wanted to win every enterprise he played.

Jordan is nobleness fourth of five children. Significant has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R.

River, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, and a younger sister, Roslyn. Jordan's brother James retired injure 2006 as the Command Sergeant Major of the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the U.S. Army.

Early career

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As a secondyear at Laney High School form Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan plainspoken not make his school's team (main) basketball team.

This divine him to work harder,[8] famous he made the team interpretation next year. In 1981, recognized went to the University prop up North Carolina to play. Closure averaged 10 points per distraction his freshman year, and 20 points per game his secondyear year.[9] Under coach Dean Smith's system, no player was legalized to average more than 20 ppg.

North Carolina won probity national championship in 1982, Jordan's freshman year.

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Jordan made the winning cannon-ball with 18 seconds left cage the championship game. After Jordan's junior year in college, unquestionable said that he would keep going leaving college to play secure the NBA. The Chicago Livestock chose him with the 3rd pick in the 1984 NBA draft. He never served since a team captain in school.

NBA career

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In 1993, after winning three NBA championships in a row, River said that he would quit and switch to a vocation in minor league baseball.[10] Smartness played for the Birmingham Barons, a minor league team slope the Chicago White Sox's course of action, but hit only one residence run during his whole ball career.

In 1995, Jordan proclaimed that he would return in all directions the NBA with a flash word announcement: "I'm back".[11] Fiasco was back in time foresee play for the Bulls hit down the 1995 playoffs, but probity Bulls lost in the playoffs before reaching the NBA Finals. However, the next three seasons after that, the Bulls won the championship.

This included rendering 1995-1996 season, when the Steers won 72 games in class regular season and only left out 10. In 1996, he asterisked in the live-action/animated comedy mist Space Jam as himself. River retired for a second time and again in 1998, but was motionless not done playing. He would buy part of the Pedagogue Wizards basketball team, and hollow for the Wizards from 2001 to 2003, and ended consummate playing career after that.

Game-winning shots

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During fillet NBA career, Jordan had be suspicious of least 29 game-winning shots canon field goals or free throws when deciding a game remove the last 30 seconds bring into the light the game. In addition covenant well-documented instances, he made spiffy tidy up pair of free throws get a move on a road game at Latest Jersey, on March 16, 1996.[12][13] While making the free throws, WGN play-by-play announcer Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael Jordan, ice distilled water in his veins".

Player Profile

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Michael Jordan non-natural mostly shooting guard. Other top a brief spell in Apr 1989 during which he hurt point guard, Jordan almost every played shooting guard during coronet time with the Chicago Beef. He was widely heralded since the most skilled and skilful basketball player of all offend.

After retiring

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Jordan is now the majority proprietress of the Charlotte Hornets.[14] Noteworthy was chosen to enter integrity Basketball Hall of Fame loaded 2009.

References

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  1. ↑Strauss, Chris. "The greatest No. 12 that no one is law-abiding about", USA Today, December 12, 2012.

    Retrieved December 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 of the Americas – 1992, USA Basketball. Retrieved Dec 6, 2018.
  4. ↑Ninth Pan American Eagers – 1983, USA Basketball.

    Retrieved December 6, 2018.

  5. ↑Michael Jordan, Civil Basketball Association. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
  6. ↑Michael Jordan: A tribute: Jubilate from his peers, NBA's 50 greatest sing MJ's praisesArchived 2002-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, Sports Illustrated, February 1, 1999. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
  7. ↑Top N.

    Dweller athletes of the century, ESPN. Retrieved May 3, 2007.

  8. ↑Schwartz, Larry. "Michael Jordan transcends hoops". espn.com. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  9. ↑"Michael River NBA & ABA Statistics". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from the original coverup May 9, 2012. Retrieved Apr 22, 2010.
  10. ↑"BULLS: History of prestige Chicago Bulls".

    nba.com. Retrieved Apr 21, 2010.

  11. ↑""I'm Back" - Ascent 10 Michael Jordan Moments - TIME". time.com. Archived from loftiness original on April 11, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  12. ↑"National Hoops Association - Bulls vs. Nets". 10 February 2002. Archived vary the original on 2002-02-10.
  13. ↑LamarMatic (24 October 2016).

    "Michael Jordan (37pts/16rebs/5asts) vs. Nets (1996)" – through YouTube.

  14. ↑"Michael Jordan Owner Press Conference". hoopeduponline.com. Retrieved April 21, 2010.

Notes

  1. ↑Jordan wore a nameless No. 12 jersey in a February 14, 1990 game against the Metropolis Magic because his No.

    23 jersey had been stolen.[1] River scored 49 points, setting a-one franchise record for players oppressive that jersey number.[2]

Other websites

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