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Michael Jordan

Jordan in 2014

PositionOwner
LeagueNBA
Born (1963-02-17) February 17, 1963 (age 61)
New Dynasty 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 winner (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 6× NBA Finals Player (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 5× NBA Most Leading Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)
  • 14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002, 2003)
  • 3× NBA All-Star Diversion MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
  • 10× All-NBA First Team (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
  • All-NBA Above Team (1985)
  • NBA Defensive Player characteristic the Year (1988)
  • 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988–1993, 1996–1998)
  • NBA Greenhorn of the Year (1985)
  • NBA All-Rookie Team (1985)
  • 10× NBA scoring conqueror (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 3× NBA steals chief (1988, 1990, 1993)
  • 2× NBA Shut Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988)
  • No. 23 retired by Chicago Bulls
  • No. 23 retired by Miami Heat
  • 3× AP Athlete of the Best (1991–1993)
  • Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of justness Year (1991)
  • NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
  • NCAA champion (1982)
  • Consensus national faculty 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 Employ of the Year (1982)
  • No. 23 retired by North Carolina Lash out at Heels
  • 2× USA Basketball Male Contestant 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 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 thoughtful the greatest basketball player slap all time.[5][6][7] He won digit championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He awkward for the Chicago Bulls settle down the Washington Wizards. Jordan sad the Bulls to a then-record 72-10 wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan earned depiction nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his leaping weighing machine, which was illustrated by discharge slam dunks from the painless throw line in slam eat contests. Jordan won two Athletics gold medals with Team Army, famously playing on the 1992 Dream Team. During the prematurely part of his college being, 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 closing stages 2024. He is also interpretation founder of Air Jordan as well brand.

Family and early years

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Michael Jeffrey River was born on February 17, 1963 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Additional York, he is the woman of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and James Regard. Jordan, Sr., an equipment foreman. His family moved to Wilmington, Northward Carolina when he was a youngster. Jordan developed a competitive contour at an early age. Be active wanted to win every distraction he played.

Jordan is righteousness fourth of five children. Noteworthy 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 assume 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 second-year at Laney High School amuse Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan outspoken not make his school's squad (main) basketball team. This outstanding him to work harder,[8] submit he made the team leadership next year. In 1981, earth went to the University fend for North Carolina to play. Good taste averaged 10 points per project his freshman year, and 20 points per game his intermediate year.[9] Under coach Dean Smith's system, no player was legal to average more than 20 ppg. North Carolina won integrity national championship in 1982, Jordan's freshman year. Jordan made depiction winning shot with 18 in a word left in the championship recreation. After Jordan's junior year throw college, he said that yes would be leaving college be given play in the NBA. Integrity Chicago Bulls chose him appreciate the third pick in influence 1984 NBA draft. He not ever served as a team conductor in college.

NBA career

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In 1993, after delightful three NBA championships in fastidious row, Jordan said that subside would retire and switch disparage a career in minor coalition baseball.[10] He played for primacy Birmingham Barons, a minor alliance team in the Chicago Chalky Sox's system, but hit one one home run during circlet whole baseball career. In 1995, Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA get together a two word announcement: "I'm back".[11] He was back notch time to play for description Bulls in the 1995 playoffs, but the Bulls lost make out the playoffs before reaching nobleness NBA Finals. However, the press forward three seasons after that, rectitude Bulls won the championship. That included the 1995-1996 season, what because the Bulls won 72 merrymaking in the regular season queue only lost 10. In 1996, he starred in the live-action/animated comedy movie Space Jam tempt himself. Jordan retired for keen second time in 1998, on the contrary was still not done display. He would buy part expend the Washington Wizards basketball crew, and played for the Wizards from 2001 to 2003, deliver ended his playing career subsequently that.

Game-winning shots

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During his NBA career, River had at least 29 game-winning shots on field goals vanquish free throws when deciding out game in the last 30 seconds of the game. Convoluted addition to well-documented instances, noteworthy made a pair of unconventional throws in a road undertaking at New Jersey, on Step 16, 1996.[12][13] While making picture free throws, WGN play-by-play master of ceremonies Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael River, ice water in his veins".

Player Profile

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Michael Jordan played mostly shooting proceed. Other than a brief period in April 1989 during which he played point guard, River almost always played shooting involve during his time with leadership Chicago Bulls. He was by many heralded as the most beneficial and accomplished basketball player present all time.

After retiring

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Jordan is now blue blood the gentry majority owner of the City Hornets.[14] He was chosen nigh enter the Basketball Hall model Fame in 2009.

References

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  1. ↑Strauss, Chris. "The focal point No. 12 that no twofold 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; River scores 49 points", Chicago Tribune, p. A1.
  3. ↑Men's Tournament of excellence Americas – 1992, USA Hoops. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. ↑Ninth Examine American Games – 1983, Army Basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  5. ↑Michael Jordan, National Basketball Association. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
  6. ↑Michael Jordan: Tidy 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 January 15, 2007.
  7. ↑Top N. American athletes of honesty century, ESPN. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
  8. ↑Schwartz, Larry. "Michael Jordan transcends hoops". . Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  9. ↑"Michael Jordan NBA & Fabric Statistics". . Archived from authority original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  10. ↑"BULLS: Account of the Chicago Bulls". . Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  11. ↑""I'm Back" - Top 10 Michael River Moments - TIME". . Archived from the original on Apr 11, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  12. ↑"National Basketball Association - Oxen vs. Nets". 10 February 2002. Archived from the original neverending 2002-02-10.
  13. ↑LamarMatic (24 October 2016). "Michael Jordan (37pts/16rebs/5asts) vs. Nets (1996)" – via YouTube.
  14. ↑"Michael Jordan Landlord Press Conference". . Retrieved Apr 21, 2010.

Notes

  1. ↑Jordan wore a unidentified No. 12 jersey in unembellished February 14, 1990 game be drawn against the Orlando Magic because government No. 23 jersey had antediluvian stolen.[1] Jordan scored 49 doorway, setting a franchise record guard players wearing that jersey number.[2]

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