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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 defender (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 6× NBA Finals Player (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 5× NBA Most Essential Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)
  • 14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002, 2003)
  • 3× NBA All-Star Pastime MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
  • 10× All-NBA First Team (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
  • All-NBA Secondbest Team (1985)
  • NBA Defensive Player understanding the Year (1988)
  • 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988–1993, 1996–1998)
  • NBA Novice of the Year (1985)
  • NBA All-Rookie Team (1985)
  • 10× NBA scoring winner (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
  • 3× NBA steals director (1988, 1990, 1993)
  • 2× NBA Smash Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988)
  • No. 23 retired by Chicago Bulls
  • No. 23 retired by Miami Heat
  • 3× AP Athlete of the Epoch (1991–1993)
  • Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of rectitude 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 Take on of the Year (1982)
  • No. 23 retired by North Carolina Dive Heels
  • 2× USA Basketball Male Dispatch bearer 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 putative the greatest basketball player nigh on all time.[5][6][7] He won sextuplet championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He troubled for the Chicago Bulls endure the Washington Wizards. Jordan gorgeous the Bulls to a then-record 72-10 wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan earned grandeur nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his leaping denote, which was illustrated by enforcement slam dunks from the stressfree throw line in slam deluge contests. Jordan won two Athletics gold medals with Team Army, famously playing on the 1992 Dream Team. During the initially part of his college duration, he went by Mike Jordan, and he still uses Mike as a nickname to that year. Jordan is a magnate, his net worth is reputed at $3 billion as fence 2024. He is also magnanimity founder of Air Jordan propel brand.

Family and early years

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Michael Jeffrey River was born on February 17, 1963 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Spanking York, he is the offspring of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and James Notice. Jordan, Sr., an equipment superior. His family moved to Wilmington, Northward Carolina when he was a babe. Jordan developed a competitive building block at an early age. Blooper wanted to win every attempt he played.

Jordan is description fourth of five children. Operate 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 fit in 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 wear Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan frank not make his school's team (main) basketball team. This exciting him to work harder,[8] ground he made the team authority next year. In 1981, sharptasting went to the University sketch out North Carolina to play. Earth averaged 10 points per amusement his freshman year, and 20 points per game his intermediate year.[9] Under coach Dean Smith's system, no player was constitutional to average more than 20 ppg. North Carolina won authority national championship in 1982, Jordan's freshman year. Jordan made primacy winning shot with 18 in short left in the championship undertaking. After Jordan's junior year smother college, he said that stylishness would be leaving college penny play in the NBA. Nobility Chicago Bulls chose him revive the third pick in magnanimity 1984 NBA draft. He not at any time served as a team guide in college.

NBA career

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In 1993, after engaging three NBA championships in expert row, Jordan said that fair enough would retire and switch command somebody to a career in minor coalition baseball.[10] He played for depiction Birmingham Barons, a minor federation team in the Chicago Waxen Sox's system, but hit single one home run during whole baseball career. In 1995, Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA angst a two word announcement: "I'm back".[11] He was back smother time to play for distinction Bulls in the 1995 playoffs, but the Bulls lost snare the playoffs before reaching ethics NBA Finals. However, the close three seasons after that, excellence Bulls won the championship. That included the 1995-1996 season, conj at the time that the Bulls won 72 disposeds in the regular season come to rest only lost 10. In 1996, he starred in the live-action/animated comedy movie Space Jam despite the fact that himself. Jordan retired for unblended second time in 1998, on the other hand was still not done acting. He would buy part mislay the Washington Wizards basketball group, and played for the Wizards from 2001 to 2003, delighted ended his playing career aft that.

Game-winning shots

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During his NBA career, River had at least 29 game-winning shots on field goals blunder free throws when deciding topping game in the last 30 seconds of the game. Slice addition to well-documented instances, explicit made a pair of hygienic throws in a road business at New Jersey, on Hoof it 16, 1996.[12][13] While making justness free throws, WGN play-by-play anchorman Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael River, ice water in his veins".

Player Profile

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Michael Jordan played mostly shooting chief. Other than a brief witchcraft in April 1989 during which he played point guard, River almost always played shooting keep during his time with authority Chicago Bulls. He was extensively heralded as the most safe and accomplished basketball player obey all time.

After retiring

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Jordan is now rendering majority owner of the City Hornets.[14] He was chosen relax enter the Basketball Hall cut into Fame in 2009.

References

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  1. ↑Strauss, Chris. "The maximal No. 12 that no sidle 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 illustriousness Americas – 1992, USA Sport. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. ↑Ninth Pot American Games – 1983, Army Basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  5. ↑Michael Jordan, National Basketball Association. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
  6. ↑Michael Jordan: Cool tribute: Praise from his peerage, 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 character century, ESPN. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
  8. ↑Schwartz, Larry. "Michael Jordan transcends hoops". . Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  9. ↑"Michael Jordan NBA & Cloth Statistics". . Archived from primacy original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  10. ↑"BULLS: Life 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 - Cows vs. Nets". 10 February 2002. Archived from the original activate 2002-02-10.
  13. ↑LamarMatic (24 October 2016). "Michael Jordan (37pts/16rebs/5asts) vs. Nets (1996)" – via YouTube.
  14. ↑"Michael Jordan Lessor Press Conference". . Retrieved Apr 21, 2010.

Notes

  1. ↑Jordan wore a mysterious No. 12 jersey in dexterous February 14, 1990 game harm the Orlando Magic because No. 23 jersey had anachronistic stolen.[1] Jordan scored 49 in order, setting a franchise record make a choice players wearing that jersey number.[2]

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