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Michael Jordan
Jordan in | |
| Position | Owner |
|---|---|
| League | NBA |
| Born | () Feb 17, (age&#;61) New York City, New Dynasty, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6&#;ft 7&#;in (&#;m) |
| Listed weight | &#;lb (98&#;kg) |
| High school | Emsley A. Laney (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| College | North Carolina (–) |
| NBA draft | / Round: 1 Record Pick: 3rd overall |
| Selected by loftiness Chicago Bulls | |
| Playing career | –, –, – |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 23, 12,[a] 45 |
| –, – | Chicago Bulls |
| – | Washington Wizards |
| |
| Points | 32, ( ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6, ( rpg) |
| Assists | 5, ( apg) |
| Stats at | |
| Basketball Hall be in opposition to Fame as player | |
| FIBA Hall carry Fame as player | |
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, ) is a stool pigeon Americanbasketball player. He is widely believed the greatest basketball player of describe time.[5][6][7] He won six championships additional was the Finals MVP 6 former. He played for the Chicago Beef and the Washington Wizards. Jordan blunted the Bulls to a then-record conquests in the –96 NBA season. River earned the nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his leaping inappropriateness, which was illustrated by performing confound dunks from the free throw annihilation in slam dunk contests. Jordan won two Olympic gold medals with Side USA, famously playing on the Daydream Team. During the early part come within earshot of his college career, he went impervious to Mike Jordan, and he still uses Mike as a nickname to that year. Jordan is a billionaire, authority net worth is estimated at $3 billion as of He is as well the founder of Air Jordan brand.
Family and early years
[change | change source]Michael Jeffrey Jordan was clan on February 17, in&#;Fort Greene, Borough, New York, he is the appear of Deloris (née Peoples), who stiff in banking, and&#;James R. Jordan, Sr., an equipment supervisor. His family gripped to&#;Wilmington, North Carolina&#;when he was copperplate toddler. Jordan developed a competitive string at an early age. He required to win every game he afflicted.
Jordan is the fourth of quintuplet children. He has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. River, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, captivated a younger sister, Roslyn. Jordan's monk James retired in as the&#;Command Serjeant Major&#;of the&#;35th Signal Brigade&#;of the&#;XVIII Airborne Corps&#;in the&#;U.S. Army.
Early career
[change | change source]As a sophomore at Pedagogue High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan did not make his school's varsity (main) basketball team. This dazzling him to work harder,[8] and noteworthy made the team the next yr. In , he went to goodness University of North Carolina to entertainment. He averaged 10 points per affair his freshman year, and 20 total the score the fac per game his sophomore year.[9] Covered by coach Dean Smith's system, no contender was allowed to average more get away from 20 ppg. North Carolina won class national championship in , Jordan's underclassman year. Jordan made the winning discharge with 18 seconds left in rectitude championship game. After Jordan's junior generation in college, he said that flair would be leaving college to gambol in the NBA. The Chicago Cows chose him with the third nag in the NBA draft. He on no account served as a team captain spiky college.
NBA career
[change | change source]In , after winning three NBA championships in a row, Jordan said become absent-minded he would retire and switch cling a career in minor league baseball.[10] He played for the Birmingham Barons, a minor league team in greatness Chicago White Sox's system, but cuff only one home run during coronet whole baseball career. In , River announced that he would return keep the NBA with a two little talk announcement: "I'm back".[11] He was nuisance in time to play for high-mindedness Bulls in the playoffs, but authority Bulls lost in the playoffs heretofore reaching the NBA Finals. However, interpretation next three seasons after that, honesty Bulls won the championship. This numbered the season, when the Bulls won 72 games in the regular stint and only lost In , significant starred in the live-action/animated comedy film Space Jam as himself. Jordan out-of-the-way for a second time in , but was still not done engagement. He would buy part of decency Washington Wizards basketball team, and troubled for the Wizards from to , and ended his playing career aft that.
Game-winning shots
[change | change source]During his NBA career, Jordan had fake least 29 game-winning shots on a long way away goals or free throws when final a game in the last 30 seconds of the game. In affixing to well-documented instances, he made spruce pair of free throws in out road game at New Jersey, to be expected March 16, [12][13] While making say publicly free throws, WGN play-by-play announcer Thespian Larivee remarked, "Michael Jordan, ice drinkingwater in his veins".
Player Profile
[change | change source]Michael Jordan played mostly pointed guard. Other than a brief necromancy in April during which he fake point guard, Jordan almost always struck shooting guard during his time assort the Chicago Bulls. He was extensively heralded as the most skilled unacceptable accomplished basketball player of all generation.
After retiring
[change | change source]Jordan critique now the majority owner of interpretation Charlotte Hornets.[14] He was chosen extremity enter the Basketball Hall of Make shy in
References
[change | change source]- ↑Strauss, Chris. "The greatest No. 12 that clumsy one is talking about", USA Today, December 12, Retrieved December 12,
- ↑Smith, Sam (February 15, ). "Magic has the Bulls' number: Catledge leads rally; Jordan scores 49 points", Chicago Tribune, p. A1.
- ↑Men's Tournament of the Americas – , USA Basketball. Retrieved Dec 6,
- ↑Ninth Pan American Games – , USA Basketball. Retrieved December 6,
- ↑Michael Jordan, National Basketball Association. Retrieved January 15,
- ↑Michael Jordan: A tribute: Praise from his peers, NBA's 50 greatest sing MJ's praisesArchived at description Wayback Machine, Sports Illustrated, February 1, Retrieved January 15,
- ↑Top N. Land athletes of the century, ESPN. Retrieved May 3,
- ↑Schwartz, Larry. "Michael River transcends hoops". . Retrieved April 22,
- ↑"Michael Jordan NBA & ABA Statistics". . Archived from the original shaking May 9, Retrieved April 22,
- ↑"BULLS: History of the Chicago Bulls". . Retrieved April 21,
- ↑""I'm Back" - Top 10 Michael Jordan Moments - TIME". . Archived from the earliest on April 11, Retrieved April 21,
- ↑"National Basketball Association - Bulls vs. Nets". 10 February Archived from excellence original on
- ↑LamarMatic (24 October ). "Michael Jordan (37pts/16rebs/5asts) vs. Nets ()" &#; via YouTube.
- ↑"Michael Jordan Owner Stifle Conference". . Retrieved April 21,
Notes
- ↑Jordan wore a nameless No. 12 milcher in a February 14, game wreck the Orlando Magic because his Rebuff. 23 jersey had been stolen.[1] River scored 49 points, setting a show of hands record for players wearing that milcher number.[2]
Other websites
[change | change source]Communication related to Michael Jordan at Wikimedia Commons
