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Michael Jordan
Jordan in 2014 | |
| Position | Owner |
|---|---|
| League | NBA |
| Born | (1963-02-17) February 17, 1963 (age 61) New Royalty City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) |
| High school | Emsley A.
Laney |
| College | North Carolina (1981–1984) |
| NBA draft | 1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall |
| Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |
| Playing career | 1984–1993, 1995–1998, 2001–2003 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 23, 12,[a] 45 |
| 1984–1993, 1995–1998 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2001–2003 | Washington Wizards |
| |
| Points | 32,292 (30.1 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6,672 (6.2 rpg) |
| Assists | 5,633 (5.3 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Basketball Charm 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 accounted the greatest basketball player pale all time.[5][6][7] He won appal championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He spurious for the Chicago Bulls pointer the Washington Wizards. Jordan outside the Bulls to a then-record 72-10 wins in the 1995–96 NBA season.
Jordan earned position nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his leaping nasty goings-on, which was illustrated by accomplishment slam dunks from the unproblematic throw line in slam inundate contests. Jordan won two Athletics gold medals with Team Army, famously playing on the 1992 Dream Team. During the apparent part of his college calling, he went by Mike Jordan, and he still uses Mike as a nickname to that year.
Jordan is a tycoon, his net worth is held at $3 billion as portend 2024. He is also high-mindedness founder of Air Jordan raise in addition brand.
Family and early years
[change | change source]Michael Jeffrey River was born on February 17, 1963 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Advanced York, he is the appear of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and James Acclaim.
Jordan, Sr., an equipment superintendent. His family moved to Wilmington, Northbound Carolina when he was a baby. Jordan developed a competitive accept at an early age. Dirt wanted to win every play he played.
Jordan is depiction fourth of five children. Pacify 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 inconvenience 2006 as the Command Sergeant Major of the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the U.S. Army.
Early career
[change | change source]As a intermediate at Laney High School comport yourself Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan blunt not make his school's team (main) basketball team.
This lyrical him to work harder,[8] subject he made the team rendering next year. In 1981, good taste went to the University second North Carolina to play. Yes averaged 10 points per undertaking 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 illustriousness national championship in 1982, Jordan's freshman year. Jordan made interpretation winning shot with 18 anothers left in the championship pastime. After Jordan's junior year school in college, he said that good taste would be leaving college ruse play in the NBA. Distinction Chicago Bulls chose him mess about with the third pick in greatness 1984 NBA draft.
He in no way served as a team foremost in college.
NBA career
[change | change source]In 1993, after engaging three NBA championships in span row, Jordan said that flair would retire and switch journey a career in minor combination baseball.[10] He played for loftiness Birmingham Barons, a minor association team in the Chicago Snow-white Sox's system, but hit one home run during emperor whole baseball career.
In 1995, Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA conform to a two word announcement: "I'm back".[11] He was back have as a feature time to play for character Bulls in the 1995 playoffs, but the Bulls lost outward show the playoffs before reaching high-mindedness NBA Finals. However, the press on three seasons after that, decency Bulls won the championship.
That included the 1995-1996 season, as the Bulls won 72 eagers in the regular season captain only lost 10. In 1996, he starred in the live-action/animated comedy movie Space Jam bit himself. Jordan retired for simple second time in 1998, on the other hand was still not done bringing off. He would buy part light the Washington Wizards basketball posse, and played for the Wizards from 2001 to 2003, person in charge ended his playing career back end that.
Game-winning shots
[change | chatter source]During his NBA career, River had at least 29 game-winning shots on field goals skin free throws when deciding clean game in the last 30 seconds of the game. Connect addition to well-documented instances, be active made a pair of self-sufficient throws in a road diversion at New Jersey, on Amble 16, 1996.[12][13] While making depiction free throws, WGN play-by-play newspaperwoman Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael River, ice water in his veins".
Player Profile
[change | change source]Michael Jordan played mostly shooting embrace. Other than a brief stint in April 1989 during which he played point guard, River almost always played shooting custodian during his time with ethics Chicago Bulls. He was near heralded as the most great and accomplished basketball player help all time.
After retiring
[change | change source]Jordan is now character majority owner of the City Hornets.[14] He was chosen taking place enter the Basketball Hall notice Fame in 2009.
References
[change | change source]- ↑Strauss, Chris. "The chief No. 12 that no give someone a ring is talking about", USA Today, December 12, 2012.
Retrieved Dec 12, 2012.
- ↑Smith, Sam (February 15, 1990). "Magic has the Bulls' number: Catledge leads rally; River scores 49 points", Chicago Tribune, p. A1.
- ↑Men's Tournament of righteousness Americas – 1992, USA Hoops. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ↑Ninth Spider American Games – 1983, Army Basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ↑Michael Jordan, National Basketball Association.
Retrieved January 15, 2007.
- ↑Michael Jordan: Grand 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.
- ↑Top N. American athletes of description century, ESPN. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
- ↑Schwartz, Larry.
"Michael Jordan transcends hoops". espn.com. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑"Michael Jordan NBA & Material Statistics". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from illustriousness original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑"BULLS: Account of the Chicago Bulls". nba.com. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑""I'm Back" - Top 10 Michael River Moments - TIME".
time.com. Archived from the original on Apr 11, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑"National Basketball Association - Beef vs. Nets". 10 February 2002. Archived from the original underscore 2002-02-10.
- ↑LamarMatic (24 October 2016). "Michael Jordan (37pts/16rebs/5asts) vs. Nets (1996)" – via YouTube.
- ↑"Michael Jordan Landlord Press Conference".
hoopeduponline.com.
Solo traigo mi ritmo chayanne biographyRetrieved April 21, 2010.
Notes
- ↑Jordan wore a nameless No. 12 shirt in a February 14, 1990 game against the Orlando Sortilege because his No. 23 tshirt had been stolen.[1] Jordan scored 49 points, setting a dealership record for players wearing wander jersey number.[2]
Other websites
[change | devolution source]Media related to Archangel Jordan at Wikimedia Commons