Gimhongsok biography of michael jordan

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Position	Owner
League	NBA
Born	() February 17, (age&#;61) New York City, New York, 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 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career	–, –, –
Position	Shooting guard
Number	23, 12,[a] 45
–, –	Chicago Bulls
–	Washington Wizards
6× NBA champion (–, –) 6× NBA Finals MVP (–, –) 5× NBA Most Valuable Player (, , , , ) 14× NBA All-Star (–, –, , ) 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (, , ) 10× All-NBA First Team (–, –) All-NBA Second Team () NBA Defensive Player of the Year () 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (–, –) NBA Rookie of the Year () NBA All-Rookie Team () 10× NBA scoring champion (–, –) 3× NBA steals leader (, , ) 2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (, ) No. 23 retired by Chicago Bulls No. 23 retired by Miami Heat 3× AP Athlete of the Year (–) Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year () NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team NCAA champion () Consensus national college player of the year () 2× Consensus first-team All-American (, ) ACC Player of the Year () 2× First-team All-ACC (, ) ACC Rookie of the Year () No. 23 retired by North Carolina Tar Heels 2× USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (, ) Presidential Medal of Freedom ()
Points	32, ( ppg)
Rebounds	6, ( rpg)
Assists	5, ( apg)
Stats at
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
FIBA Hall of Fame as player

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

He is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time.^[5][6][7] He won six championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times.

Gimhongsok biography of michael jordan In , Jordan left the Bulls again, this time to become a part-owner and president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards. In , Jordan married Juanita Vanoy. For one year in , Jordan played for the Birmingham Barons, a minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, as an outfielder. Fate also played its part as Michael grew nearly eight inches before starting his junior year: this was his ticket to a starting position on the Bucs.

He played for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards. Jordan led the Bulls to a then-record wins in the –96 NBA season. Jordan earned the nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his leaping ability, which was illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests. Jordan won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA, famously playing on the Dream Team.

During the early part of his college career, he went by Mike Jordan, and he still uses Mike as a nickname to this year. Jordan is a billionaire, his net worth is estimated at $3 billion as of He is also the founder of Air Jordan shoe brand.

Family and early years

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Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, in&#;Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York, he is the son of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and&#;James R.

Jordan, Sr., an equipment supervisor.

Gimhongsok biography of michael jordan basketball player Michael Jordan: A Biography. Jordan Lyon. During a basketball camp in the summer of , Jordan grabbed the attention of legendary University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill head coach Dean Smith and his staff. Micheal Jordan is the beat player in the world,Micheal your the best player.

His family moved to&#;Wilmington, North Carolina&#;when he was a toddler. Jordan developed a competitive edge at an early age. He wanted to win every game he played.

Jordan is the fourth of five children. He has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. Jordan, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, and a younger sister, Roslyn.

Jordan's brother James retired in as the&#;Command Sergeant Major&#;of the&#;35th Signal Brigade&#;of the&#;XVIII Airborne Corps&#;in the&#;U.S. Army.

Gimhongsok biography of michael jordan for kids During the summer of , Jordan made his first appearance at the Olympic Games as a member of the U. Along with featuring archival footage of Jordan and interviews with teammates and opponents, The Last Dance explored the tension between the Bulls front office and its peerless superstar over his final triumphant year with the team. I'm filipino and my father is great basketball player his playing a interbaryo. The teens were later tried and convicted of the crime and received life sentences for first-degree murder.

Early career

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As a sophomore at Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan did not make his school's varsity (main) basketball team. This inspired him to work harder,^[8] and he made the team the next year. In , he went to the University of North Carolina to play.

He averaged 10 points per game his freshman year, and 20 points per game his sophomore year.^[9] Under coach Dean Smith's system, no player was allowed to average more than 20 ppg. North Carolina won the national championship in , Jordan's freshman year. Jordan made the winning shot with 18 seconds left in the championship game.

Biography of larry bird He told me to folow my dream as of becoming a basketball player. He signed his letter of intent with the school in Jackson , and Mark Wahlberg. You are still greatest all-time winning nba player for me.

After Jordan's junior year in college, he said that he would be leaving college to play in the NBA. The Chicago Bulls chose him with the third pick in the NBA draft. He never served as a team captain in college.

NBA career

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In , after winning three NBA championships in a row, Jordan said that he would retire and switch to a career in minor league baseball.^[10] He played for the Birmingham Barons, a minor league team in the Chicago White Sox's system, but hit only one home run during his whole baseball career.

In , Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA with a two word announcement: "I'm back".^[11] He was back in time to play for the Bulls in the playoffs, but the Bulls lost in the playoffs before reaching the NBA Finals. However, the next three seasons after that, the Bulls won the championship.

This included the season, when the Bulls won 72 games in the regular season and only lost In , he starred in the live-action/animated comedy movie Space Jam as himself. Jordan retired for a second time in , but was still not done playing. He would buy part of the Washington Wizards basketball team, and played for the Wizards from to , and ended his playing career after that.

Game-winning shots

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During his NBA career, Jordan had at least 29 game-winning shots on field goals or free throws when deciding a game in the last 30 seconds of the game. In addition to well-documented instances, he made a pair of free throws in a road game at New Jersey, on March 16, ^[12][13] While making the free throws, WGN play-by-play announcer Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael Jordan, ice water in his veins".

Player Profile

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Michael Jordan played mostly shooting guard. Other than a brief spell in April during which he played point guard, Jordan almost always played shooting guard during his time with the Chicago Bulls. He was widely heralded as the most skilled and accomplished basketball player of all time.

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After retiring

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Jordan is now the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets.^[14] He was chosen to enter the Basketball Hall of Fame in

References

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Notes

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

   23 jersey had been stolen.^[1] Jordan scored 49 points, setting a franchise record for players wearing that jersey number.^[2]

Other websites

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Media related to Michael Jordan at Wikimedia Commons