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MichaelJordanWikipedia

MichaelJordan
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MichaelJeffreyJordan(bornFebruary17,1963),also
knownbyhisinitials,MJ,[3]isanAmericanretired
professionalbasketballplayer.Heisalsoabusinessman,
andprincipalownerandchairmanoftheCharlotte
Hornets.Jordanplayed15seasonsintheNational
BasketballAssociation(NBA)fortheChicagoBullsand
WashingtonWizards.HisbiographyontheNBA
websitestates:"Byacclamation,MichaelJordanisthe
greatestbasketballplayerofalltime."[4]Jordanwasone
ofthemosteffectivelymarketedathletesofhis
generationandwasconsideredinstrumentalin
popularizingtheNBAaroundtheworldinthe1980sand
1990s.[5]
JordanplayedthreeseasonsforcoachDeanSmithatthe
UniversityofNorthCarolina.Asafreshman,hewasa
memberoftheTarHeels'nationalchampionshipteamin
1982.JordanjoinedtheNBA'sChicagoBullsin1984as
thethirdoveralldraftpick.Hequicklyemergedasa
leaguestar,entertainingcrowdswithhisprolificscoring.
Hisleapingability,demonstratedbyperformingslam
dunksfromthefreethrowlineinslamdunkcontests,
earnedhimthenicknames"AirJordan"and"His
Airness".Healsogainedareputationforbeingoneof
thebestdefensiveplayersinbasketball.[6]In1991,he
wonhisfirstNBAchampionshipwiththeBulls,and
followedthatachievementwithtitlesin1992and1993,
securinga"threepeat".AlthoughJordanabruptlyretired
frombasketballbeforethebeginningofthe199394
NBAseasontopursueacareerinbaseball,hereturned
totheBullsinMarch1995andledthemtothree
additionalchampionshipsin1996,1997,and1998,as
wellasathenrecord72regularseasonwinsinthe
199596NBAseason.Jordanretiredforasecondtime
inJanuary1999,butreturnedfortwomoreNBA
seasonsfrom2001to2003asamemberoftheWizards.
Jordan'sindividualaccoladesandaccomplishments
includefiveMostValuablePlayer(MVP)Awards,ten
AllNBAFirstTeamdesignations,nineAllDefensive
FirstTeamhonors,fourteenNBAAllStarGame
appearances,threeAllStarGameMVPAwards,ten
scoringtitles,threestealstitles,sixNBAFinalsMVP
Awards,andthe1988NBADefensivePlayeroftheYear
Award.Amonghisnumerousaccomplishments,Jordan
holdstheNBArecordsforhighestcareerregularseason
scoringaverage(30.12pointspergame)andhighest
careerplayoffscoringaverage(33.45pointspergame).
In1999,hewasnamedthegreatestNorthAmerican
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan

MichaelJordan

Jordanin2014
CharlotteHornets
Position

Owner

League

NBA
Personalinformation

Born

February17,1963
Brooklyn,NewYork

Nationality

American

Listedheight

6ft6in(1.98m)

Listedweight

216lb(98kg)
Careerinformation

Highschool

EmsleyA.Laney
(Wilmington,NorthCarolina)

College

NorthCarolina(19811984)

NBAdraft

1984/Round:1/Pick:3rdoverall
SelectedbytheChicagoBulls

Playingcareer

19841993,19951998,20012003

Position

Shootingguard

Number

23,45,12[a]
Careerhistory

19841993,
19951998

ChicagoBulls

20012003

WashingtonWizards
Careerhighlightsandawards
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