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Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York and the son of James and Deloris Jordan
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Jordan thought he deserved to be on the varsity team, however he was put onto the J.V. team. Young Michael would use this as fuel to get better and prove his coaches wrong. Michael said "They posted the roster and it was there for a long, long time without my name on it. I remember being really mad, too, because there was a guy who made it that really wasn't as good as me.
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Michael enrolled into Chapel Hill in the fall of 1981, as Roy Williams (head coach of the team) thought he had a special player on his hands. Jordan wowed coach Williams at the UNC summer camp.
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The team that averaged six thousand fans per home game desperately needed a jump-start to their team. "His Airness" would not only excite the city of Chicago but bring in six championships.
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When Michael Jordan signed with Nike, Nike created the first "Air Jordan." Jordan's shoes never looked back from there and are still creating worldwide owned shoes.
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Michael Jordan and the "Human Highlight Reel" Dominique Wilkins faced off in the final round of the 1988 Slam Dunk Contest. In order to win Jordan had to beat the score of a 48 out of 50. After taking off from the free throw line and double clutching, Jordan scored a perfect 50 out of 50. The worldwide recognized symbol of Jordan was born.
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In game five of the 1991 NBA Finals the Chicago Bulls won 108-101 to win the series. The Bull's two headed monster of Jordan and Pippen combined for 62 points, 17 rebounds, 17 assists and 10 steals.
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Gatorade created an ad with Jordan as the star, of course. The catchy tune "Be like Mike" based of the Jungle Book's "I Wanna be like You" exploded and was a huge success for Jordan and Gatorade.
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In a simple preseason tournament in Paris, France the Chicago Bulls were the main event. A French newspaper the "France-Soir" said "Michael Jordan is in Paris, that's better than the Pope. It's God in person." Jordan's influence on basketball was across the globe.
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In game five of the 1997 NBA Finals the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz were tied 2-2 in the series. Game five would be a crucial game in the series. "MJ" was said to have serious flu like symptoms, and his physical condition was weak. Jordan's will to win took over as he put up the stat line 38 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block to lead to the Bulls to a critical win.
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Having only five fingers on one hand Jordan would know have to use both hands to hold all his championship rings(Lebron needs three fingers). Having six championships Jordan would be known as the G.O.A.T..
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Michael Jordan would play his last professional basketball game on April 16,2003 for the Washington Wizards. "His Airness" would start his life outside of playing basketball from there.
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Ryan was one of more than 175 Make-A-Wish Foundation kids that Michael met with. Ryan was thrilled to meet Jordan, his father said "He was just so happy when he talked to Michael."
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Michael Jordan would officially be solidified as one of the all time greats in basketball. Jordan not only would be known as a hall of fame player, but possibly the greatest of all time.
