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Michael Jordan Basketball Career starts
Michael Jordan joined the University of North Carolina after he failed to make his school basketball team in his sophomore years. That supposedly inspired him to work harder which led him to do basketball at the University of North Carolina. -
Michael Jordan signs deal with Sportswear brand Nike.
Michael Jordan signed a deal for approximately $2.5 million with Nike during 1984. This was his first Sportswear deal that he did during his debut to the NBA. -
Michael Jordan Joining NBA
During the 1984 NBA Draft on June the 19th, Round 1, The Chicago Bulls had the 3rd pick and chose Michael Jordan. This was when Michael Jordan had joined the NBA. -
Michael Jordan played against 'Bad Boy' Pistons
Michael Jordan had already played in the NBA for 4 years. But this year is when he first played against the 'Bad Boy' Pistons who were a group of 5 players who played tough against other teams. This changed his life because they played aggressively and made his team lose. -
Michael Jordan exercised to play better in the next season.
Michael Jordan decided to exercise before the next season. He exercised during the breaks between the 1991 and 1992 season. This made him stronger than he was before and gave him the required strength mentally and physically to defeat the 'Bad Boy' Pistons. This would change his life as it also gave him the strength to win a lot of NBA awards in the future. -
Michael Jordan First championship
Michael Jordan played excellently against the Bad Boy Pistons' aggressive play. He overcame them and was qualified for the finals and beat the Lakers to win his first ever championship. -
Michael Jordan 2nd Championship
During the 1992 playoffs, Michael Jordan played excellently. This led to the outcome of him reaching to the finals with the Portland Trailblazers whom his team won against. He won his 2nd championship after this win. -
Michael Jordan 3rd Championship AKA 'Three-Peat'
Michael Jordan played excellently and came to the finals against the Suns. They won against the Phoenix Suns and won their 3rd Championship which was Michael Jordan's first 3 peat. -
James R. Jordan Sr. Death
Michael Jordan's father James Jordan died of murder during 1993. This affected Michael Jordan emotionally and influenced his decision to retire from basketball. -
Michael Jordan Plays baseball
Following the Death of Michael Jordan's Father, Michael Jordan decided to play minor league baseball for about a year and didn't play during the 1994 playoffs with the bulls. -
Michael Jordan returns to NBA after retirement
Michael Jordan surprised the basketball community with his two words, "I'm Back. He came back to the NBA during 1995 after his retirement and played in the Playoffs. -
Bulls Lost to Houston Rockets
When Michael Jordan came to the NBA and re-united with the Bulls, They lost to the Orlando Magic basketball team in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. This resulted in The Bulls losing and The Orlando Magic reaching the NBA Finals that year. -
Michael Jordan's Peak in his basketball career.
During the 1996 playoffs, Michael Jordan played excellently and helped make his team have the best win loss record in the NBA during that time with a 72 wins to 10 losses ratio. The Chicago Bulls eventually went on to dominate the finals, beating the Supersonics and win the 1996 playoffs. 72-10 (Wins-Loss) -
Michael Jordan's first Movie
Michael Jordan was an actor for the first time in the movie 'Space Jam' which is a movie about the characters from the old time cartoon show 'Looney Tunes' who play basketball with Michael Jordan against evil aliens for their freedom. -
Michael Jordan 5th Championship/Flu game
During the 1995 NBA Playoff Finals, Michael Jordan played great during Game 5 against the Jazz despite his sickness. He won his fifth championship that time.
The 5th game of the finals was known as The 'Flu Game' because Michael Jordan felt sick and had 'Flu' symptoms. Turns out, it was food poisoning he had after eating pizza delivered for the Bulls team despite the Bulls coach saying 'I have a bad feeling about this' referring to the pizza. -
Michael Jordan 6th Championship/ MJ retirement
Michael Jordan and the bulls during Game 5 of the 1998 playoff finals, were under a lot of pressure as the Utah Jazz were 1 point ahead of them. Michael Jordan stole the ball from one of the Jazz team members, then did a crossover on his defender to move him out of the way. Then he shot a 2 pointer giving his team a 1 point lead with 5 seconds on the clock. The Jazz were unable to score in those 5 seconds leading to the 6th championship of Michael Jordan and the bulls. Mike retired in 1999. -
Michael Jordan Comes out of Retirement again
Michael Jordan Comes out of his retirement the second time and joined the Washington Wizards. He hadn't won any championships with them. He had already had injuries before and whilst playing with them. He joined in 2001 and retired in 2003. -
Michael Jordan becomes billionaire
During this time, Michael Jordan earned a total of $1 billion dollars in fortunes from several companies such as Nike, products he's made such as The 'Jordans', his NBA earnings but the thing that increased MJ's current net worth to a $1 billion was his decision to buy the Charlotte Hornets basketball franchise in 2010. Later the value of the Charlotte Hornets increased and he was 'worth' 1 billion dollars.