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Birth/ Early life
Micheal Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 17, 1963, to the parents of James and Deloris Jordan. When he was very young, he and his family moved to Wilmington, North Caroline. His father had taught Micheal to not be tempted by street life, and also to work very hard.
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High school (1977-1981)
In high school, Micheal was more accomplished in baseball than in basketball. He didn't make the varsity team then in basketball, and in response, worked extremely hard to the point where,in his senior year, lead the state rankings at number 1.Eventually, North Carolina coach Dean Smith made Jordan a top priority recruit, and signed Jordan before his senior year.
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College years (1981-1984)
In his first season at North Carolina, Micheal was already taking big steps, as he was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) rookie of the year, and lead the team to the National Championship, where they would beat Georgetown University after Jordan made a clutch jumper. He was named by The Sports News as the college player of the year in both his sophomore and Junior year. After his junior year, he entered the NBA draft and was selected third overall by the Chicago Bulls. -
The start of his NBA Career (1984-1985)
After being drafted to a Chicago team that was a loosing team, he immediately turned that around. He also became a Super star immediately, as he was already drawing comparisons between him and Julius Erving. He was named to the All star team and took home the NBA rookie of the year award.
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Early accomplishments/ Playoff hardships
For most of the 1985-1986 season, Jordan was sidelined due to a broken right foot, bout would bounce right back in the 1986-1987 season, as he started in the All star game and scored 3000 points that season. In 1988 he won both the MVP award and Defensive Player of the year award. However, Jordan would not advance to the finals due to the Detroit Pistons until the 1990-91 season.
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First 3-peat
After the Chicago Bulls drafter Scottie Pippen, another future All Star, and also aquiring Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, and John Paxson, and building them around Jordan, the Chicago Bulls went to the finals for the first time and beat Magic Johnson's LA Lakers, winning the NBA title. A year later, the Bulls would beat the Portland Trail Blazers, and to end the 3 peat, would beat the Phoenix Suns.
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First retirement (1993-1995)
After the 3-peat, Jordan would unexpectedly retire from the NBA to play baseball for the minor leagues to fulfill his father's wish to see Michael become a MLB player. However, Michaels retirement would not last, as he made a comback towards the end of the 1994-1995 season, after regaining his love for basketball.
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Second 3-peat (1995-1998)
After loosing to the Orlando Magic in the eastern conference finals in the 1995-1996 season, the Chicago Bulls would bounce right back the next season and head to the final once again and play beat the Super Sonics, then play the Jazz the next 2 years, winning both finals. Micheal was named Finals MVP for all of the finals, and after the 1997-1998, he would retire for a second time.
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Michael's comback
After being retired for 3 years, Jordan would make a comeback with the Washington Wizards, as he was the owner of them before returning to basketball. The Wizards, they were a very mediocre team before then, but once he joined they immediately became a playoff team. At age 38, he averaged 22 points per game and was an all star for both the 2001-2002 season and the 2002-2003 season.
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Legacy
Michael would leave a legacy that influence the NBA greatly. Players would look up to Jordan for their inspiration in their game, specifically Kobe Bryant, whose basic game is almost an exact replica of Jordan's game. With his NBA days over, Jordan is considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time.
