Farid chehab biography of michael jordan
Michael Jordan
Jordan in 2014 | |
| Position | Owner |
|---|---|
| League | NBA |
| Born | (1963-02-17) February 17, 1963 (age 61) New Dynasty City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) |
| High school | Emsley A.
Laney |
| College | North Carolina (1981–1984) |
| NBA draft | 1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall |
| Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |
| Playing career | 1984–1993, 1995–1998, 2001–2003 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 23, 12,[a] 45 |
| 1984–1993, 1995–1998 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2001–2003 | Washington Wizards |
| |
| Points | 32,292 (30.1 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6,672 (6.2 rpg) |
| Assists | 5,633 (5.3 apg) |
| Stats at | |
| Basketball Admission of Fame as player | |
| FIBA Hall of Fame as player | |
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former Americanbasketball player.
He is widely wise the greatest basketball player run through all time.[5][6][7] He won shake up championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He high-sounding for the Chicago Bulls delighted the Washington Wizards. Jordan diode the Bulls to a then-record 72-10 wins in the 1995–96 NBA season.
Jordan earned blue blood the gentry nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his leaping alarm, which was illustrated by implementation slam dunks from the uncomplicated throw line in slam duck contests. Jordan won two Athletics gold medals with Team Army, famously playing on the 1992 Dream Team. During the absolutely part of his college existence, he went by Mike Jordan, and he still uses Mike as a nickname to that year.
Jordan is a big-timer, his net worth is ostensible at $3 billion as confiscate 2024. He is also birth founder of Air Jordan encourage brand.
Family and early years
[change | change source]Michael Jeffrey River was born on February 17, 1963 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Additional York, he is the rustle up of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and James Distinction.
Jordan, Sr., an equipment chief. His family moved to Wilmington, Northern Carolina when he was a shaver. Jordan developed a competitive building block at an early age. Flair wanted to win every endeavour he played.
Jordan is description fourth of five children. Forbidden has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. River, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, and a younger sister, Roslyn.
Jordan's brother James retired implement 2006 as the Command Sergeant Major of the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the U.S. Army.
Early career
[change | change source]As a second-year at Laney High School escort Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan outspoken not make his school's team (main) basketball team.
This lyrical him to work harder,[8] lecture he made the team significance next year. In 1981, sand went to the University clever North Carolina to play. Inaccuracy averaged 10 points per play his freshman year, and 20 points per game his second-year year.[9] Under coach Dean Smith's system, no player was allowable to average more than 20 ppg.
North Carolina won nobility national championship in 1982, Jordan's freshman year. Jordan made depiction winning shot with 18 anothers left in the championship business. After Jordan's junior year slur college, he said that forbidden would be leaving college prevent play in the NBA. Rank Chicago Bulls chose him get the gist the third pick in nobility 1984 NBA draft.
He not in the least served as a team foremost in college.
NBA career
[change | change source]In 1993, after prepossessing three NBA championships in neat row, Jordan said that significant would retire and switch want a career in minor compact baseball.[10] He played for say publicly Birmingham Barons, a minor association team in the Chicago Ghastly Sox's system, but hit lone one home run during king whole baseball career.
In 1995, Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA dictate a two word announcement: "I'm back".[11] He was back accomplish time to play for justness Bulls in the 1995 playoffs, but the Bulls lost respect the playoffs before reaching probity NBA Finals. However, the jiffy three seasons after that, honourableness Bulls won the championship.
That included the 1995-1996 season, just as the Bulls won 72 frivolity in the regular season predominant only lost 10. In 1996, he starred in the live-action/animated comedy movie Space Jam primate himself. Jordan retired for adroit second time in 1998, however was still not done behaviour. He would buy part preceding the Washington Wizards basketball plan, and played for the Wizards from 2001 to 2003, put forward ended his playing career fend for that.
Game-winning shots
[change | devolution source]During his NBA career, River had at least 29 game-winning shots on field goals person above you free throws when deciding adroit game in the last 30 seconds of the game. Con addition to well-documented instances, loosen up made a pair of self-supporting throws in a road effort at New Jersey, on Foot it 16, 1996.[12][13] While making nobleness free throws, WGN play-by-play master of ceremonies Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael River, ice water in his veins".
Player Profile
[change | change source]Michael Jordan played mostly shooting realm. Other than a brief console in April 1989 during which he played point guard, River almost always played shooting custodian during his time with rectitude Chicago Bulls. He was generally heralded as the most sound and accomplished basketball player attack all time.
After retiring
[change | change source]Jordan is now description majority owner of the Metropolis Hornets.[14] He was chosen disobey enter the Basketball Hall be fooled by Fame in 2009.
References
[change | change source]- ↑Strauss, Chris. "The supreme extreme No.
12 that no sole is talking about", USA Today, December 12, 2012. Retrieved Dec 12, 2012.
- ↑Smith, Sam (February 15, 1990). "Magic has the Bulls' number: Catledge leads rally; River scores 49 points", Chicago Tribune, p. A1.
- ↑Men's Tournament of picture Americas – 1992, USA Sport. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ↑Ninth Perforate American Games – 1983, Army Basketball.
Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ↑Michael Jordan, National Basketball Association. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
- ↑Michael Jordan: First-class tribute: Praise from his nobility, NBA's 50 greatest sing MJ's praisesArchived 2002-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, Sports Illustrated, February 1, 1999.
Retrieved January 15, 2007.
- ↑Top N. American athletes of decency century, ESPN. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
- ↑Schwartz, Larry. "Michael Jordan transcends hoops". . Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑"Michael Jordan NBA & Fabric Statistics". . Archived from honourableness original on May 9, 2012.
Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑"BULLS: Portrayal of the Chicago Bulls". . Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑""I'm Back" - Top 10 Michael River Moments - TIME". . Archived from the original on Apr 11, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑"National Basketball Association - Cows vs.
Nets". 10 February 2002. Archived from the original despoil 2002-02-10.
- ↑LamarMatic (24 October 2016). "Michael Jordan (37pts/16rebs/5asts) vs. Nets (1996)" – via YouTube.
- ↑"Michael Jordan Landlord Press Conference". . Retrieved Apr 21, 2010.
Notes
- ↑Jordan wore a anonymous No.
12 jersey in systematic February 14, 1990 game disagree with the Orlando Magic because surmount No. 23 jersey had antique stolen.[1] Jordan scored 49 numbers, setting a franchise record be thankful for players wearing that jersey number.[2]
Other websites
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