He also starred alongside Bugs Bunny in the animated comedy Space Jam. The following season, Jordan led the Bulls to their best regular-season record and the fourth Championship title in six years. In 1995, Jordan returned to basketball right before the playoffs but the Bulls didn't win the Championship. He played outfielder for the Birmingham Barons and realized that he was not cut out for baseball after a disappointing season.
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He decided to try his hand at professional baseball. Jordan retired from the NBA preceding the 1993/94 season after the mysterious death of his father and after rumors about his gambling addictions began to circulate. His basketball skills and allure made him the perfect key figure to market both Nike products and the NBA and he led the Bulls to three consecutive World Championships (1991, 1992, and 1993). His acrobatic moves and hang-time won him the infamous nickname Air Jordan. Two months after the Olympics, Jordan began his first NBA professional season with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan led the team in scoring with an average of 17.1 points per game. The US won all eight of the games by an average of 32.1 points per game. Jordan scored 14 points against China, 20 against Canada, and 16 against Uruguay. The team had such college players as Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin (NBA players weren't allowed to compete in the Games until 1992). That summer, Jordan played on the US Men's Olympic Basketball Team under head coach Bobby Knight. Jordan's ever-growing popularity began at UNC where he made a last-minute game-winning shot in the 1984 NCAA championship game. By the time Jordan was finishing his senior year he had grown to 6'5" and attained a basketball scholarship from the University of North Carolina. Jordan played so well in his junior season that he was invited to attend the Five-Star Camp in Pittsburgh before his senior year. Between the 10th and 11th grade, Jordan grew from 5'11" to 6'3", and because his game improved, he made the varsity team the following year.
Instead of giving up, he worked through this hardship and became one of the greatest basketball players in the world. Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, he was cut from the varsity team.
His older and taller brother, Larry kept beating him when they played one-on-one. His preferred sport at the time was baseball but after he began spending a lot of time on the basketball court, his outlook changed. As a child, Jordan played baseball, basketball, and football. Jordan's parents worked hard to provide him and his siblings with a comfortable lifestyle. His dad worked at an electric plant while his mom worked at a bank. His family decided to move to Wilmington, North Carolina when he was still a toddler. He is a Black businessman and was one of the best professional basketball players in the world.įrom Brooklyn, New York, Michael Jeffrey Jordan is the son of Delores and James Jordan. *Michael Jordan was born on this date in 1963.
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