Michael Jordan is arguable the best basketball player who ever played the game. A phenomenal athlete with the unique combination of fundamental soundness, grace, speed, power, artistry, and an unquenchable competitive desire, Jordan single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar. The thing that separated Jordan from the rest of the all-time greats was his compulsive need to win. Jordan was and is still known for his intense competitiveness and will to win, but that has not translated to his ownership of the Charlotte Bobcats. Jordan burst into the league as a rookie sensation scoring in droves with an unmatchable first step and acrobatic drives and dunks and concluded his career as a cultural icon. Hard work, dedication, and the desire …show more content…
Leading the Bulls to another three-peat Jordan retired a second time in 1999 ending his career on a high note. Labor disputes between NBA players and team owners, and the eventual breakup of the Bulls dynasty were the reasons he called it quits. After a brief hiatus from basketball Jordan returned to the NBA in 2000 not as a player, but as part owner and president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards. His record as the president of the Washington Wizards was horrendous. His time running the Wizards began in 2000, and he had the final say in personnel matters, such as drafting mega-bust Kwame Brown with the number one pick in 2001. Seeing the rise of young stars like Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, and Tracy Mcgrady, and the decline of his status as a player Jordan decided he wanted to return to the court. The next year he began comeback number three. After two disappointing seasons with the Wizards Jordan retired for the last time in 2003. Assuming he would get his job back as the team president, but after doing such a terrible job at team management and evaluating talent team owner Abe Pollin dismissed Jordan. In his three-plus seasons as an executive and player with the Washington Wizards, Jordan's teams were 110-179. Out of basketball from 2003 to 2005 the Charlotte Bobcats hired Jordan to run the team.
In the course of competing in the NBA Jordan, preformed consistently. Once Jordan’s team made it to the finals, his team dominated, specifically him. On the website “Michealjordansworld.com”, a site dedicated to sharing accurate information about Jordan, the chart listed shows that in the course of six years Jordan has averaged 33.6 points per final game. This demonstrates Jordan’s elite abilities on the court.
One of the reasons people fell in love with Michael Jordan, aside from his skills, was his friendliness and openness. He would never boast of achievements nor put anyone down because they lacked skills. If anything, Jordan was hard on them in order to improve their skills and knowledge of the game so that they can outperform their past selves. He didn’t feel any entitlement to his superiority. He just worked extremely hard to achieve what he did.
After reading this book, you will likely believe that Jordan is the greatest basketball player to ever play in the NBA. Not only did he have in court issues but he had off court issues as well. His father died and Jordan was very distressed. But Jordan overcame this time of grief and sadness. Jordan won 6 titles.
Michael built the Chicago Bulls from the ground up and transformed them into the unstoppable team that people saw during the late 80’s and early 90’s. The Bulls of the 90’s were a team that, regardless of your team loyalty, you had to watch Michael Jordan. His achievements during that time set a bar that was unreachable for other players. From the time he retired the 2nd time, sportswriters have been looking for someone to replace him someone to fill in for Michael.
On March 18, 1995, Jordan announced that he would be playing basketball again. He ended his short baseball career and rejoined the Bulls near the end of the 1994-1995 regular season, eventually losing to the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Michael Jordan was the greatest because of his amazing statistics, his undeniable ability to win, and his lasting effect on the NBA. It will be a very long time, if ever, that there will be a player who was better than Jordan. While there are very many people in the NBA that are extremely talented, none of them stand
Jordan grew up loving basketball, but talent didn’t come naturally to him. In fact, during his junior year of high school, he was cut from the varsity team. Jordan was devastated, but made the choice to work even harder to reach his goal. He was able to improve his game to make varsity his senior year. However, he would be told that his efforts weren’t enough to get him to the next level.
Michael Jordan. MJ, Air Jordan, His Airness, Money, Black Cat, the list goes on. Call him what you want, but one thing is for sure; he is one of the greatest and most influential athletes of all time. Not only did he leave his mark on basketball forever, but he also sparked the the globalization of American sport. Growing up in a small, middle class town, Jordan defied all odds in order to make it as a player. He was cut from his high school team as a sophomore and dealt with racism soon after, yet finished his NBA career with six championship rings (LaFeber 30). But how did Michael Jordan become the icon that is pervasive today?
Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan was the greatest basketball player of all time because he won 6 championship rings and 32,292 points during his career.(World Book)Did you know that Michael Jeffrey Jordan was the best basketball player in the NBA.(World Book) Jordan’s accomplishments was that he scored 32,292 points during his first season of playing the Bulls(World Book) The second accomplishment is that Jordan average 30.12 points per game.(World Book) The third accomplishment was that Jordan became known as Air Jordan because of his gravity defying leaps.(World Book)The last accomplishment that Jordan has is that Jordan led the NBA scoring average for a record of 10 seasons including the 7 consecutive seasons beginning with the season of 1986-1987.(World Book)
Michael Jordan constantly showed his greatness, persistence, hard-work and dedication throughout his career. Jordan averaged about 28.2 points per game in the beginning of his basketball career. Article restates “limits, like fear, are often an illusion” (Jordan). Michael Jordan had to put fear to aside while playing basketball in order to be the best in the game. Being a new face in the league and already reaching those kinds of standards made him one of the most
He also is the tenth NBA basketball player to score 25,000 points in his career and the second fastest after wilt chamberlain to reach that mark Michael Jordan coming back from the olympics with a gold medal in the 1984 olympics prospered in the pro game with a fabulous first season he got the reward of NBA Rookie of the year award. Michael Jordan was known as air Jordan beauces he was a part of a sneaker advertising campaign. He also was endorsing other products he also was the star of space jam. In 2000 Michael Jordan became a part owner and president of basketball operations of the Washington wizards. In 1997 michael Jordan was ranked the world's highest paid athlete he had a contract for 30 million that is the largest one year
The year is 1978; He does not make the team this year, due to his height of 5 feet 9 inches. He plays for junior varsity, and then grows 6 inches. He moves up to varsity the next two seasons, and then attends the University of North Carolina (Gordon, 1). He stays in college for three years. Throughout those three years, he leads his team to the championships one time. Michael Jordan scores the game winning basket during the game. After three years, Michael Jordan enters the NBA draft. The Chicago Bulls use the third pick in the draft to select him for their team. In his first year in the league, Michael Jordan goes on to win the Rookie of the Year award and participate in the All Star Game. Michael Jordan goes onto win 6 championships in his career, and he wins the MVP award every time he wins the championship
Michael Jordan entered the NBA in 1984 as a third overall pick. Leaving college early to pursue his career, Jordan was picked up by the bulls, one of the worst teams in the league. Michael had received Rookie of the year and helped the Bulls reach the playoffs. Michael grew up playing many sports, but his two favorite were basketball and baseball. In high school, he tried out for the boys varsity basketball team. He did not make varsity but got bumped down to Junior Varsity. He has influenced the lives of many around the world by his fashion, his kind heart, and the influence of the world around him.
Early in Michael Jordan's career, it did not seem like he was going to become the greatest of all time. (Reynolds) Yet his stats in the beginning of his career was not as good as his stats in the middle of his career, that's mostly because he was in the gym/Training Center working with Trainer Tim Grover on his core because Michael needed to work on his skills defending near the rim, Muscle Prodigy says. Michael Jordan was required to do medicine ball exercises in order to help his core in the paint.[Reynolds] His rookie year, he had 28.2 points per game and 5.4 assists per game. His points in practice started to increase and as he was improving he needed a new trainer so they hired Tim Grover that was his trainer for the rest of his career and that explains why in 1985
When I was a kid I use to play basketball every day because of one man his name is “Michael Jordan” he was one of the greatest players in history of the NBA. Also he inspires everyone to never give up. When he didn’t make his high school team, he kept trying, illness never held him back from the games. He made the world a better place by setting an example for others. Michael Jordan has helped in the Special Olympics. Through his basketball career he has shown great perseverance and hard work he inspires people to work hard and always helped others. Michael Jordan always shows children how to reach