Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffery Jordan was born on feburuary 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. But he grew up in Wellington, North Carolina. Although Jordan is considered the greatest player to ever play the game of basketball, his road was not an easy one. as a sophmore in high school he was cut from the basketball team for being to small. but over the summer he grew 4 inchs and later became a mcdonalds all american by his senior year. he later would go on to win ACC freshmen of the year and help North Carolina win a NCAA champioinship by making the winning shot. as a junior he won the naismith player of the year and would get drafted third by the Chicago bulls. there his legacy would begin. he went on the accomplish many great things and left a huge foot print on the game of basketball. his accomplishments included 6 nba championships, rookie of the year, 4 finals mvp, 5 nba mvp awards, and countless other awards. Jordan would retire after the murder of his father during a robbery. but he would not stay retired for long for he returned in 1995 to lead the chicago bulls to another championship. he would retire agian only to return for a third time. After a short run with wizards jordan retired for the third and final time.
with all the success on the court Jordan reached a level of fame many couldn't dream of. this fame would make him a big hit in the movie space jam (1996). Also Michael built up a shoe empire know as the Jordan brand. he helped build the Nike empire as well as the NBA. today he is enshrined in the hall of fame and known to many as the greatest player to ever play the game of basketball.
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