First, I would like to touch on some general information about Michael. He wears number 23 on his jersey because he considered it to be half of his brother's number, 45. He had wanted 45 because it was his brother's number and he deeply admired his brother, but he was on the same team as his brother so he needed to pick a different number. His most well known superstition is that he wears his University of North Carolina basketball shorts under his game shorts.

When Michael was a kid, his favorite sport was not basketball. In fact, it was baseball. He was a pitcher on a little league team. He played baseball because he was short (Kornbluth). Later in his life, he would try to leave the NBA and play major league baseball.

Michael was not always rich. His parents had to work two and three jobs each to support the family. Before Michael's dad built him a basketball court in his back ya

baseball with the Birmingham Barons. During the 18 months Michael was away from basketball, he would have his jersey retired in the United Center, have a bronze statue of him in front of the United Center and would draw enormous crowds to minor league baseball games. After 18 months, Michael got tired of baseball, especially because he was being criticized because he was not too good at baseball. Michael would come back to basketball with 17 games left in the regular season. The Bulls would make the playoffs that year, but, unfortunately, get defeated by the Orlando Magic.

When he returned to basketball the list of awards and achievements kept flowing in as if he had never quit the game. In addition to his great feats and huge paycheck ($25 Million this year), Michael also has major advertising deals. These deals include companies and products such as Nike, Gatorade, and Wheaties. In addition to all of his other accomplishments, Michael is also a movie star. He stared in Space Jam with Bugs Bunny. He also has a restaurant in Chicago named after him.

Michael was not always good at basketball, either. People told Michael that he was too short to play basketball. Michael now stands six feet six inches tall. He also went to the school gym before school to shoot baskets, stayed after school to shoot baskets, and could be found in the school gym on weekends shooting baskets. He also played his brother, Larry, one-on-one in basketball. His brother was only a year older than Michael was, but he was much better and taller than Michael was. Michael would often times lose and end up getting in a fight with his brother.

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