Born in 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, Jordan was the forth child to his parents James and Deloris Jordan. Moving to Wilmington, North Carolina, early in Jordan’s life his parent’s seeked a better lifestyle for their five children. Jordan went to Laney high school where he was cut from the varsity basketball team his sophomore year before making the squad his junior year. The following summer he attended a five-star basketball camp where he met Coach Dean Smith of UNC who started recruiting Jordan for college. Jordan signed a letter of intent his senior year in November to attend the University of North Carolina.

At UNC Jordan played for three years. During his freshman year he was only the forth freshman starter to ever start under coach Dean Smith. His freshman year Jordan’s team, the Tarheels, won the NCAA men’s national championship against the George

Currently he is only adding to his unparalleled career stats. And is learning to play more of a mental game than the athletic aspect he is so much used to dominating. Jordan is no longer the dominate player he once was in the early and mid 90’s but he is a much more matured Michael Jordan.

As Jordan matured and grew ever more and more wiser he played with more for the team than for himself helping ingnite his team and in the 1990-1991 season they won their first of three consecutive NBA championships. In 1992 professional players were allowed to play in the Olympic games. Here Jordan teamed up with other greats such as Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Scottie Pippen to win Jordan’s second gold medal.

Jordan is known around the world for his dunk from the free throw line in the 1988 all-star dunk contest. This only added to his popularity and improved stock in Michael Jordan. Everybody wanted to “be like Mike.” Jordan had shoes, *censored*s, and jerseys all with the number 23 becoming ever more and more popular across the nation.

Over the next five seasons the Chicago Bulls lost early in playoff rounds. Jordan amazed fans and players alike with his play on the court. One theory as to why the Bulls didn’t win a championship until later on is because Jordan played at a level so above his teammates the team couldn’t function as a team.

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