Micheal Jeffery Jordan
Micheal Jeffery Jordan also known as MJ, is a retired basketball player and an entrepreneur. He currently is at the age of 53 and he is the former chairman of the Eastern NBA team, the Charlotte Hornets. MJ is known to be the best basketball player in NBA history and has influenced the sneaker game with his 31 and counting series of shoes.
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before "air jordan"
Before Micheal was known as "Air Jordan", he was just a normal kid in North Carolina that loved basketball. His parents are Deloris and James Jordan. He had four siblings and attended high school at Laney High in his home town. He tried to join the varsity team but, he was deemed too short. However, he proved that he was worth to make a team and brought that mentality to college.
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The chicago bulls |
Micheal Jordan was drafted to the Chicago Bulls in 1984. As soon as he stepped on an arena, his popularity skyrocketed. He was a fan favorite in all arenas and was awarded rookie of the year in 1985. MJ was everywhere. He was on TV, billboards, newspapers and clothes. Later in his career, Mike won six NBA championships, one in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998. However, Jordan actually retired in three times in his career which is crazy! Even when MJ retired he was still known as "one of the greats".
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