michael jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. Michael Jordan was born with a nosebleed, which made the parents, James and Deloris Jordan, very worried as well as some of the doctors. He was kept in the hospital for several days until everyone realized it was very minor and had no effect on his health. His childhood was very tough growing up in a poor North Carolinian city, and Michael was very mischievous and quite a troublemaker. Michael's favorite sport as a child was baseball, but soon afterwards he discovered the love of the game basketball. One important event that shaped and changed Jordan's life was when as a sophomore, he was cut from the varsity basketball team at Laney High School in Wilmington, N.C. He was shocked and hurt by this and practiced every day to improve his game. After making the team the next year, he stayed late after practice to improve his game. In the summer of senior year, he was star of many pick-up games. He was accepted to UNC on a basketball scholarship, after many incredible high school games and his outstanding performance at Five Star basketball camp i
n Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received MVP of the camp for high scoring, and for demolishing everyone in sight with aerial performances dunking the ball right in the face of his opponents in one-on-one moves and his airtight defense. At this time Jordan was a thin, graceful, acrobatic six foot three inch young man. Dean Smith, the head coach at UNC said, "Jordan could do it all. He could score, play defense, lead the team, rebound, assist, block shots, and there's not much more." I chose Michael Jordan because I was always a big fan of his, coming from Chicago, and whenever I saw him play a game, I noticed he was the most dedicated and hardworking player out there. I loved his game and wanted to find out more about him, and in reading this book, I did indeed. Jordan's four years at UNC were great. He developed into one of the greatest college players of all time. His next step was the NBA, and in 1984, he was drafted to the Chicago Bulls. After his first season, Michael became rookie of the year. He won the scoring title for the first of seven times, scoring 2313 points and having a incredible percentage of
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