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. 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

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.

When he returned to basketball the list of awards and achievements kept flowing in as if he had never quit the game.

NBA all-star in his rookie year and a NBA all-star game starter in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1996. In 1988 Michael would win the first of four league MVP honors, the others being 1991, 1992, and 1996. He was named the MVP of the 1988 and 1996 NBA all-star games. In 1991, the Bulls won their first NBA Championship led by Michael Jordan. Michael was the MVP of the 1991 NBA Finals. The next year Michael led the Bulls to a second straight NBA Championship and was the 1992 NBA Finals

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. This caused Michael to be extremely determined to succeed at baske

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