Wilmington, North Carolina. He has two brothers, is married, and has three kids. He is considered by

many to be the greatest basketball player of all time (Kornbluth). My focus will be on his hardships,

accomplishments, and people who influenced him.

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.

Michael was drafted after his junior year in college and would be the third pick in the first round of the

Michael's hard work would attract many scouts from colleges (Kornbluth). He would go to the University

When he finally got on the Varsity team in his junior year, he still worked hard. He practiced with both the

1984 NBA Draft. He went to the Chicago Bulls, who at that time were a struggling team. With Michael on

nicknamed "The Dream Team." This Olympic team also won the gold medal

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