Birthdate
• Michael Jordan was
born February 17,
1963, in Brooklyn
New York
colleges
•Michael Jordan went
to the University of
North Carolina
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DRAFT
• Michael Jordan was
drafted in the 1984
round one 3rd pick
overall to the Chicago
Bulls
• March 29th 1982
• During his time in college
Michael sinks the winning
shot in the game against
Georgetown. With just 15
seconds remaining on the
clock, Jordan's jump shot
secures the 63-62 win in
the 1982 NCAA
Championship.
• February 7th 1987
• During the All-Star
Weekend in Seattle,
he won his first Slam
Dunk contest.
• His most memorable
slam was his
"Superman Slam"
where he soared
towards the basket
and threw the ball
down as he zoomed
past the rim.
• June 12th 1991
• Jordan and the Bulls
spotted the Lakers the
first game in the NBA
Finals before winning
four straight to claim
Chicago's first title.
Jordan averaged 31.1
points, 6.4 rebounds,
and 8.4 assists during
the postseason. He
also was named the
MVP of the NBA Finals.
• June 14th 1992
• Who can forget Jordan
shrugging to the courtside
media during the first half
of Game 1 of the NBA
Finals against the Blazers?
Jordan torched the Blazers
by making six 3-pointers in
the first half to set a NBA
Finals record by scoring 35
points before halftime.
Jordan was the Finals MVP
once again and averaged
34.5 points for the
postseason.
• June 20th 1993
• Jordan met up with
his pal Charles Barkley
in the NBA Finals. The
Bulls won their third
straight title by ousting
the Suns in six games.
Big surprise -- Jordan
was named MVP for
the Finals for the third
straight year after
averaging 41.0 points
against the Suns, a
NBA Finals record.
• October 6th 1993
• Jordan stuns the world
by announcing his
retirement from
basketball at age 30.
Jordan says he retired
because he had
nothing to prove in
basketball. His father,
James, was murdered
earlier that summer in
North Carolina. Jordan
retired with the
highest career scoring
average in NBA history
at 32.3 points per
game.
• March 19th 1995
• Jordan just couldn't stay
away from basketball.
With baseball sidelined
by a players' strike,
Jordan decided to return
to the Bulls. He made his
return against the
Pacers, and a rusty
Jordan (wearing No. 45)
scored 19 points in the
103-96 overtime loss. On
March 29, he shook off
the rust by dropping a
double-nickel (55 points)
against the Knicks
• June 16th 1996
• Just in case anyone
wondered how much
Jordan meant to the
Bulls, in his first full
season since his
premature retirement,
Jordan powers the Bulls
to the NBA
championship. He is
named MVP for the
Finals after averaging
27.3 points against
Seattle.
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• June 13th 1997
• Jordan finally had a
ring for each finger on
his hand as the Bulls
beat the Jazz in six
games for their fifth
title of the decade.
Jordan again was
named MVP of the
Finals by averaging
32.3 points while
getting a measure of
revenge against Utah's
Karl Malone, who
ended Jordan's streaks
of being named the
regular season MVP.
• June 14th 1998
• The Jazz must know
how Craig Ehlo felt
after Jordan got the
best of Utah on the
national stage again.
Jordan delivered the
final blow, sinking the
game-winning jumper
with 5.2 seconds left
after faking out Bryon
Russell. Jordan was
named Finals MVP for
the sixth time,
averaging 33.5 points
against the Jazz.
• January 19th 2000
• Michael Jordan
joins the
Washington
Wizards as partowner and
president of
basketball
operations. Jordan
also acquires an
ownership stake in
the Washington
Capitals.
• September 25th, 2001
• Jordan announces his
return to the game,
agreeing to a two-year
deal to play for the
Wizards. "I am
returning as a player to
the game I love. I am
especially excited about
the Washington
Wizards, and I'm
convinced we have the
foundation on which to
build a playoffcontention team."
• April 16, 2003
• Michael Jordan's
fabulous career comes
to an end amid cheers
and tears. His
Washington Wizards
are trounced 107-87
by the Philadelphia
76ers. Perhaps the
greatest player in NBA
history, Jordan scored
15 points in his finale
to a 15-year career.