Michael
Jordan
By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the
greatest basketball player of all time.
Six-Time NBA Champion, Five-Time
NBA MVP, Ten-time All-NBA First
Team, Rookie of the Year, FourteenTime All-Star, Three-Time All-Star
MVP, and Two-Time Olympic Gold
Medalist.
Magic Johnson said, “There’s Michael
Jordan and then there’s the rest of
us.”
He burst into the league as a rookie
sensation scoring in droves with an
unmatchable first step and acrobatic
drives and dunks and concluded his
career as a cultural icon.
Michael Jordan
• Jordan had a clause in his contract that allowed
him, unlike most other NBA players, to play
basketball anytime in the off-season -- known as
the "love-of-the-game clause."
• Jordan's greatness and likeability was apparent in
just his first season. Home attendance at the
venerable Chicago Stadium and on the road rose
dramatically. Fans of opposing teams were
seemingly content to see their team lose if in
return Jordan put on show.
What Should you Know about
Michael Jordan?
• He can Fly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUz3ZYfo
Nxo (Jordan Jumps from Free-Throw Line, 1988)
• And He was CLUTCH!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zveLtpgQ
49Q (The Shot, 1989 Playoffs over Cleveland Cavaliers to advance.)