Michael Jordan Childhood

Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, NY. He is the son of Deloris and James Jordan. The Jordan family moved to Wilmington when Michael was young. Jordan loved both baseball and basketball growing up. However, it was the years long competition on the basketball court against his older brother Larry that began Michael’s legendary drive, intensity and will to win.

Michael Jordan High School Stats and Awards

Jordan attended Laney High School. When he was a sophomore, Jordan didn’t make the high school varsity team. This drove him to work harder at his game. With a growth spurt from under six feet to 6’4”, Jordan was able to not only make the varsity team, but become one of the best high school players in the country. He averaged 25 points and 12 rebounds a game over his junior and senior seasons at Laney. A high school All-American, Jordan had his pick of any college in the country. He decided to stay in-state and play college basketball at the University of North Carolina.

Michael Jordan College Career Stats and Notes

Jordan played for North Carolina from 1981-84. He averaged 17 points and 5 rebounds per game during his college career. The Tarheels made the NCAA Tournament each of Jordan’s years. As a freshman, he hit the game-sealing jumper late in the NCAA title game against Georgetown to help deliver the Tarheels first NCAA title. Jordan was a two-time Consensus All-American and College Player of the Year in 1984. He was voted ACC Rookie of the Year in 1982 and ACC Player of the Year in 1984.  Jordan opted for the NBA after his junior year.

Michael Jordan NBA Career Stats and Notes

Jordan was selected 3rd overall in the 1984 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. He spent the first 13 years in the NBA in Chicago, which included his first retirement stretch that started right before the 1993-94 season (after the Bulls first NBA title three-peat from 1991-93). He returned to the NBA in 1995 and played three more seasons with the Bulls, completing a second NBA title 3-peat. After the 1997-98 season, Jordan retired for a second time.

As a member of the Washington Wizards’ front office, Jordan decided to step back on the court at age 38. He played two years for the Wizards, retiring for good after the 2002-03 season. Jordan was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.

Michael Jordan 1987-88 Dominant NBA Season

There isn’t enough superlatives to describe the career of Michael Jordan, who is often considered to be the greatest of all time. He has the championships, NBA Finals MVPs, regular season MVPs, scoring titles, etc to show how dominant he was. He has the memories as well, whether it was the 63-point playoff game against Boston or his legendary last shot in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals to propel the Bulls to their 6th NBA title in eight years. However, his dominance can be summed up in one great season: 1987-88. In his fourth year in the league, Jordan was just getting started. He averaged 35 points a game, winning his second of seven straight scoring titles. He averaged 3.2 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, earning him the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He hit the trifecta that season by earning his first of five NBA MVP awards. Jordan also won his second straight NBA Slam Dunk championship to add to the ‘Air Jordan’ legacy. That year didn’t end with a NBA championship but individually it was one of the greatest seasons a NBA guard ever had.

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