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MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN , NEW YORK ON FEBRUARY 17, 1963. HE GREW UP ONE OF FIVE CHILDEREN , AND MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA AT A YOUNG AGE . IN WILMINGTON , NORTH CAROLINA JORDAN ATTENDED EMSLEY A. LANEY HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL, BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL OF COURSE. DURING HIS SOMOPHOMORE YEAR , HE WAS CUT FROM THE VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM. THIS MOTIVATED JORDAN TO WORK ON HIS BASKETBALL SKILLS , WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO JORDAN BEING SELECTED AS A MCDONALDS ALL AMERICAN AFTER AVERAGING A TRIPLE DOUBLE HIS SENIOR YEAR. COLLEGES NOTICED JORDAN'S TALENT , AND HE THEN ACCEPTED A BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL IN 1981.
AS A FRESHMAN AT NORTH CAROLINA , JORDAN AVERAGED OVER 13 POINTS PER GAME AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR. HE THEN WENT ON TO SHOOTING TH GAME WINNING SHOT DURING THE 1982 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, TO BE SELECTED AS THE NCAA ALL AMERICAN FIRST TEAM DURING HIS SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR YEARS, AND WIN THE WOODEN COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 1984. AFTER A VICTORIOUS BASKETBALL CAREER, JORDAN THEN DECIDED HIS SENIOR SEASON THAT HE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NBA DRAFT OF 1984.
AFTER THE HOUSTON ROCKETS AND PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS PASSED ON JORDAN , THE CHICAGO BULLS PICKED HIM 3RD OVERALL IN THE NBA DRAFT OF 1984. BEFORE HE ARRIVED , THE BULLS WERE A STRUGGLING FRANCHISE. BUT, BECAUSE OF JORDANS HIGH FLYING ACT AND COMPETITIVE SPIRIT , THAT ALL CHANGED INSTANTLY . JORDAN WAS THEN ONCE AGIAN NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BUT THIS TIME IN THE NBA. LITTLE DID THE PEOPLE KNOW THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
JORDAN EARNED HIS TITLE OF "THE GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME " BY WINNING 6 NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS , 6 NBA FINALS MVP AWARDS , 5 NBA MVP AWARDS , 10 SCORING TITLES , AN A DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD AND LEFT THE GAME WITH THE ALL TIME HIGH AVERAGE AT 30.12 POINTS PER GAME. PLUS JORDAN ALSO ACHIEVED ALL OF THIS WHILE WEARING SOME OF THE MOST PROLIFIC , BELOVED AND INNOVATIVE SNEAKERS CREATED. THOUGH NIKE WAS NOT JORDANS FIRST CHOICE, HE MET WITH NIKE TO PLEASE HIS PARENTS. THE CONNECTION CHANGED SPORTS FOREVER, AND JORDAN ALONG WITH HIS ONGROWING JORDAN BECAME ONE OF THE MARKETED SPORT FIGURES IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY. DURING ALL THIS SUCCESS IN THE YEAR OF 1997 , JORDAN BEACME ITS OWN BRAND UNDER NIKE. IN TODAYS WORLD THE BRAND TOUTS RETRO RELEASES , SPORT SHOES , EVERYDAY SHOES , APPAREL AND EQUIPMENT.
AS A FRESHMAN AT NORTH CAROLINA , JORDAN AVERAGED OVER 13 POINTS PER GAME AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR. HE THEN WENT ON TO SHOOTING TH GAME WINNING SHOT DURING THE 1982 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, TO BE SELECTED AS THE NCAA ALL AMERICAN FIRST TEAM DURING HIS SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR YEARS, AND WIN THE WOODEN COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 1984. AFTER A VICTORIOUS BASKETBALL CAREER, JORDAN THEN DECIDED HIS SENIOR SEASON THAT HE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NBA DRAFT OF 1984.
AFTER THE HOUSTON ROCKETS AND PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS PASSED ON JORDAN , THE CHICAGO BULLS PICKED HIM 3RD OVERALL IN THE NBA DRAFT OF 1984. BEFORE HE ARRIVED , THE BULLS WERE A STRUGGLING FRANCHISE. BUT, BECAUSE OF JORDANS HIGH FLYING ACT AND COMPETITIVE SPIRIT , THAT ALL CHANGED INSTANTLY . JORDAN WAS THEN ONCE AGIAN NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BUT THIS TIME IN THE NBA. LITTLE DID THE PEOPLE KNOW THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
JORDAN EARNED HIS TITLE OF "THE GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME " BY WINNING 6 NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS , 6 NBA FINALS MVP AWARDS , 5 NBA MVP AWARDS , 10 SCORING TITLES , AN A DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD AND LEFT THE GAME WITH THE ALL TIME HIGH AVERAGE AT 30.12 POINTS PER GAME. PLUS JORDAN ALSO ACHIEVED ALL OF THIS WHILE WEARING SOME OF THE MOST PROLIFIC , BELOVED AND INNOVATIVE SNEAKERS CREATED. THOUGH NIKE WAS NOT JORDANS FIRST CHOICE, HE MET WITH NIKE TO PLEASE HIS PARENTS. THE CONNECTION CHANGED SPORTS FOREVER, AND JORDAN ALONG WITH HIS ONGROWING JORDAN BECAME ONE OF THE MARKETED SPORT FIGURES IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY. DURING ALL THIS SUCCESS IN THE YEAR OF 1997 , JORDAN BEACME ITS OWN BRAND UNDER NIKE. IN TODAYS WORLD THE BRAND TOUTS RETRO RELEASES , SPORT SHOES , EVERYDAY SHOES , APPAREL AND EQUIPMENT.