Even the superstars of the same period acknowledged Jordan's supreme position. Magic Johnson said, "Jordan is at the top, Then there is us. "In a playoff match against Boston Celtics in Jordan's second season, he scored 63 points. After the game, Larry Bird commented on him:" Today, God is playing as Jordan. "
Look at what Jordan has done roughly:" Best rookie, 5 regular season MVP, 6 finals rings, 6 Finals MVP, 1 First Team, 14 All-Star Games, 3 All-Star Game MVP, and 1 scoring champions in 5 years of NBA (NBA record, the other 7 consecutive scoring champions also ranked first with Wilt Chamberlain). When he retired, his average score was the highest 3.1 points ... "
But his influence was far more than these honors and champions. When he first entered the league, he was a natural scorer with a sharp first step, gorgeous breakthrough and juggling, and when he left, he had become a symbol of culture. In his basketball career, he conquered the public with dazzling performances on the court and personal demeanor off the court. It has accelerated the process of NBA globalization, and he is a well-deserved king.
He is an approachable man who keeps a sense of mystery. Is "Air Jordan" his target? His signature advertisements for basketball shoes are overwhelming. Of course, he also endorsed other products and starred in the movie Space Jam. He retired twice and came back twice before hanging up his boots again at the end of the 22-3 season. < P > Born in Brooklyn and raised in quiet North Carolina, Michael and his father James have a close relationship. They have the same favorite-baseball. However, under the influence of little Jordan's idol-his brother Larry, Jordan began to play basketball.
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Jordan spent his childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina. He entered Emsley A. Laney High School. There he was a B+ average and a amphibious sports star-rugby (quarterback), baseball and basketball. In college, his major was geography.
Jordan has two brothers. Larry and James R. One sister, Delores, and one sister, Roslyn. James R.Jordan, are the military commanders of the 35th Signal Brigade of the 18th Airborne Corps. At the age of 47, he became famous for staying in Iraq.
Jordan now lives in Highland Park. Illinois.
He joined the school team of Laney High School. In the second year, Jordan, who was 5 feet and 11 inches thin, was kicked out of the school team. By the time he was in the third year of high school, his height had jumped to 6 feet and 3 inches. Since then, he has really embarked on the road of being a superstar.
After graduating from high school, Michael, who was selected for the national high school team, entered North Carolina. As a newcomer, he somewhat lived in the shadow of older James Worthy and Sam Perkins. However, in the NCAA finals against Georgetown University, Jordan shined brilliantly. He scored 16 points and 9 rebounds and scored the winning goal in the last 18 seconds. North Carolina won 63-62. Patrick Ewing, another great newcomer of Georgetown University, came back in vain, just like he did in the NBA many years later.
In the second year, he was named the best college player of the year by Sporting News. In the third year, He was re-elected and won Naismith and Wooden Awards. In that year, he was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the third place in the draft.
As everyone expected, the top pick selected by the Houston Rockets that year was the 7-foot center of the University of Houston-the dream Hakeem Olajuwon. Unexpectedly, The Portland Trailblazers chose the 7-foot-1 center Sam Bowie. Bowie Kentucky as the second place. Bowie suffered several injuries in college, but the Trailblazers still didn't choose Jordan. Because they got another exciting shooting guard the year before-glider Clyde Drexler. In the end, Drexler became a star and Bowie, an easily injured guy, spent his career in mediocrity. < P > After winning the championship in the 84 Olympic Games, Jordan's rookie season was shining. Won the title of the best rookie. That year, he averaged 28.2 points (second only to Bernard King and Bird), 6.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists and was selected into the second team. More importantly, the Bulls won 11 more games than the previous year and successfully advanced to the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, Jordan scored 29.3 points per game. But it's a pity that the team lost 3-1 to Milwaukee Bucks and was eliminated < P > "In his rookie season, his attack range was not big enough, and his defense was a little loose". His first NBA coach Kevin Loughery said that his middle distance-according to the basket, 8-15 feet-was still very good (shooting rate reached 51.5%). His steals also cover up the shortcomings that his body posture is not standard when defending. The improvement in these two aspects will eventually make him a threat to the other side at any position on the court and make him the best one-on-one defender.
"Even before his rookie season officially began, people were convinced that the Rockets and Trailblazers would regret their choice", As early as the preseason, King, the scoring champion of that year, said
"I can only say" to Hoop magazine, and King said, "People in Chicago really made a fortune."
As it turns out, Jordan conquered the public in the rookie season. The audience who came to the Chicago Stadium to watch the ball increased geometrically. As long as they could see Jordan's wonderful performance, the fans of the other team were even willing to come back and lose the game. < P > Jordan's off-court performance was as unique and attractive as his basketball court. Because of his limitless bright future, Nike signed him as the main spokesman for sneakers early. However, the effect was far more than expected. In the pre-season of Jordan rookie, he wore a pair of red and black bull boots that he had never seen before. At first, the NBA thought that this violated the "uniform code of uniform" and would be fined if he continued to wear it. He still wore it several times. As a result, this shoe and other AJ series sneakers caused an unprecedented upsurge in the market, which was different from most NBA players. His contract allows him to play at any time during the off-season-this clause is called "basketball love clause"
When he flies to the hoop, he is used to sticking out his tongue-just like when his father does mechanical work, this action has become one of his personal trademarks. He has been wearing his favorite North Carolina pants under the bulls' pants, which makes him start to wear longer pants, or because the longer pants can be used.
The rookie's magic was even applied to the referee. They said that he enjoyed a little preferential treatment that only veterans who had worked hard for many years could enjoy, so that even if he took one more step, he would not be blown away. Many people said that he was able to get past the defenders so easily because he walked. But according to the slow motion analysis, the real reason was that his first step was too fast. And didn't break any rules
Jordan kept a humble attitude despite all the attention. He never taunted the Blazers and didn't choose him. At the beginning of his season, he told Sports Illustrated: "Bowie is more suitable for them than me. They already have enough big guards and small forwards." His self-modesty is more clearly reflected in another sentence in the same article: "I hope I can play at least one All-Star game in my life"
This goal will be realized soon. Soon after, he was voted as the Eastern All-Star starter. There, he met the first obstacle of his career, his teammates, Dieter leads the Pistons' Isiah Thomas. The media thinks that Thomas deliberately froze the performance of this golden rookie in the All-Star Game by not passing the ball.
Jordan scored 7 points in 22 minutes. He can only face this so-called conspiracy alone in the rest of the day. This matter has been circulating for a long time. However, Thomas denied this statement. This incident ended in the 23 All-Star Game when Thomas, then the head coach of the Eastern All-Star Team, persuaded Vince Carter to give up his starting position to Jordan who participated in the last All-Star Game. < P > In the second season, Jordan only played three games, and a bone in his left foot was broken. Although he was voted into the All-Star Game, He also failed to attend. However, he returned to the stadium at the end of the season and scored the highest playoff scoring record of 63 points in the first round of playoff against Celtic. After two overtime, the Bulls lost their temper by 132-131, and finally kicked out of the playoff with the fate of being swept away. But in this series of games, Jordan scored an average score of 43.7, which made everyone who had doubted Jordan's ability shut up. < P > Since the 86-87 season, his campaign to rewrite NBA records has been officially launched. This year, he scored an average score of 37.1, and kept 3 points for seven consecutive years and 4 points for nine consecutive games. Even those 23 points in a game ... these are all NBA records. In the All-Star Game, he won the trophy of the slam dunk contest (he took it again the next year). Unfortunately, the Celtics once again drove the bulls out of the playoffs with a broom in the first round.
After the season ended, the management of the bulls began to form a team with championship strength and selected power forward Horace Grant. In the 87-88 season, Jordan won all the important awards you can think of, MVP, best defensive player, all-star MVP ... everything. With the help of strong teammates, Jordan led the Bulls to defeat Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs, but in the second round, the Pistons lost 4-1 and Dieter led them to be called "Bad Boys Corps". Their aggressive play made Jordan and Bulls return home in the Eastern Conference finals twice in the next two years. The Pistons coaching staff created a defensive strategy called "Jordan Rule", which simply means that two or three people will always surround Jordan. Although the Bulls have never been able to break through this difficulty.
Jordan's data in the 88-89 season was bumper, averaging 32.5 points per game, 8. assists per game ranked 1th in the highest league in his career, and 8. rebounds and 2.89 steals ranked third in the league. In the fifth decisive battle against the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs, Jordan's long buzzer jumper over Craig Ehlo's head made the Bulls beat their opponents 11-1. This wonderful goal, known as "the shot" in history, will always remain in people's minds. < P > Before the start of the 89-9 season, Sport Illustrated published an article saying that Jordan was considering playing PGA tour after retiring. At the same time, the management in Chicago was doing something else. < P > That summer, the Bulls fired head coach Doug Collins. Phil Jackson, the "Zen master", was invited. Under the guidance of Jackson, the Bulls began to practice the "triangle attack"-a tactical system that created opportunities for five people on the court with fast passing and cutting, but when the tactical failure was short, Jordan had the right to fire at will. < P > In the regular season that year, the Bulls scored 55-27. This is the best record since the 71-72 season. Jordan scored a career-high 69 points against the Cavaliers, and defeated his opponent 117-113 after an overtime. At the same time, his three-pointer also began to become a weapon, with a shooting rate of 37.6%, which was 1% higher than the previous figure. However, The Pistons had a hard time breaking the dream of the Bulls in the last game of the Eastern Conference finals.
Losing to the Pistons for three consecutive years made many people doubt that a scoring machine like Jordan could not win the championship title.
They were all wrong. The next year, Jordan led the Bulls to triumph and lost only two games in the playoffs. Reached the summit for the first time with absolute dominance. This included taking revenge for sweeping the Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals, and winning the Lakers in four consecutive games when losing one game at home in the finals. Due to Magic Johnson's recent retirement, the "showtime" Lakers era came to an end after this round of games. Jordan averaged 31.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game, and won the first NBA finals MVP among his six.