Michael Jordan's NBA growth process (the more detailed, the better)
Jordan's dunk from the free throw line In the eyes of most people, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. His magnificent and legendary basketball career and his great influence on the sport inevitably make people push him to the altar. Elegant, fast, powerful and artistic, The perfect combination of improvisation and strong desire to win ... Jordan reinterpreted the meaning of "superstar". Even the superstars of the same period acknowledged Jordan's supreme position. Magic Magic Johnson said, "Jordan is at the top, and then we are." In a playoff game against Celtic in Jordan's second season, he scored 63 points. After the game, Larry Bird was like this. Take a rough look at what Jordan has achieved: "Best rookie, 5 regular season MVPs, 6 finals rings, 6 finals MVP, 1 first-team players, 14 All-Star Game MVPs, 3 All-Star Game MVPs, 5 NBA scoring champions in 5 years, 1 scoring champions (NBA records, and 7 consecutive scoring champions ranked first with Wilt Chamberlain). When he retired, his average score was 3.1 ... "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, a gorgeous breakthrough and a juggling dunk. 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 his personal demeanor off the court. It has accelerated the process of NBA globalization. He is a well-deserved king. He is an approachable but mysterious man. "Flying Jordan" is his symbol. His signature basketball shoes are widely advertised. Of course, he also speaks for other products. He has also starred in the movie slam dunk in the air (space also enters the bottle). And cooperated with Michael Jackson. MV Jam retired twice and came back twice until the end of the 22-3 season. Jordan was born in Brooklyn and 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 because he insisted on 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. From then on, he really embarked on the road of being a superstar. Jordan studied at Huimington High School. Although he was bumpy at that time, he was suspended for many times in the first grade only because the short man who was 5 feet and 11 inches was excluded from the next competition by the basketball school team, he eventually became a baseball team. Excellent student and star of basketball team and football team. In the summer between grade two and grade three, Jordan grew 4 inches. He practiced his skills more intently. Finally, he made the school team get an average of 25 points in each game in grade three and grade four. In grade four, Jordan was elected to McDonald's all-American team and became the only high school student in history who averaged 29.2 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in triple doubles. Jordan L, who was selected for the all-American 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 to the University of Georgia, came back in vain, just like he was 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 the Naismith and Wooden Awards. In that year, he was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the third place in the draft. As expected, the top pick selected by the Houston Rockets that year was Hakeem Olajuwon, a 7-foot center at the University of Houston. 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. Finally, drexler became a star and Bowie, an easily injured guy, spent his career in mediocrity. 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 unfortunately the team lost 3-1 to the Milwaukee Bucks. He was eliminated. "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. 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, Bernard King, the scoring champion of that year, said this to Hoop magazine with certainty-"I can only say", and King said, "People in Chicago really made a fortune." The fact also proved that 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 pay the price of losing the game. Jordan's off-court performance was as unique and attractive as his performance on the basketball court. Because of his infinite bright prospects, Nike signed him as the main sneaker spokesperson early, but the effect still far exceeded the expected plan. In Jordan's rookie preseason, He wore an unprecedented pair of red and black bulls' combat boots. At first, the NBA thought it violated the "uniform code" 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", and he is used to sticking out his tongue when he flies to the hoop-just like his father did 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 longer pants can make him more comfortable to wear. 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 without breaking any rules. Despite all the attention, Jordan has always remained humble. He never taunted the Blazers and didn't choose him. Before the rookie season, he told Sports Illustrated: "Bowie is more suitable for them than me. They already have enough big guards and small forwards." His 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 was quickly achieved, and soon he was voted as the starting shooting guard of the All-Star Game East Army. At the All-Star Game, he met the first obstacle in his career: his teammate, Isiah Thomas, who led Detroit. The media believe that Thomas deliberately froze the golden rookie's performance in the All-Star Game by not passing the ball, so that Jordan, as the starting shooting guard, only scored 7 points in 22 minutes. He had to face the so-called conspiracy alone for the rest of his life. Speculation about it lasted for a long time, but Thomas himself denied it. In the end, this feud ended when Thomas, then head coach of the Eastern All-Star Team in the 23 All-Star Game, persuaded Vince Carter to give up his starting position to Jordan who participated in the last All-Star Game. After playing only three games in the second season, Jordan broke a bone in his left foot, but he didn't attend even though he was voted into the All-Star Game. But when he returned to the stadium at the end of the season, he scored 63 points in the first round of the playoffs against Celtic. After two overtime, the Bulls finally lost their hatred by 131-132, and left the playoffs with the fate of being swept away. However, in this series of competitions, Jordan scored an average score of 43.7, which silenced all those who once doubted Jordan's ability. From the 86-87 season, his campaign to rewrite NBA records, which lasted his whole career, officially began. This year, he scored 37.1 points per game, and maintained a score of 3+ for the next seven years. Scored 4+ in nine consecutive games and 23 points in one game ... these are all NBA records. In the All-Star Game, he won the trophy of the slam dunk contest and successfully defended his title the following year. Unfortunately, the Celtics once again eliminated the Bulls in the first round of the playoffs. After the end of the season, the management of the Bulls began to form a championship team. The team selected power forward Horace Grant, and in the draft, daily center Olden Polyinice bought all-around small forward Scottie Pippen from seattle supersonics. In the 87-88 season, Jordan won all the important awards you can think of, most valuable player, best defensive player, all-star MVP ... everything. With the help of strong teammates, Jordan led the Bulls to beat Cleveland Cavaliers and passed the first round of the playoffs, but lost 4-1 to Detroit in the second round. The Pistons are known as the "bad boy corps", and their aggressive play made Jordan's Bulls return home in the Eastern Conference finals for two consecutive years. The Pistons coaching staff has created a defensive strategy called "Jordan Rule", which simply means that there will always be two or three people double Jordan. Although the bulls have been unable to break through this difficulty, they are getting closer to the championship bit by bit! In the 88-89 season, Jordan scored 32.5 points per game, ranking 1th in the league with 8. assists per game, 8. rebounds and 2.89 steals. In the decisive battle against the Cavaliers in Game 5 in the first round of the playoffs, Jordan scored a buzzer jumper over Craig Ehlo's head, which made the Bulls beat their opponents 11-1. This wonderful goal, which is called "the shot" in history, will remain in people's hearts forever. Before the start of the 89-9 season, Sport Illustrated published an article saying that Jordan was considering playing PGA tour after retiring. Meanwhile, the management in Chicago is doing something else. That summer, the Bulls fired the head coach Doug Collins and invited Phal Jackson, the "Zen Master". Under the guidance of Jackson, the Bulls began to practice the "triangle attack", a tactical system that creates opportunities for five people on the field with fast passing and cutting, but when the tactics fail and the attack time is short, Jordan has the right to fire at will. In the regular season that year, the Bulls scored 55-27, which was the best record of the Bulls since the 71-72 season. Jordan scored a career-high 69 points against the Cavaliers and beat his opponent 117-113 after an overtime. His 3-pointers have also become a weapon, and his hit rate of 37.6% is 1% higher than before. However, in the final game of the Eastern Conference finals, the Pistons struggled to break the dream of the Bulls. Losing to the Pistons for three years in a row made many people doubt that a scoring machine like Jordan could not win the championship title. Many critics think that he is not as good as Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, two superstars in the 198s. They think that Jordan is just a pure scorer and can't make his teammates do better like Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Big Bird and Magic helped the team become a top team as soon as they joined the team, but Jordan's Bull was still a middle team until the late 198s. But the rise of the bull dynasty after 1991 and the gradual maturity of Jordan made them shut up. In the 1991 season, Jordan led the bulls to triumph all the way, losing only two games in the whole playoffs and reaching the top for the first time with absolute dominance. This includes revenge for sweeping the Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals, and losing one game at home in the finals in straight sets.