Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a world-renowned professional basketball player of United States retire. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, one of the biggest influences in the sports community of his time, and the one who brought immense popularity. National Basketball Association's basketball game worldwide in the 1980s and 1990s.

He is currently the owner of the in the  and 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. His net worth is estimated to be $1.6 billion.

Biography
After playing prominently for the University of North Carolina, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as one of the team's stars. People became interested in his successful scoring. Along with his outstanding ability, Jordan shined when he demonstrated his slam dunk ability at the free throw line during the slam dunk competition, which earned him the nickname "Air Jordan" and Jordan in the air" or "His airness" as a well-deserved praise from the audience. He also earned a reputation as one of the best defensive basketball players. He played for the Birmingham Barons, a minor league team in the Chicago White Sox's system, but hit only one home run during his whole baseball career. In 1995, Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA with a two word announcement: "I'm back".

In 1991, he won and achieved his first NBA championship title with the Bulls and was followed by championship titles in 1992, 1993. This helped him win the "triple" - 3 times championship. consecutive enemies (repeat). Although Jordan left the NBA suddenly in October 1993 with the announcement of retirement at the age of 30 (after the death of his father - James Jordan - due to assassination, he was shocked) to pursue a career. basketball, he returned to the Bulls in 1995 and led the team to further championship titles (in 1996, 1997 and 1998). With his Bulls team in the 1995-96 season, they achieved a record of "NBA-record 72 regular-season games" until it was broken by the Golden State Warriors in the 2015-2016 season with a record of 73-9. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but he returned to the NBA after two seasons again as a player for the Washington Wizards from 2001 to 2003.

Jordan's personal success has included five NBA MVP awards (Most Valuable Player for the NBA), 15 times being selected to the NBA's main roster. All-NBA (the NBA's all-star lineup), 9 times honored in All-Defensive's main lineup (best defensive team), 14 times in All-Star competition (lineup) competition between the stars of the East and West of the United States) with 3 times All-Star MVP (Best Player in All-Star Game), 10 scoring titles, 3 trophies for ball contention, 6 NBA Finals MVP (NBA Finals Player of the Year) and "Best Defensive Player" award in 1988. He set the record for the highest scoring average per game in the NBA's regular seasons at 30.1. points/match, as well as a record of 33.4 points/game in the playoffs. In 1999, he was voted by popular sports channel ESPN as "the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century" and ranked 2nd after in the list of athletes of the century. AP" (Associated Press). with the U.S. Men's Basketball Team in 1984 and 1992). All accolades make him a two-time Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, recognized in 2009 for his personal career. himself, and again in 2010 as part of the United States Men's Basketball Olympic team ("The Dream Team").

Jordan is also known for its product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and are still popular today. Jordan also starred in the 1996 film "" about his own career. In 2006, he became co-owner and head of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats Club, later renamed the Charlotte Hornets, buying interest control in 2010. In 2015, Jordan became the campaigner. the first member in history to become a billionaire, according to.

Game-winning shots
During his NBA career, Jordan had at least 29 game-winning shots on field goals or free throws when deciding a game in the last 30 seconds of the game. In addition to well-documented instances, he made a pair of free throws in a road game at, on March 16, 1996. While making the free throws, WGN play-by-play announcer Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael Jordan, ice water in his veins".

Childhood
Michael Jordan was born into a well-to-do family, in a well-to-do neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. His mother, Deloris, was a bank employee. The father, James Jordan, is an equipment monitoring specialist. Michael has two brothers, an older sister and a younger sister. One of Michael's two brothers went on to become Regiment Commander of a US Air Force regiment. The rest are well-educated and have stable jobs. But Michael is a special member of the family. Showing his basketball talent early, Michael was supported by his father. Mr. James, despite his love of baseball, is always willing to spend a few hours a day taking his son to play basketball. He was also the one who encouraged Michael when he was criticized for being short on the Laney High School football team. At that time, Michael was still hesitating between the choices of basketball, football or baseball. When Michael was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 NBA Draft, James was overjoyed because he knew how hard his son had to work to both get his diploma from the University of North Carolina and pursue a career in basketball. In response, Michael did not disappoint his father. America still remembers the picture of Michael and James Jordan hugging each other happily after winning the first NBA championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1991. He then did not disappoint his parents and went on to win the next 2 NBA tournaments. Thanks to that, Michael Jordan is not only the brightest star in the NBA but also the number one symbol of American sports.

Ownership career


Upon retiring for the third time, Jordan assumed that he would be able to return to his position as President of Operations at. However, on May 7, 2003, Abe Pollin fired him.

After that, Jordan stayed in shape by playing in charity tournaments, also competing with other former players such as  and, spent time with his family in Chicago, promoted his clothing line "Jordan Brand" and rode motorcycles, a hobby he could not practice when he was an NBA player, since he is not allowed in contracts. Since his retirement, he has been seen on many circuits of the

On March 17, 2006, Jordan purchased the full rights to the in Charlotte, North Carolina, thus becoming the  of that team. , On July 15, 2006 he became a co-owner of and was appointed as a Member of the Directorate of Basketball Operations. Together with, they are the primary owners of the franchise.

On September 21, 2020, Jordan and NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin driver announced that they would introduce a NASCAR team with Bubba Wallace as a driver, starting the competition for the 2021 season. The team wears the name of 23XI Racing (twenty-three-eleven racing) and the inscription of the team will bear the number 23.