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Michael Jeffery Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former National Basketball Association player, by many accounts the best in history.An unstoppable force at both ends of the floor, Jordan ended a career of 15 full seasons with a regular-season scoring average of 30.12 points per game, the highest in NBA history (fractionally ahead of Wilt Chamberlain's 30.06). He won six championships, notched 10 scoring titles, and was league MVP five times. He was named to the All- Defensive First Team more than any other player, and led the league in steals three times. In 1991, he was named Sports Illustrated magazine's " Sportsman of the Year."
Jordan remains the ultimate postseason performer, holding playoff records for most points in a single game (63), most points per game (33.4), most points per game in a Finals series (41.0, against the 1993 Phoenix Suns), and total points scored (541).
1 Personal life
Jordan was born to Delores and James Jordan in Brooklyn, New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col but spent his childhood in Wilmington, North CarolinaFor other places called Wilmington, see Wilmington Wilmington is a city located in New Hanover County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 75,838. It is the county seat of New Hanover County 6. Wilmington is the seat. He was educated at E. A. Laney High School and later at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the oldest public university in the United States. It is known to many as Carolina or simply UNC . It is consistently ranked amongst the top tier of American Univer, where he was a geographyGeography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. The word derives from the Greek words g ("the Earth") and graphein ("to write," as in "to describe"). Geography is also the title of v majorA college major is a general scholarly pursuit in a specific direction that often yields, at the end of a tenure usually of four years, a bachelor's degree. Following this receipt, a student then either enters the job market or continues his/her academic.
Jordan currently lives in Highland Park, IllinoisHighland Park is a city located in Lake County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 31,365. Highland Park is one of several towns on the North Shore of Chicago characterized by its affluence and its large Jewish population..
2 University of North Carolina
As a UNC freshman, Jordan was an exciting, but not dominant, player. He ended the 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du year in grand style, hitting the winning shot in the 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du NCAA championship game. By his sophomore year, he was clearly the team's biggest star; as a junior, he was named the national player of the year. He was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1984 NBA Draft as the third pick overall.
