The Life of Michael Jordan (Brief Introduction)
Michael Jordan, the "flying man", is an outstanding athlete who combines elegance, strength, art and improvisation. He redefines the meaning of NBA superstar. He is recognized as the best basketball player in the world, not only in his time, but also in the whole NBA history. 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. The perfect combination of elegance, speed, strength, artistry, improvisation and strong desire to win ... Jordan reinterpreted the meaning of "superstar". Even the superstars of the same period acknowledged the supremacy of Jordan. Magic Magic Johnson said, "Jordan is at the top, and then we are." Jordan scored 63 points in a playoff game against Celtic in the second season. After the game, Larry Bird commented on him: "Today, God is playing as Jordan." A rough look at what Jordan has achieved: "Best rookie, five regular season MVPs, six finals rings, six finals MVPs, 1 first-team players, 14 All-Star Games, three All-Star Game MVPs, top 5 NBA scoring champions in 5 years, 1 scoring champions (NBA records, and seven consecutive scoring champions ranked first with Chamberlain), with the highest average score of 3.1 points when retiring." When he first entered the league, he was a natural scorer with a sharp first step, a gorgeous breakthrough and a juggling dunk. And when he left, he had become a cultural symbol. In his basketball career, he conquered the public with dazzling performances on the court and personal demeanor off the court, which accelerated the process of NBA globalization. He is a well-deserved king. He is an approachable but mysterious man. "Air Jordan" is his symbol. His signature basketball shoes are widely advertised. Of course, he also endorses other products. He also starred in the movie air slam dunk, and cooperated with Michael Jackson in MV Jam. He retired twice and came back twice before hanging up his boots again at the end of the 22-3 season. Jordan famously said, "I can accept failure, but I can't accept giving up." Jordan was born in Brooklyn and spent his childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina. He entered Emsley A. Laney High School, where he was a B+ average and a amphibious sports star-football (quarterback), baseball and basketball. He majored in geography in college. Jordan has two brothers, Larry and James R. One is Delores and the other is Roslyn. James R.Jordan, the military commander 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. Since then, he has really embarked on the road of being a superstar. Jordan studied at Wilmington High School. Although he was bumpy and difficult at that time, he was suspended for many times in the first grade only because the short man of 5' 11 "was excluded from the next competition by the basketball school team, but in the end he became an outstanding student and star of the baseball team, basketball team and rugby team. In the summer between the second and third grades, Jordan grew 4 inches, and he practiced his skills more intently. Finally, he let the school team get an average of 2 points per game in the third and fourth grade seasons. In the fourth grade, Jordan was selected for the McDonald's National 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. After graduating from high school, Jordan, who was selected for the all-American high school team, entered North Carolina, which he yearned for. As a newcomer, he somewhat lives in the shadow of older James Worthy and Sam Perkins. But in the NCAA finals against Georgetown University, Jordan shined brilliantly. He scored 16 points and 9 rebounds and hit the winning goal in the last 18 seconds, making North Carolina win 63-62. Let another great newcomer at the University of Georgia, Patrick Ewing the gorilla, come back in vain as he did in the NBA many years later. The following year, he was named the best college player of the year by Sporting News for the third year, and he was re-elected and won the Naismith and Wooden Awards. At that time, he was selected third by Chicago Bulls in the draft. That year, as expected, the top pick selected by the Houston Rockets was Hakeem Olajuwon, a 7-foot center at the University of Houston. Surprisingly, the Portland Trailblazers chose 7-foot-1 center Sam Bowie of 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-glider Clyde Drexler the year before. In the end, drexler became a star, and Bowie, an easily injured guy, spent his career in mediocrity. After winning the crown in the 84 Olympic Games, Jordan's rookie season was glamorous and won the title of 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 for 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 Milwaukee Bucks and was eliminated. "In his rookie season, his attack range is not big enough, and his defense is still a bit loose." Kevin Loughery, his first NBA coach, said. His mid-range shooting-8-15 feet according to the basket-is still very good (the shooting rate reaches 51. 5%), and his steals also cover up the shortcoming that his body posture is not standard when defending. The improvement in these two aspects will eventually make him a threat to the opponent at any position on the court and make him the best one-on-one defender. "Even before the official start of his rookie season, people were convinced that the Rockets and Trailblazers would regret their choice." Bernard King, the former scoring champion, told Hoop magazine as early as the preseason-"I can only say", and King said, "People in Chicago really made a fortune." The fact also proves that in the rookie season, Jordan conquered the public, and the audience who came to the Chicago Stadium to watch the ball increased geometrically. As long as you can see Jordan's wonderful performance, the fans of the other team are even willing to pay the price of losing the game. Jordan's off-court performance is as unique and attractive as his performance on the basketball court. Because of his unlimited bright future, Nike signed him as the main spokesman for sneakers early, but the effect still far exceeded the expected plan. In the preseason of Jordan's rookie, he wore a pair of red and black bull boots that he had never seen before. 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, and as a result, this shoe and other AJ series sneakers caused an unprecedented upsurge in the market. Unlike most NBA players, his contract allows him to play at any time during the offseason-this clause is called the "basketball love clause". He used to stick out his tongue when he flew to the hoop-just like his father did mechanical work, and this action became one of his personal trademarks. He always wears 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. Whatever the reason, in short, baggy pants have become a fashion and spread in the whole league and even other sports. The rookie's magic was even applied to the referee, who 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 say that he can get past the defenders so easily because he walks. But according to the slow motion analysis, the real reason is that his first step was too fast, and he didn't violate 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: "He (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 can only face this so-called conspiracy alone for the rest of the day. Speculation about this matter 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. However, he returned to the stadium at the end of the season and 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, including the most valuable player, the best defensive player, the all-star MVP, and so on. With the help of powerful teammates, Jordan led the Bulls to eliminate the 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, 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 in 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 included sweeping the Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals and getting revenge in the finals.