Even the superstars of the period recognized Jordan's supremacy. Magic Johnson said, "Jordan is at the top, so we are." Jordan scored 63 points in the playoffs against Boston Celtics in his second season. Larry bird commented on him after the game: "Today, God played Jordan."
A cursory look at Jordan's achievements: "Best rookie, five regular season MVPs, six finals rings, six finals MVPs, 10 first-team appearances, 14 all-star game MVPs, three all-star game MVPs, 50 NBA players in 50 years, 10 scoring champion (NBA record, and seven consecutive championships)
But his influence goes far beyond these honors and champions. When he first entered the league, he was a natural scorer with a sharp first step, gorgeous breakthrough and juggling, but when he left, he had become a cultural symbol. In his basketball career, he conquered the public with his dazzling performance and off-court personal demeanor, which accelerated the process of NBA globalization. He is a worthy king.
He is an approachable but mysterious person. "Air Jordan" is his trademark? His signature advertisements for basketball shoes are all over the place. Of course, he also endorsed other products and starred in the movie "Space Jam". Before hanging up his boots at the end of the 2002-03 season, he retired twice and came back twice.
Michael was born in Brooklyn and grew up in quiet North Carolina. He has a close relationship with his father James, and they share the same hobby-baseball. However, under the influence of 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, where his average score was B+, and he was an amphibious sports star-football (quarterback), baseball and basketball. In college, his major was geography.
Jordan has two brothers, Larry and James R. One is Dolores and the other is Roslin. James R.Jordan, 18 military commander of the 35th signal brigade of airborne troops. At 47, he became famous for staying in Iraq.
Jordan now lives in Highland Park, Illinois.
He joined the school team of Laney Middle School. The following year, Jordan, who was 5 feet 1 1 inch thin, was kicked out of the school team. By the third year of high school, his height had jumped to 6 feet 3 inches. From then on, he really embarked on the road of superstar.
After graduating from high school, Michael, who was selected for the national high school team, entered North Carolina. As a newcomer, he somewhat lives in the shadow of old james worthy and sam perkins. But in the NCAA final against Georgetown University, Jordan was radiant. He scored 16 points and nine rebounds, and hit the winning goal in the last 18 seconds, giving North Carolina a 63-62 victory. Patrick Ewing, another great newcomer to Georgetown University, came back in vain, just as he did in the NBA many years later.
The following year, he was named the best college player of the year by Sports News. In the third year, he was re-elected and won the naismith Prize and the Wood Prize. That year, he was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the draft.
As everyone expected, the first pick of the Houston Rockets was hakeem olajuwon, a 7-foot center at the University of Houston. Unexpectedly, the Blazers chose sam bowie, a 7-foot/kloc-0 center from Kentucky. He was injured many times during his college years, but the Blazers still didn't choose Jordan. Because they got another exciting shooting guard-glider clyde drexler the year before last. In the end, drexler became a star, and Bowie, an easily injured guy, spent his career in mediocrity.
After winning the Olympic Games in 1984, Jordan's rookie season was brilliant and won the title of best rookie. That year, he averaged 28.2 points (second only to bernard king and Bird), and he was selected for the second team with 6.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists. More importantly, the bulls won 1 1 game more than the previous year. Successfully advanced to the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, Jordan averaged 29.3 points per game. Unfortunately, the team lost to Milwaukee Bucks 3-/kloc-0 and was eliminated.
"In the rookie season, his offensive range was not big enough and his defense was a bit loose." His first NBA coach Kevin Lori said. His mid-range shooting-8- 15 feet according to the basket-is quite good (shooting percentage reaches 5 1.5%), and steals also cover up his shortcomings in defensive posture.
"Even before his rookie season officially started, people were sure that the Rockets and Trailblazers would regret their choice," former scoring champion Kim told Hoop magazine as early as the preseason.
"I can only say," King said, "that Chicago people have really made a fortune."
Facts have proved that Jordan conquered the public in his rookie season, and the audience who came to 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 come back and lose the game.
Jordan's performance off the court is as unique and charming as his performance on the basketball court. Because of his bright future, Nike signed him as the main spokesperson of 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". If he keeps wearing it, he will be fined. He still wore it several times. As a result, this shoe and other AJ series sneakers have 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"
When he flies to the basket, he always sticks out his tongue-just like his father does mechanical work, which has become one of his personal trademarks. He always wears his favorite North Carolina pants under the Bulls' pants, which makes him start wearing longer pants, or because longer pants can make him more comfortable to wear. Whatever the reason, in short, loose pants have become a fashion, and spread throughout the Federation and even other sports.
The rookie's magic was even applied to the referee. They said that he enjoyed a little privilege 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 can walk. 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 the public's eyes, Jordan remained humble. He never taunted the pioneers, nor did he choose him. He told Sports Illustrated at the beginning of the season: "Bowie is more suitable for them than me. They already have enough big guards and small forwards. " His modesty is even more obvious in another sentence of the same article: "I hope I can play at least once in my life."
This goal was quickly achieved, and he was selected as the Eastern All-Star starter. There, he met the first obstacle in his career. His teammate, isiah thomas, led the Pistons. The media believe that Thomas deliberately froze the golden rookie's performance in the All-Star Game by not passing the ball.
Jordan, 22 minutes and 7 minutes. He had to face this so-called conspiracy alone for the rest of his life. The story circulated for a long time, but Thomas denied it. This incident finally came to an end in the All-Star Game in 2003, when Thomas, then the head coach of the Eastern All-Star Team, persuaded vincent carter to give up his starting position to Jordan who participated in the last All-Star Game.
In the second season, Jordan played only three games and a bone in his left foot was broken. Although he was selected for the All-Star Game, he couldn't take part. But he returned to the court at the end of the season and scored the highest playoff score of 63 points in the first round of the playoffs against Celtic. After two overtime, the bulls hated it by one point, 13 1. In the end, he was kicked out of the house and missed the playoffs. But in this series of games, Jordan averaged 43.7 points per game, which silenced all those who had doubted Jordan's ability.
Since the 86-87 season, the movement of rewriting NBA records in his career has been officially launched. This year, he averaged 37. 1, maintained 30 points for seven consecutive years, 40 points for nine consecutive games, and even 23 points for one game ... these are all NBA records. In the all-star game, he took the trophy of the dunk contest (the next year, he took another one)
After the end of the season, the management of the Bulls began to form a team with championship strength, selected power forward Horace Grant, and offseason center olden polynice exchanged all-around small forward scottie pippen from seattle supersonics. 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 powerful teammates, Jordan led the Bulls to beat Cleveland Cavaliers through the first round of the playoffs, but lost in the second round with 1-4, and Dieter led the Pistons.
Pistons are called "bad boy corps". Their aggressive play allowed Jordan and Bulls to return to home in the Eastern Conference finals twice in the next two years. The Pistons coaching staff created a defensive strategy called "Jordan's Law". Simply put, there will always be two or three double teams besieging Jordan. Although the bulls have not been able to break through this difficulty, they are moving towards the championship bit by bit!
Jordan's data in the 88-89 season was bumper, averaging 32.5 points and 8.0 assists per game, ranking tenth in the highest league in his career and third in the league with a career high of 8.0 rebounds and 2.89 steals. In the fifth decisive battle against the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs, Jordan made a long buzzer jumper over Craig Huang Yurong's head, making the Bulls beat their opponents by 10 1- 100. This wonderful goal, called "shooting", will remain in people's minds forever.
Before the start of the 89-90 season, Sports Illustrated published an article saying that Jordan was considering playing PGA Tour after retiring. Meanwhile, the management in Chicago is doing other things.
That summer, the Bulls fired head coach doug collins and invited Phil 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 with fast pass and quick cut on the court, but when the tactical error time is short, Jordan has the right to fire at will.
In that year's regular season, the Bulls were 55 wins and 27 losses, which was the best record since the 7 1-72 season. Jordan scored a career-high 69 points against the Cavaliers. After an overtime game, he beat his opponent with117-113. At the same time, his three-pointers began to become.
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.
They are all wrong. In the second year, Jordan led the bulls to triumph, losing only two games in the playoffs and reaching the top with absolute advantage for the first time. This includes sweeping the pistons in the Eastern Conference finals and winning the Lakers in four games at home in the finals. Because Magic Johnson retired recently, "showtime" came to an end after this round. Jordan averaged 3 1.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game and won the first NBA Finals MVP among his six players.
At this time, Jordan has completely shaved his hair, which on the one hand leads the new trend of hairstyle, and on the other hand makes him look more outstanding. He finally realized his dream of winning the championship. Although he is demanding and critical of his teammates, victory is the best lubricant. In the next two years, the Bulls won the championship after six games.
In this late period of three consecutive championships, Jordan is no longer just a star, he has reached the realm of hero. At the beginning of his career, he envied Peter Pan for jumping out of gravity and staying young forever. However, in these three years, players and teams seem to admit that "it is he who can jump out of the gravity of the earth and stay young forever." He has countless fans, old and young, especially children. He seems to have a magic power, just like the words "be like Mike" written in his sports drink advertisement, which makes those children follow in his footsteps crazily.