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The History Of Michael Jordan

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THE HISTORY OF MICHAEL JORDAN

  • His nickname is Air Jordan/Jumpman, MJ.
  • He played for the Bulls for 14 years.
  • He was the greatest basketball player of all time.
  • He also played baseball too.
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WHAT WAS HIS EARLY LIFE ABOUT?

  • He was born on 2/17/63 in Brooklyn, NY.
  • He attended Laney High School in South Carolina.
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WHAT DID HE STRUGGLE WITH IN HIGH SCHOOL?

  • Michael Jordan was cut from varsity in high school because of a flaw he had with his height.
  • And he felt ashamed of himself for being cut, but his love for the game and his persistence never let him gave up.
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HOW DID HE GET BETTER?

  • By supplication and being insistent, MJ always worked hard 24/7 in the court and he even had a big growth spurt too!
  • And a lot of people felt incredulous about MJ because he got cut from the team in the past, but they were wrong because MJ ended up in the NBA and he was the MVP of the NBA and was the greatest player of all time.
5.

MJ IS BACK ON THE TEAM

  • After a year of being cut from the team and practicing 24/7 everywhere he was, and then having a major growth spurt, Jordan was drafted back onto the team in his junior year.
  • And he was so good that after his junior year, he already got drafted to the NBA with the 3rd overall pick in the NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls!
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MICHAEL JORDAN'S FIRST YEAR IN THE NBA

  • MJ was already breaking records when he went into the NBA.
  • He received the gold medal in the 1984 olympics and he won NBA Rookie of the Year award in his first year.
  • And because of Michael, the Bulls won 11 more games which got them to the playoffs, but then ended up losing to the Milwaukee Bucks.
7.

MJ GETS FAME

  • In his rookie year he was one of the most best NBA players at the time and Nike signed him to a contract that made shoes for Jordan and to the public to buy
  • His first shoes were called the Air Jordan 1's.
  • And today, Air Jordan's are one of the best sellers of all time in United States.
8.

BROKEN DREAMS

  • In 1985, Michael Jordan was on fire. He played in the All Stars NBA game like he always wanted to, he was in the 1985 dunk contest but something messed his season up bad...
  • That something was MJ's broken foot. He broke a bone in his left foot and he wasn't able to be on the court and he was sidelined for the rest of the season until he came back in his 1986-87 season.
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HE'S BACK AT IT AGAIN

  • In MJ's 1986-87 season he was back at what he was doing best. He scored 40 points or more for 9 consecutive games straight.
  • And the Bulls were doing good until they got swept by the Celtics.
10.

THE BULLS WIN THE FINALS

  • 1991 was definitely Michael Jordan's year. He got his team to the finals and in game 1, and he won his very first finals game.
  • And Michael led his team to win the finals in '92 and '93. Him and his team destroyed everyone in the finals.
11.

MJ WAS A BASEBALL PLAYER???

  • Michael Jordan did play baseball for a very short time.
  • MJ wanted to fulfill his childhood dreams of becoming a MLB player and he had that opportunity, but he wasn't good at it and he had a contrition feeling of leaving the NBA so he went back to the NBA
  • He also played for the Chicago White Sox when he played baseball.
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MJ'S BACK....BUT WITH THE FLU?

  • As MJ got his debut back in the NBA, there was one game where MJ had the flu and he wasn't feeling good.
  • He scored 38 points that game and that day went down in history for his performance and for his sickness.
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MJ PLAYS FOR THE WIZARDS

  • In 2000, MJ moves over to play with Washington Wizards.
  • However that contract he had with the Wizards wasn't very good because the team wasn't very good when Michael was with their 2 year contract.
14.

MJ RETIRES

  • On Jordan's 40th birthday, he retired.
  • He almost retired exactly on the day of his 40th birthday and he was glad he did.
  • He retired his famous 23 jersey.
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WHAT IS HE DOING NOW?

  • Michael Jordan is the official Chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats.
  • And was the greatest NBA player of all time.
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VOCAB USED

  • Contrition - A feeling of regret for doing wrong
  • Supplication - A humble request or prayer
  • Persistence - The acts of refusing to stop or be changed
  • Incredulous - Doubtful; disbelieving
  • Insistent - Insulting or demanding something; not allowing refusal
  • Flaw - A mark, fault, or other imperfection that Mars a substance or object
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VISUALS

  • MJ is performing his famous Jumpman dunk in the 1998 dunk contest.
  • He won a $12,500 grant for performing this dunk.
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VISUALA

  • This was Michael Jordan in his 2002 film, Space Jam.
  • It was made by Warner Bros. Studios and MJ was the star of the show!
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VISUAL

  • Finally, our last visual is MJ back when he was a little kid.
  • And he will always love the game of basketball just like he did when he was just a little kid.

Melvin Thomas