Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired NBA pro basketball player and an businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website reports, “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.” Michael Jordan was one of the most efficaciously marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the American around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
After a standout career at UNC, where he led the Tar Heels to a National Title in 1982, Jordan became a member of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls in 1984. He instantly came about as a league celebrity, dazzling crowds with his high profile scoring. His jumping talent, highlighted by delivering slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk battles, earned him the nicknames “Air Jordan” and “His Airness”. He also gained a repute for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he received his first National Basketball Association championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with championship titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a “three-peat”. Although Mike abruptly retired from basketball at the start of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995-96 NBA season. Michael Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
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