Known to millions of sports fans as unarguably one of the greatest not only basketball players but also as one of the greatest athletes to play any professional sport. Michael Jordan won six NBA championships with the Chicago bulls (1991-1993, 1996-1998). His pure dominance of the game is unequaled to any other athlete to ever play the game. .
Born in 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, Jordan was the forth child to his parents James and Deloris Jordan. Moving to Wilmington, North Carolina, early in Jordan's life his parent's seeked a better lifestyle for their five children. Jordan went to Laney high school where he was cut from the varsity basketball team his sophomore year before making the squad his junior year. The following summer he attended a five-star basketball camp where he met Coach Dean Smith of UNC who started recruiting Jordan for college. Jordan signed a letter of intent his senior year in November to attend the University of North Carolina. .
At UNC Jordan played for three years. During his freshman year he was only the forth freshman starter to ever start under coach Dean Smith. His freshman year Jordan's team, the Tarheels, won the NCAA men's national championship against the Georgetown Hoyas. Jordan made a last second jump shot to seal the game for the Tarheels.
After Jordan's junior year at UNC he declared himself eligible for the NBA draft and left UNC. That summer he played for the U.S. National Olympic team at the 1984 Olympic games which were held in Los Angeles, CA. Jordan was the captain and averaged 17.1 points per game as the US won the gold medal in basketball. .
In the 1984 NBA draft Michael was selected 3rd by the Chicago Bulls. His rookie year Michael lead the team in points (28.2), rebounds (6.5), assists (5.9), and steals (2.4) per game. And was selected as the rookie of the year, on the all-star team, and to the all-rookie team. The Bulls lost in the first round of the playoffs that year.
