Category: Michael Jordan

Many years before Michael Jordan became a professional NBA player and a prominent sportsman, his parents James Jordan Sr. and mother Deloris Jordan already saw greatness in him, and as parents, they helped him build his skills that would later make him become one of the greatest and richest basketball players of all time. His parents have been given prominence for their roles in Michael’s life and other aspects of their lives including Deloris been featured in ESPN documentary of Michael Jordan ‘Last Dance’; as bestselling author of diverse children’s books, and as the founder of James R. Jordan Foundation. His father James Jordan was painfully murdered in 1993.

Deloris was born Deloris Peoples in 1941 in Rocky Point, NC while James R. Jordan Sr. was born on July 31, 1936. The couple met while attending Charity High School and dated for three years before tying the knot. Together, they had 5 children including the Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan.

Their Lives Before Fame

The Jordan’s were simple people before Michael Jordan brought them fame. James Jordan Sr. Started working with the Airforce before moving to Brooklyn to train as a mechanic in G.I. Bill. He began to study airplane hydraulics while Deloris worked at a bank. When they noticed crime was getting to its peak, the couple moved to North Carolina and Wilmington, North Carolina.

They Were Michael’s Major Influence

Jordan Sr. was a basketball fan and a pro in baseball. When Michael was a little boy, he was first taught baseball before he later got involved with basketball. His father encouraged his son to become an athlete and for the sake of his son’s career, Jordan Sr. Travelled to different parts of United States.

Deloris like her husband continued to encourage Michael even when he trusted he would not go far. This is evident when Michael did not make it to the varsity team and almost gave up, until his mother intervened and advised him to work hard during the summer.

The Secret Lives of Michael Jordan’s Parents

The family led a normal life – at least in public until Michael’s elder sister Deloris E. Jordan decided to publish a book ‘Spilling Family Secrets’. In the book she alleged how she was sexually abused by her father when she was between the ages of 8 to 16, and when she told her mother about the incidence, she was shut up with the threat of been taken to Girls’ home. Also, the younger Deloris penned how her parents were violent towards each other and how her mother would belittle her father even outside their home. Although she maintains her story to be true, other Jordan’s claim she brought the story to make a fortune out of the fame of the family, especially Michael.

They Are Grandparents

From their children, Deloris and Jordan Sr. had grandchildren including the former basketball player who played for the University of Central Florida Knights and the University of Illinois Fighting Illini Jeffrey Jordan; and Marcus Jordan who is also a former college basketball player among others.

His Mother is Best-Seller Author and Co-Author

Deloris is quite a definition of ‘women are multitasking’. While she tried to make a good wife out of herself, she worked towards becoming a great mum to her five children; featured in her son’s documentary, and became a writer who’d author several books, especially children’s books. They include; A Child’s Book of Prayers and Blessings: From Faiths and Cultures Around the World; Dream Big: Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Excellence; Baby Blessings: A Prayer for the Day You Are Born; Michael’s Golden Rules, Did I Tell You I Love You Today?; Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream (with Roslyn Jordan); and Family First: Winning the Parenting Game.

His Mother Was Featured in ‘Last Dance’

The ESPN documentary of Michael Jordan ‘Last Dance’ featured his mother who openly read the letter sent to her by him while in college asking for funds for phone bills and stamp. She became one of the most loved people in the documentary.

Why James Jordan Sr. Never Appeared In The ‘Last Dance’

The documentary that focused on the life of Michael Jordan featured his mother, but unfortunately not his father. This is because of the passing away of Jordan Sr. However, the series shed light on his death, funeral, and a little about him.

What Happened to James Jordan Sr.

Jordan Sr. was returning home from a funeral when he stopped to take a nap in his car. He was visited by the horror of robbery that would claim his life. The two men searched his car, stole from him, shot him, disposed his body and left it to decompose. Although he died on July 23, 1993, his body was not found until on August 13, 1993 in McColl, South Carolina. He was laid to rest in Rockfish AME Church Cemetery and his killers were given a life sentence.

After the death of her husband, Deloris founded the James Jordan foundation in his honour. The foundation is aimed at helping youths to further their education.

“‘Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.’ — Michael Jordan” (Patel). This quote by Michael Jordan shows what he believes and also presents his ideas about becoming a better person, no matter what it is that you do. Michael Jordan is said to be the greatest basketball player that ever lived and this is not just because of how great he actually was, but his impact has shaped today’s game to what it is all about. Throughout his career he exhibited his grit and determination to win games, but the attitude he always had was what made him different from everyone else. The game of basketball has been influenced by many great players, but none as great as Michael Jordan and his impact is still being shown in the way basketball is played today. “The effect of the successful adventure of the hero is the unlocking and release again of the flow of life into the body of the world” (Campbell 32). Pertaining to the Hero’s Journey, Michael Jordan has overcome some of the toughest of obstacles that someone could face and he earned his own fame due to his determination and his championship attitude.

“Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York” (Ott). While he was young, he and his family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, Michael’s Ordinary World, where his mother Deloris was a banker and his father James was a General Electric plant supervisor. Even when Michael was young, he showed just how talented he was and his parents played a stupendous role in molding him into a champion. While attending Laney High School in 1978, Michael was 5’9” which made perfect sense as to why a 6’7” player took the last spot on the roster (Ott). Even though Michael did not make the varsity squad, he was determined to be the best he could be. “This requires a deeper wisdom than the other, and results in a pattern not of action but of significant representation” (Campbell 296). This was Michael’s Call to Adventure and this pushed him to make a change. “…Coach Herring showed he had Jordan’s best interests at heart by personally running him through drills every day as a junior. The hard work – and a fortuitous growth spurt – turning the gangly teenager into the Laney varsity alpha dog” (Ott). Michael Jordan learned hard work and dedication early and this obstacle proves to be just a stepping stone for his unforeseen and remarkable basketball career.

It may seem like Michael Jordan always had everything figured out, but that was not always the case. Just like everyone else, Michael found himself struggling and fighting for success and Dean Smith was someone Michael often had there to support him. For Michael this was Meeting Dean Smith was Michael’s coach at the University of North Carolina yet he was more than just a coach to Jordan. In the summer of 1980, Michael was invited to a basketball camp by Coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina and this was where the legend of Michael Jordan really took a foothold (Ott). After the first day of the camp, assistant coach Roy Williams told his fellow assistant coach Eddie Fogler, ‘I think I’ve just seen the best 6’4′ high school player I’ve ever seen.’ (Ott). Michael’s senior year was successful for him while he averaged a triple-double, but his team just missed claiming the divisional title (Ott). Michael did not receive any special treatment at UNC and he liked that (Ott). “‘[Smith] was the perfect guy for me,’ Jordan later said. ‘He kept me humble, but he challenged me.’”(Ott). “As it turned out, they were perfect for each other: When Jordan coolly sank a go-ahead jump shot with 15 seconds left in the 1982 NCAA title game against Georgetown University, he gave Coach Smith his first NCAA championship. And with that first major, televised triumph, Jordan was officially on the map as a young American sports star, ready for the next steps in a career that would carry him to unprecedented heights of success and fame” (Ott). Michael began to create a name for himself in the basketball world and Coach Dean Smith was his guidance through his new stardom.

“After winning the Naismith and the Wooden College Player of the Year awards in 1984, Jordan left North Carolina one year before his scheduled graduation to enter the 1984 NBA Draft” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). Michael’s transition into the NBA proved to be a game changer and evolved him into the alpha dog of the league. In Michael’s debut NBA game, “He would go on to play a total of 29 minutes and score 18 points in a victory for the Bulls” (Harney). “The rookie version of Michael Jordan was very deferential to veterans despite all of the media buzz surrounding his jump to the NBA… Jordan would even to as far as to highlight later in his career in his book how important he felt past stars and veterans were to his development when he wrote, ‘Without Julius Erving, David Thompson, Walter Davis, and Elgin Baylor, there would never have been a Michael Jordan. I evolved from them’” (Harney). “He quickly became a fan favorite even in opposing arenas, and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the heading ‘A Star is Born’ just over a month into his professional career” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). “Other veterans in the league were not early Michael Jordan fans either. During the All-Star game, Jordan just wanted to fit in given all of the publicity he had been getting all season… After the game was played, a big story came out about All Star players on both teams conspiring to embarrass Jordan during the game by denying him the ball and letting friends score to make him look bad on defense” (Harney). “Michael Jordan was selected as both an All-Star Starter and as the NBA Rookie of the Year during his first year in the NBA. During this season, he led the Chicago Bulls in scoring, rebounds, assists, and steals while setting a franchise record for points scored in a season. His numbers for the season were: 28.2 points per game, 6.5 rebounds per game, 5.9 assists per game, and 2.39 steals per game. Jordan was actually human from three his rookie year with only a 17.3% average from beyond the arc. He would later make his outside shooting a point of emphasis and would finish his NBA career with a 32.7% three point average” (Harney). After a successful rookie season, Michael’s second season was not as fortuitous yet still successful. “Jordan burst into the big time with a fabulous first season, earning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1984-85 after averaging 28.2 points per game. An injured foot sidelined him for 64 games in his second campaign, but he came back late in the year to score an NBA playoff-record 63 points in a first-round game against the Boston Celtics” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). This spark from Michael Jordan after his minor setback proved he was meant to be in the NBA and he did not stop there. “Jordan led the league in scoring again in the 1987–88 season, averaging 35.0 ppg on 53.5% shooting and won his first league MVP award” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). Not only did Michael get all of these accolades, he also became a leader for his team and piloted them straight to success. “‘The Shot’ is the name given to a game-winning basket made by Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls in the fifth and final game of the first round of the 1989 NBA Playoffs against the Cleveland Cavaliers, on May 7, 1989, on Cleveland’s home floor in Richfield, Ohio. The buzzer-beater gave Chicago the best-of-five series, 3–2. It was both a game and series winner. The Shot is considered one of Jordan’s greatest clutch moments, and the game itself is a classic” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). Only 4 days later Michael showed his true championship grit and escorted the Bulls to an NBA Championship over the Los Angeles Lakers. “The Bulls would defeat the Lakers in 4 games to 1. This would ultimately turn out to be Magic Johnson’s last NBA Finals appearance, who was without James Worthy and Byron Scott, the Laker’s #2 and #3 scorers, in the final game” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). This was Michael Jordan’s first of the six NBA Championships that he would go on to achieve and this even meant so much to him that after the game he wept while holding the trophy.

Michael found who he really was and who he was meant to be through basketball. His love of the game drove him to earn everything that he accomplished. Michael’s parents were his biggest supporters and pushed him from a young age to be his best. “James Raymond Jordan, Sr. (July 31, 1936 – July 23, 1993) was the father of the basketball superstar Michael Jordan and Army Command Sergeant Major James R. Jordan, Jr., and the grandfather of Illinois Fighting Illini guard Jeffrey Jordan” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). “On October 6, 1993, Jordan announced his retirement, citing a loss of desire to play the game. Jordan later stated that the murder of his father earlier in the year shaped his decision”… “Jordan was close to his father; as a child he had imitated his father’s proclivity to stick out his tongue while absorbed in work. He later adopted it as his own signature, displaying it each time he drove to the basket” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). When Michael lost his father it obviously hurt him deeply as it would anyone else, but Michael decided to end his basketball career early because of it. “My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said you never know what you can accomplish until you try, said Jordan” (Berkrow). After Jordan’s retirement from basketball in 1993, he entered the Minor League Baseball system. “Jordan then further surprised the sports world by signing a minor league baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox”… “Jordan has stated this decision was made to pursue the dream of his late father, who had always envisioned his son as a major league baseball player” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). Michael played baseball in 1994 and “Michael Jordan decided to return to basketball in 1995, after a short stint as a baseball player. Although he failed to lead the Bulls to the Finals in that year, he returned to pre-retirement from the next year and led the Chicago Bulls to one of the most memorable seasons ever” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). This time in Michael’s life was his Revelation or the time where he began to see his true potential.

After winning his fourth NBA Title Michael Jordan’s career looked like it was peaking, but looking back now, it had just begun. Michael had gained so much fame and respect that he was asked to shoot a basketball movie, where he was the star actor. The movie he starred in was called “Space Jam” and it was released in 1996. Michael began to set his life out in many areas and develop a culture around who he is and what he is about. For the next two years Michael would lead the Chicago Bulls to two more NBA Championships and both over the Utah Jazz. “He already had led the Chicago Bulls to four championships, winning Finals MVP honors each time. He owned nine NBA scoring titles, four MVP awards, two Olympic gold medals and a host of additional honors and records, yet the 1997 NBA Finals would provide a platform for him to add to his amazing story”(“Michael Jordan Timeline”). Jordan winning the title for the fifth time was extraordinary, yet in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals Michael Jordan showed the world once again, why he was the greatest of all time. “It represents June 11, 1997 — Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz, known as the “Flu Game” — when Jordan summoned something within him that the league had never seen” (Dodson). “‘The big story here tonight — the story concerning Michael Jordan’s physical condition,’ said play-by-play commentator Marv Albert on the broadcast that night before the game. ‘This is Jordan arriving two hours ago. He is suffering from flulike symptoms.’”… “With the series tied 2-2, there was no chance Jordan would miss Game 5, even when illness broke him down heading into the road contest in Salt Lake City. In the beginning of the game, Jordan appeared weak and out of place, allowing the Jazz to build a 16-point lead in the first quarter” (Dodson). “As ill as Jordan was, however, it didn’t keep him from balling out. In Chicago’s 90-88 win, the ailing Jordan recorded an unbelievable 38 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, including a 3-pointer with less than a minute left that gave the Bulls a lead they did not relinquish” (Dodson). ”’I almost played myself into passing out,’ Jordan said after the game. ‘I came in and I was almost dehydrated, and it was all just to win a basketball game. I couldn’t breathe. My energy level was really low. My mouth was really dry. They started giving me Gatorade, and I thought about IV.’” (Dodson). Not only was the 1997 NBA Finals historic, but in 1998 the Bulls and the Jazz met for the second year in a row for another showdown. In this series, the Bulls led by Michael Jordan took the title once again. “The battlefield is symbolic of the field of life, where every creature lives on the death of another” (Campbell 205).“Jordan drove inside the 3-point line, crossed over Russell (perhaps giving the push off), and hit a 20-foot jump shot to give the Bulls an 87-86 lead with 5.2 seconds left. After a time-out, Stockton’s three-point attempt hit the rim and bounced away, giving the Bulls their sixth NBA title in 8 years. Jordan, who scored 45 points, and whose game-winning shot has been immortalized around the world, was named the Finals MVP” (“Michael Jordan Timeline”). In a span of 10 seconds, Michael had made history once again.

Michael’s Transformation may have begun after winning his sixth NBA Championship, but it is more notably seen when he retires from the NBA for his second time in 1999 and yet he could not stay away from basketball. “For when a heart insists on its destiny, resisting the general blandishment, then the agony is great; so too the danger. Forces, however, will have been set in motion beyond the reckoning of the senses. Sequences of events from the corners of the world will draw gradually together, and miracles of coincidence bring the inevitable to pass” (Campbell 196). “Jordan had joined the Wizards as president of basketball operations on January 19, 2000. About six months before his return, he began a rigorous training routine in anticipation of a comeback” (NBA.com Staff). Michael gave the world three more seasons to top off his fifteen season career. A career riddled with injury, illness, obstacles and loss, but also jam-packed with accomplishments, victory, celebration and fulfillment. Players gave a new reverence to the greatest basketball player of all time as he retired for the third and final time. “And on April 16, 2003, as Jordan left for the bench one last time in his NBA career in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers, the crowd, his teammates, opponents and officials all partook in a three-minute standing ovation as the world said goodbye to the game’s greatest player. In 2009, during his Basketball Hall of Fame Induction speech, Jordan left us with one last thought on his career. ‘One day you might look up and see me playing the game at 50,’ Jordan said. ‘Don’t laugh.’’ (NBA.com Staff). “On the other hand, like most of the rest of us, one may invent a false, finally unjustified, image of oneself as an exceptional phenomenon in the world, not guilty as others are, but justified in one’s inevitable sinning because one represents the good” (Campbell 205). Michael’s Return is something of a fairy tale, but his impact on the game of basketball and the lives of many will last forever.

Michael Jordan is one of the seven greatest players ever to play basketball in chronological order. Bill Rusell, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Kareem, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and then Michael, and there’s not good one to join that list since Michael, that’s how high the bar is for consent. Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn New York, but grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team as a sophomore for being undersized. By his junior year, Jordan grew four inches and was a Mcdonald’s high school all-American his senior year.

In 1982, Jordan earned a basketball scholarship to play for Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina and he had an immediate impact that same year after being awarded ACC freshman player of the year and hitting the game-winning shot in the national championship game for the Tar Heels against Georgetown. In his Junior year, Jordan was awarded Naismith College Player of the Year and decided to leave college to enter the NBA Draft and was drafted third overall to the NBA by the Chicago Bulls in 1984. Before his NBA rookie season, Jordan started for the 1984 U.S Olympic team which was made up of all amateurs and won the gold medal When Michael joined the Bulls as a rookie, they weren’t a really good team, but he changed that. Jordan was named Rookie of the Year, he soon became one of the NBA stars with prolific scoring and his loops in the air which earned him a nickname, “Air Jordan”. David Eisenbach, who is a PhD from Columbia University, said that Jordan’s ability to just go from the foul line and dunk the ball was something that was just extraordinary to see. In the 1991 season with Phil Jackson coaching the Bulls for the second year, Jordan finally led Chicago to the national championship.

Jordan’s stats and the Bulls improved every year and the Bulls continued to win championships three years in a row. Jordan won his second Olympic gold medal as part of U.S. basketball’s dream team in 1992. On July 23, 1993, Jordan’s father, James Jordan was tragically murdered and robbed. His body was not found or identified until weeks later. Devastated by this Michael Jordan shocked everyone by retiring from basketball, satisfied with his accomplishments and the fact that his father saw his last game. Instead Jordan tried his hand at professional baseball and played for the minor-league Birmingham Barons in 1994. However, this lasted a year before he returned to the court to play for the Chicago Bulls with 17 games left in the 1995 NBA season. Jordan returned to the below average Bulls, his returning game broke TV dating records. In the 1996 season with Jordan bag, the Bulls won even more games in the regular season than in the three championship years of the early 90s. “He did things in the basketball court that nobody had ever seen before”, David Eisenbach said. Jordan brought the championship trophy back to Chicago, becoming the first player ever to win the NBA Finals MVP four times. He repeated that win in 1997 and 1998 while leading the Bulls to another three-peat championship. He won six championships in a row which was phenomenal.

Michael Jordan was ranked as the world’s highest-paid athlete in 1997, this was an addition to his many endorsement deals and his acting in Hollywood films like Space Jam. Michael Jordan’s greatest assets are his brain and his heart. That’s four championships award right in the mind; are you smart enough it doesn’t matter to you? Michael Jordan retired again in 1999 and became part owner and president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards. In 2001, he gave up his ownership in order to return a second time to play the game he loved, and became a player for the Washington Wizards. That season, Jordan passed Wilt Chamberlain with the third most career points, he averaged thirty point one points per game and led the league in that category for the 10th time, also a record. Jordan retired for good in 2003 and in 2009 was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the sport’s highest honor. In addition to his many business ventures and golfing, Jordan is involved with many charities including hosting his annual golf event. He has three children from his first marriage and recently remarried in 2013.

Everything that Michael Jordan has done in his life has taken the game and business of sports to evolutionary planes that have never been met by anyone else. He personifies what it means to be the most remarkable of champions.

When people are asked, “Who is the best?” They have yet to determine who achieve the greatest success in their field, there is no definite answer. Serena Williams and Michael Jordan, two very influential athletes who changed the game forever. Two very similar and ambitious, thirsty for success, yet very different. A man and a woman, one a tennis player and another basketball player. Standing out in two very different eras. Two rule breakers who changed history and rose to the top.

Serena Williams, the 37-year-old tennis player, is called the best of all time, being compared to Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali, who are two very influential and record-breaking athletes for black history. Serena Williams has achieved a record of 23 Grand Slam titles, six U.S. Opens, seven Wimbledon titles, seven Australian Opens, three French Opens, four Olympic gold medals, 23 double titles and a career Golden Slam. It is said that she has won enough awards for several lifetimes. Her father was a sharecropper, from Louisiana, learned from tennis books and videos on how to coach his daughters Serena and her older sister Venus. The Williams sisters worked themselves to the bone on a concrete court, avoiding potholes and often practicing without nets. Growing up in Compton meant developing a sense of fight which is the same fight that would be what characterizes their game on and off the court. Williams changed tennis, a historically white and demure sport, by being herself, with solid curves, a signature Afro-style ponytail, and an energetic style of play. What makes Williams’ career so remarkable is not a spotless record, but the spirit to rise above the criticism of her age, game, race, and body and set a standard for accomplishment in sports.

Michael Jordan, a ruthless competitor, often being compared to Muhammad Ali, another great and influential athlete in history. His thirst to turn failure into success began in 1978 during his sophomore year, when he was not selected for his high school’s varsity basketball team. For the rest of his high school years, he dominated on the varsity team and received an athletic scholarship to the University of North Carolina, where later he was named national college player of the year. “Jordan is the greatest player to ever touch a basketball”. His six NBA titles in six NBA Finals appearances with six NBA Finals MVPs are among the greatest feats sports has ever seen. Five league MVPs, 10 league scoring titles, an NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, two NBA Slam Dunk contest trophies and the list goes on. The NBA told him not to wear the sneakers Nike made for him, but he still did, eventually turning Air Jordan into an entire commercial collection and billion-dollar brand. At the peak of his playing career, Jordan entered an early retirement to play Major League Baseball. When he failed this time, he did so on his own terms, announcing his return to the NBA by saying “I’m back,” before winning three more championship rings. Another retirement led to another comeback, and a 51-point game at the age of 38. When his playing days ended, Jordan turned a minority stake in an NBA franchise to the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets. “Ruthless, relentless and peerless. That’s the Jordan way.” – Aaron Dodson The similarities between these two are very evident, both are record-breaking athletes who forever changed the game. Both very competitive and ambitious players, who came back for more, stronger than ever.

Two people who revolutionized the style of play and the uniform, Serena Williams, changing the way the sport is looked at and for who it was created, creating a comfortable and affordable fashion for Tennis players. And Michael Jordan creating a billion dollar company of shoes, for teens and professional players. Both are said to be the greatest athletes of the last half-century, beside Muhammad Ali. Serena Williams and Michael Jordan have achieved a level of greatness unimaginably amazing. They were good enough to sink to the bottom and rise resiliently to the top. In conclusion, Serena Williams enters the GOAT conversation along with Michael Jordan. Both who come from different backgrounds used their resources to the fullest. Both who changed the way the sport was looked at. Serena who changed the way Tennis was idealized to be and Michael Jordan who broke racism barriers, and inspired young adults to do so as well. Serena Williams and Michael Jordan are two very different athletes yet so similar, who in the trajectory of their career became the best.

When People ask who is the best player in the game of basketball? Then everyone has an answer which is Michael Jordan, there are people who might disagree and believe that LeBron James or Wilt Chamberlain or Bill Russell is the greatest to play. Well, Jordan wasn’t a humble person, to begin with, and he was extremely confident with the abilities that he had. Michael Jordan is the person who put Nike out to the World and made them the Number One in the industry.

There are people who argue by telling that there are people who have a greater number of championship rings than Michael ever had. The rare occasions where Jordan defied the laws of gravity and had dunks from the free throw line made us believe that he isn’t human. He was one of the greatest defenders to play the ball. He was a brilliant shooter, great passer of the ball, he could play as a point guard and handle the ball and had plenty of tricks up his sleeve to fool his defenders. There are very few athletes who play defence as well as they play offence, Jordan was one of them. Coming to the all-time statistics, Jordan averaged nearly 31 points per game,5 assists,6 rebounds, 2 steals,1 block per game. Not many could shoot 30 points back in the day as well as Jordan could.

Jordan wasn’t a selfish player as of how others term him to be and it is very evident that he isn’t selfish by looking at his 5 assists per game stats. In 1996, he was not opposed to finding Steve Kerr for the game-winning shot and the championship. He was always determined to find a way to win and he did just that. He was named the Defensive Player of the Year in 1988. Jordan has won 6 NBA Championships and 6 Finals MVP awards which are more than any other NBA player. He has won the Finals MVP 3 straight times twice in his career.Michael Jordan won regular season MVP award 5 times with Kareem Abdul Jabbar being the only one to surpass him on that with 6 regular season MVP awards. Michael Jordan has won everything that he has looked forward to winning. NBA Championships, Dunk Contest, All-Star Game MVP, Finals MVP Michael Jordan has the most All defensive selections in NBA history tied with Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Gary Payton. Jordan produced arguably the best individual performance in NBA history when he played Game 5 of the NBA Finals with the severe flu and had looked not fit to play. However, he shocked everyone and he powered through to score 38 points and help the Chicago Bulls secure the NBA title.

There are players who may have won more championships like Bill Russell and players who have averaged 50 points per game in a season like Wilt Chamberlain and Jordan is not even the all-time scoring leader but if everyone wants a huge piece of everything into matters. Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time as he happens to be the entire package.