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----------------------------------------------------- Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. He became the most effectively marketed athlete of his generation and was instrumental in spreading the appeal of the National Basketball Association around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. He is currently a part-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats.A remarkable force at both ends of the floor, "M.J." ended his 15 NBA seasons with a regular-season scoring average of 30.12 points per game, the highest in NBA history (marginally ahead of Wilt Chamberlain's 30.06). He won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls (during which he won all six NBA Finals MVP awards), won 10 scoring titles, and was league MVP five times. He was named to the All-NBA First Team 10 times, All-Defensive First Team nine times, and led the league in steals three times. Since 1983, he has appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated a record 49 times, and was named the magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" in 1991. He has appeared on the cover of SLAM Magazine a record nine times, including the magazine's 50th and 100th issues. In 1999, he was named "the greatest athlete of the 20th century" by ESPN, and was second only to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press list of top athletes of the century. His leaping ability, vividly illustrated by dunking from the foul line and other feats, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness." Many consider Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time.

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Jordan's legacy Michael Jordan's basketball talent was clear from his rookie season. His dunks, tenacious defense and ability to score amazed fans and opponents. After Jordan poured in a playoff-record 63 points against the Boston Celtics in 1986, Celtic superstar Larry Bird described him as "God disguised as Michael Jordan."Jordan led the NBA in scoring 10 seasons, tying Wilt Chamberlain for consecutive scoring titles with seven in a row, but was also a fixture on the All-NBA Defensive Team, making the roster nine times. Jordan also holds the top career and playoff scoring averages of 30.1 and 33.4 points per game, respectively. By 1998, the season of his Finals-winning shot against the Jazz, he was feared throughout the league as one of the game's best clutch performers. In the regular season, Jordan was the Bulls' primary threat in the final seconds of a close game and in the playoffs, Jordan would always demand the ball at crunch time.With 14 MVPs (5 regular-season MVPs, 6 Finals MVPs, and 3 All-Star MVPs) Jordan is arguably the most decorated player ever to play in the NBA. Jordan finished among the top three in regular-season MVP voting 10 times (Magic Johnson did so nine times; Larry Bird, eight times; Chamberlain, seven times; and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, nine times).Many of Jordan's contemporaries label Jordan as the greatest men's professional basketball player of all time [3]. An ESPN survey of journalists, athletes and other sports figures ranked Jordan the greatest athlete of the 20th century, above icons such as Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali.[4] Jerry West said that for all Jordan's records and statistics, he was most amazed that Jordan was "still the best defensive player in the league." [5] In 2003, Jordan topped SLAM magazine's Top 75 NBA Players of All Time.Commentators had dubbed a number of next-generation players "the next Michael Jordan" upon their entry to the NBA, including Grant Hill, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, LeBron James, and Dwyane Wade.Jordan was a shooting guard who was also capable of playing small forward. He is one of the most decorated and successful players to ever play the game. Jordan is the all-time leader in points per game (30.11 ppg) and won ten scoring titles, seven of them back-to-back. Furthermore, he is five-time NBA MVP, sextuple NBA champion (winning the NBA Finals MVP Award each time, a record), made the All-NBA First Team ten times and is 14-time All-Star.Beyond statistics and trophies, Jordan was first and foremost known for being one of the greatest clutch performers of all time. He decided countless games with last-second heroics (e.g. The Shot) or sheer grit (e.g. Flu Game). His competitiveness was also visible in his trademark trash talk. Jordan was also known for his fanatical work ethic.On offense, Jordan featured a complete offensive game. The winner of back-to-back Slam Dunk titles could aggressively slash to the basket and seemed to get to the line at will: his 8772 free throw attempts are 9th all time [3]. Then, often posted up his opponents and scored with his trademark fadeaway jumpshot, using his 40+ inches of vertical jump to elevate himself away from block attempts. Hubie Brown called it one of the most devastating offensive weapons of all time [4]. Jordan's 5.2 assists per game also prove his willingness to defer to his team mates. Finally, in later years, he also extended his shooting range to become a three-point threat, rising from a low 9 / 52 rate (.173) in his rookie year into a stellar 111 / 260 (.427) rate in 1996-97 season.On defense, Jordan's contributions were equally spectacular. He was NBA Defensive Player of the Year, a rare feat for a perimeter defender, and made the All-Defensive First Teams nine times. His 2,514 steals are second all-time behind John Stockton. His rebounding (6.2 per game) is also remarkable for a backcourt player.Jordan was named one of the 50 Greatest Basketballers of All Time in 1996 by the NBA. SLAM Magazine named him 1 on their list of 75 Greatest Basketballers.There's Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us.

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