Michael Jordan - Basketball legend and things that make everyone admire

In the basketball world in particular and the whole world in general, when it comes to Michael Jordan, everyone will know the pinnacle of this African-American basketball star. Michael Jordan left a great legacy in the NBA and is always considered an example for the younger generations.

Michael Jordan's full name is Michael Jeffrey Jordan. He was born on February 17, 1963 and is known as a legendary American player of all time.

He was born into a well-to-do family in an affluent neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, USA. His mother, Deloris, is a banker and his father, James Jordan, is an equipment supervisor. In his family, Jordan is the fourth of five children.

Jordan is the most special member in the family as he pursues professional sports while his siblings are well educated, have stable careers and that speciality is fully supported by his father.

Although James Jordan loves baseball, he is always willing to spend a few hours a day taking his children to play basketball. Even better, he was also the one who encouraged Michael when he was criticized as one of the shortest people on the Laney High School team. As a high school student, Jordan was hesitating between basketball, baseball, or football.

Mr. James's support has been rewarded by Michael's hard work and efforts in both getting his diploma from the University of North Carolina, pursuing a career in basketball and being selected by the Chicago Bulls to participate in the game. roster in the 1984 BA Draft.

After 5 years of playing for the team, 1991 was the first year Michael and his teammates won the NBA championship, followed by consecutive championship titles in 1992 and 1993. His basketball career was interrupted. between the end of 1993 and 1995 due to a family event. After a period of two years, Michael returned to the Bulls and led the team to three more consecutive championship titles in 1996, 1997 and 1998. In 1999, Michael retired for the second time, but in 2001 he returned. He returned to the NBA and played for the Washington Wizards until 2003.

Back in 1992, when Jordan was nominated and included in the "Dream Team" lineup. In 1984, he and his teammates won the second Olympic gold medal for the US as a young player from a university.

The team was mentored by coach Bob Knight and among the standout players, Jordan was the best performer with an average score of 17.1 points in a tournament. In 1992, he, along with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, re-established "Dream Team". Jordan is the only person to be placed in the squad to play in eight consecutive games of the Olympics.

His ability to score in decisive situations has contributed to an eight-game average of 14.9 points, second in the team in terms of points scored. More specifically, Jordan, Ewing and Mullin are the only names to win Olympic gold medals before and after becoming professional players.

Michael Jordan is famous as the greatest basketball player of all time. He stunned all players when he jumped six feet from the free-throw line and threw the ball straight into the basket, earning him the nickname "Air Jordan". He holds the National Basketball Association record for highest career average for the regular season.

After retiring for the third time, Jordan has said he will probably return to his office position as CEO of the Wizards.

For the next few years, Jordan and his wife Juanita focused on fundraising. The couple invested $5 million in Hales Franciscan High School in Chicago in 2006. Donate to Habitat for Humanity, a Louisiana branch called Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Prior to that, in 2004, Jordan owned Michael Jordan Motorsports - a professional road racing team against 2 Suzuki teams in the Superbike championship and approved by the AMA (American Motor Racing Association) and operating until the end of 2013.

On June 15, 2006, Jordan decided to buy shares of the Charlotte Bobcats and became the second largest shareholder of the team. As part of the agreement, Jordan had full control over the basketball operations of the executive team with the title of "Chief Operations Officer". Given Jordan's previous successes with a genuine personality, he avoided including himself in Charlotte's Marketing Campaigns. About 10 years ago, he made an offer to co-own the Charlotte Hornets, but George Shinn turned it down.

In February 2010, it was reported that Jordan was trying to find the biggest ownership of the Bobcats. In 2014, the Bobcats changed his nickname to the Hornets. After the end of February, Jordan and former Houston Rockets president George Postolos were the leading contenders for ownership of the Charlotte Hornets team.

On February 27, the Bobcats announced that Johnson had reached an agreement with Jordan and MJ Basketball Holding owned by Michael Jordan to purchase a team that is awaiting NBA approval. On March 17 of the same year, the NBA Executive Board approved Jordan's purchase of Team Charlotte, making him the first former NBA player to take the helm of a team. That also makes him the first African-American to own an NBA team.

In the business field, Michael has created his own brand - Jordan Brand. Initially, like many other players, Jordan also wanted to sign a sponsorship contract with the Adidas brand, a brand that at that time was a leader in the production of sports shoes.

Reportedly, in 1984, the Adidas CEO team in Germany decided to support players with better height than Jordan - A promising basketball star of the University of North Carolina. After the rejection of Adidas, Nike seized the opportunity, decided to sign a sponsorship contract with Jordan and also in 1984, Nike released the first shoe for Jordan - the Air Jordan 1. Nike then agreed agreed to pay $500,000 a year in cash for a five-year contract with Michael Jordan, a record amount at that time in basketball, much higher than the previous record of $150,000 a year.

Thanks to Jordan's boom in late 1984, Nike raked in $900 million. By 1997, when Jordan received his fifth championship title in his professional basketball career, Nike's revenue reached $9.19 billion. And after a series of Air Jordan shoes were launched, now Jordan shoes and clothing has officially become a cult brand of Nike, significantly increasing the income of Michael Jordan and Nike.

In June 2014, Jordan officially joined the "billionaire club" with a billion-dollar fortune from Jordan Brand and shares of Charlotte Hornets.