Perhaps the most popular basketball player in history, Michael Jordan can also lay claim to being the greatest in the game to date. The former Chicago Bulls marksman is a six-time NBA Championship winner, six-time NBA Finals winner, five-time NBA Finals winner, 14-time NBA All-Star, and numerous other accomplishments.
The Basketball Hall of Famer now spends most of his time conducting his business. He is the current owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets NBA franchise, which has resulted in him being the first billionaire in NBA history and the third richest African American.
biography
MJ, as he is famous, was bornMichael Jeffrey Jordan. He was born the second of five children to Deloris and James R. Jordan Sr. on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York.
He attended Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he played on the school’s basketball, baseball, and soccer teams. Jordan caused quite a stir on the school’s basketball team, prompting many college programs to recruit him. With options across the country, Jordan decided to join North Carolina to play under legendary college basketball coach Dean Smith.
As a freshman, Michael Jordan received the ACC Freshman of the Year title and helped his team secure the 1982 NCAA Championship. In his junior year, he earned his second NCAA All-American First Team title and was named national collegiate player of the year and ACC player of the year. After that season, Jordan relinquished his senior year to enter the 1984 NBA draft.
Jordan managed a three-peat from 1984 to 1993, including winning the NBA championship three times and winning the league MVP titles during those years before deciding to retire or play baseball. He cited exhaustion and a loss of interest in basketball prompted by the assassination of his father, who wanted him to be a professional baseball player.
In February 1994, MJ signed a minor league baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox. He played a number of games between that time and March 1995, when he decided to return to basketball after a major league baseball batter. He won the NBA title over the next three years before retiring in January 1999.
However, Michael Jordan returned to the NBA in 2001 to play for the Washington Wizards. He played two more seasons before finally retiring in 2003.
statistics
As a freshman, Michael Jordan averaged 13.4 points per game on a 53.4% shot (field goal percentage). He averaged 17.7 points per game at 54.0% shot during his three-year college basketball career.
Jordan maintained his offensive luster while drafted into the league. He averaged 28.2 points per game after shooting 51.5% as a freshman to become a fan favorite. In the 1986–87 season, MJ had his best scoring season, with more than 3,000 points and an average of 37.1 points per game on 48.2% shooting.
In his 15-year career, Michael Jordan managed 1,072 games, averaging 38.3 minutes per game and 30.1 points per game on a 50.9% shooting.
Michael Jordan Net Worth
Michael Jordan could go down in history as the highest paid athlete of all time. The six-time NBA championship winner is currently 1,477. richest man in the world with a net worth of around $1.65 billion.
Despite making just $90 million during his 15-year career as a salary player, MJ has been able to climb the earnings/wealth ladder through corporate partnerships such as the highly successful Nike Jordan shoe brand and his involvement with the Charlotte Hornets basketball team.
wife, girlfriend, son
Michael Jordan is married to a Cuban-American model, Yvette Prieto. The couple met while dancing at a club in 2008 before reportedly moving in together in 2009. During the 2011 Christmas season, Jordan proposed to Mrs. Prieto and on April 27, 2013, they exchanged vows at the Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach Florida.
Together, the couple have twin daughters named Victoria and Ysabel who were born on February 11, 2014. Jordan has three other children; Sons Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James and daughter Jasmine were born in September 1989 from his first marriage to Juanita Vanoy, which ended after the marriage was dissolved in December 2006.
Both of Michael Jordan’s sons played high school and college basketball before each of them decided not to follow in their father’s footsteps and quit.
Is he dead?
Michael Jordan lives and can be seen he watched his NBA team on the sidelines. In February 2015, the basketball great was reportedly believed to have died in his sleep of a heart attack at his North Carolina residence. The reports were just part of the ongoing celebrity death hoax series on the internet.
Height, weight and other facts
Birth name: Michael Jeffrey Jordan
Date of Birth: February 17, 1963
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York
Nationality: American
Height: 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m)
Weight: 98kg
Zodiac sign: Aquarius