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Michael Jordan Essay, Research Paper

In this paper , it will be proven that Michael Jordan is the best basketball

player that ever played the game . The Road to Greatness Michael Jeffrey Jordan

was born on February 17 , 1963. He was born in Brooklyn ,New York . He was the

fourth of five children , the most active but also laziest . "Michael was

probably the laziest kid I had" said his father ("100% JORDAN"

,.20). At the age of 5 he moved to Wilmington , North Carolina , where he spent

the rest of his scholastic career . As a teenager , he became very athletic .

Maybe the best learning experiences for young Michael were the backyard games

against his brother, Larry . On the court that his father built , Michael

suffered some of the worst beatings in basketball that he ever received . The

way Michael remembers , " It was like we were opponents . We never thought

of brotherhood at all . Sometimes it would end in fighting." (Krugel , 11).

When Michael speaks of Larry now , it is with all respect that an older brother

should receive . " He?s got the dunks and some 360?s and most all the

same stuff I got . And he?s 5-foot-7 . Larry is my inspiration ."(11) .

All the games against his brother gave him the better sense of competitiveness ,

persistence , and responsibility that he has today. He attended Laney High

School where he first started playing organized basketball . As a freshmen , he

started on Junior Varsity , where he averaged 25 points per game . He did not

make the Varsity team as a sophomore , even though he averaged 28 points per

game on Junior Varsity. When junior year came , he grew up to 6-foot-3 inches

and made people notice him . He made varsity that season and averaged 20 points

a game . That summer he attended the well known Five-Star Basketball Camp where

he started to attract the attention of college coaches . " His is one of

the strange , great stories" says Sonny Vaccaro ("100% JORDAN?,

.22). "He was a nobody , he wasn?t all that highly-touted"(22). By

the time his senior year began , he didn?t have to worry , for he was already

being scouted by the North Carolina Tar-Heels . He had a strong senior season ,

averaging 23 points a game and helping Laney to 19 victories . But they lost in

the conference tournament to a New Hanover team that included future NBA player,

Kenny Gattison and future NFL defensive end, Clyde Simmons . Even though Patrick

Ewing was rated number one high school player, North Carolina still picked

Michael . "What set him apart from the rest was his burning desire for the

game" Gibbons, coach of North Carolina, said . "I?ve watched many,

many players that rise above the pack because of some special characteristic

that others don?t have-the heart of a champion. If anybody has that , it?s

Michael Jordan" (.22). Jordan took part in the McDonald?s All-star Game ,

and scored 30 points ; that made people realize how good he really was . The

next year he started to play at North Carolina . In North Carolina ,he played

for coach Smith , who is known for his great tactics in the game of basketball ,

and for his winning career . He became the eighth freshman player to start on a

Smith-coached team and proved to be a fine outside weapon, balancing the inside

play of veterans Sam Perkins and James Worthy . He really started to make heads

turn by showing up some of the best college players . Like Hakeem Olajuwan ,and

Patrick Ewing . His first day of practice , we noticed he was trying to do what

we said, even though maybe it wasn?t natural from a defensive

standpoint," Smith said . " But within three or four days , he would

have it down pat . He has good savvy about the game , learning it.("100%

JORDAN", .24). Jordan finished third on the team in points (13.5) and

rebounds (4.4) in a fine freshman season , although he definitely deferred to

Worthy and Perkins . Against Georgetown in the ?82 NCAA title game , he really

took over the court . With 31 seconds seconds to play and the Georgetown Hoyas

holding a 62-61 lead , Smith designed a play that would get the ball inside to

Perkins or Worthy . But as the huddle broke , Smith went in another direction .

He told Jordan, " Do it , Michael . Just knock it in ." (.24).

Fourteen seconds later , there was Jordan ,wide open on the left wing ,

launching the 16-foot jumper that gave Smith his first-ever national

championship . It was the first of so many clutch shots for Jordan , and it shot

him onto the road to stardom . Jordan was a first-team all-American as a

sophomore , averaging 20 points a game and showing the first signs of defensive

greatness that would later make him the NBA?s suffocating stopper. He then led

the U.S. to victory in the Pan-American Games . His great accomplishments in his

junior put a cap on his collegiate career , starting him on the road to

greatness . Even though UNC crumbled in the NCAA tournament ,he was named

national player of the year , and it earned him a spot on the ?84 Olympic team

,which won the gold against Spain . Jordan left college in 1984 to play with the

Bulls. He finished his first season (1984-85) as one of the top scorers in the

league , with an average of 28.2 points per game . He also was named rookie of

the year and made the first of his ten All-Star game appearances (1985 ,

1987-1993 , 1996 , 1997). Jordan finished the 1986-87 season as the second

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