Did You Know This

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Did you know the only basketball award that Jordan did not win was high school state championship?

Did you know that Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born February 17, 1963?

Did you know that Jordan  is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats?

Did you know that Jordans biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time?"[1]


Did you know that Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s?

Did you know the only basketball award that Jordan did not win was high school state championship?

Did you know that Jordan had a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' National Championship?

Did you know that Jordan leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness"?

Did you know that In 1991, Jordan won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat"?

Did you know that Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball?

Did you know that Jordan rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season?

Did you know that Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards?

Did you know that Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award?

Did you know that  He holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century?

Did you know that Jordan was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009?[3]

Did you know that Michael Jordan was not the number one draft pick?

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Did you know what NBA player has won the most MVP?

Did you know that Robert Horry has more NBA championships than michael Jordan?



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