Michael Jordan

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 He was a famous Basketball player.

 He was a born on February 17,1963 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.


 Michael went to Wilmington’s “Emsley A. Laney High School”.
 Where he developed a love for sports like basketball, baseball and football.
 In school, he wanted to join shopomore basketball team, but was rejected because he
was too short.
 In 1981, Jordan accepted a basketball scholarship to North Carolina.

 In 1984 NBA draft,the Chicago Bulls selected Jordan with the third overall pick, after
Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets) and Sam Bowie (Portland Trail Blazers).
 He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago
Bulls and Washington Wizards.
 He was a member of the USA Dream Team in 1992 Olympics.
 This win along 5 victories earlier, was an important milestone in his career as it made
him the six time recipient of the “Most valuable player” title at the “NBA” finals.
 On january 13,1999, jordan retired once again from the game, but the following year he
came back as the president of basketball operations for team “Washington wizards”.
 Michael Jordan married Juanita Vanoy in September 1989.

 They have two sons, Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James, and a daughter, Jasmine.
 They divorced in 2006.
 He is currently married to the Cuban-American model Yvette Prieto.
 The couple has identical twins born from them.

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