Michael Jordan Biography - Chicago Bulls, North Carolina TarheelsWhen a basketball player wins seven consecutive scoring titles (ten scoring titles collectively), 6 NBA Championships, and 5 MVP's, he's obviously very special. In the case of Michael Jordan, those numbers barely tell the story of how good he really was. No athlete has ever been unstoppable, but Michael Jordan came as close as anyone.
When he had the basketball, Jordan could do anything he wanted with it. Fans knew it, players knew it, and more importantly - he knew it. Jordan raised professional basketball to astounding new levels causing us to rethink human limits. There has never been another player like Michael Jordan, and there may never be again.
Michael Jordan Quote :
"I'm a competitor. I always keep score in everything. I want to win."
The turning point in Michael Jordan's basketball life was not his amazing buzzer beating jump shot to win the 1982 Championship for North Carolina. Nor was it his Rookie of the Year award in the NBA in 1985 playing for the Chicago Bulls. The real turning point occurred at the Five Star Basketball Camp in Pittsburgh, Pa., where America's most promising high school players are invited to learn and compete under tutelage of top NCAA coaches.
At age 17, Michael Jordan had grown from 5'11 to 6'3" and was still getting used to his body. In his first varsity season, he had exhibited a strong work ethic and good instincts, but he was hardly overwhelming. No one was more surprised than Jordan when he received the invitation to Five-Star.
When Michael Jordan arrived and walked onto the court with the best players in the country, Jordan could feel something changing within himself. Whenever he made a move, took a shot or went up for a rebound, he seemed to be playing in another dimension. The coaches were going crazy. Who was this kid flying through the air with his tongue hanging out?
Normally an ultra competitive camp, Five-Star became the Michael Jordan show. Everything he did in games and drills went above and beyond anything anyone had seen before on any level. For some mysterious reason, all of his talents finally came together at that basketball camp.
Jordan, who won five trophies that week, then stayed another week and won five more. Michael Jordan credited his camp experience with changing how he felt about basketball. When he returned home, Jordan decided to give up his first love, baseball, and concentrate fully on basketball. He averaged more than 27 points a game his senior year and accepted a scholarship to the University of North Carolina, where he let the Yarheels to an NCAA Championship his freshman year. By the time Jordan graduated he was a two time All A?merican with a golden future.
Michael Jordan went on to a historic career with the Chicago Bulls. The fans of the Chicago Bulls embraced Michael and he returned the favor by bringing 6 championships to Chicago.
