Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan lahir pada tanggal 17 Februari, 1963 di Brooklyn, New York, salah satu dari Yakobus dan lima Delon Jordan anak-anak. The family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when Michael was very young. Keluarga itu pindah ke Wilmington, North Carolina, ketika Michael masih sangat muda. His father worked as a General Electric plant supervisor, and his mother worked at a bank. Ayahnya bekerja sebagai pengawas pabrik General Electric, dan ibunya bekerja di bank. His father taught him to work hard and not to be tempted by street life. Ayahnya mengajarinya untuk bekerja keras dan tidak tergoda oleh kehidupan jalanan. His mother taught him to sew, clean, and do laundry. Ibunya mengajarinya menjahit, bersih, dan mencuci pakaian. Jordan loved sports but failed to make his high school basketball team as a sophomore. Jordan mencintai olahraga namun gagal untuk membuat SMA-nya tim basket sebagai mahasiswa tahun kedua. He continued to practice and made the team the next year. Dia terus berlatih dan membuat tim tahun depan. After high school he accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina, where he played under head coach Dean Smith. Setelah SMA ia menerima beasiswa basket ke Universitas North Carolina, di mana ia bermain di bawah pelatih kepala Dean Smith.
In Jordan's first season at North Carolina he was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year for 1982. Pada musim pertama Jordan di North Carolina dia bernama Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year untuk 1982. The team won the ACC championship, and Jordan made the clutch jump shot that beat Georgetown University for the championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Tim memenangkan kejuaraan ACC, dan Yordania membuat tembakan kopling lompatan yang mengalahkan Georgetown University untuk kejuaraan dari National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Jordan led the ACC in scoring as a sophomore and as a junior. Jordan memimpin ACC dalam angka sebagai mahasiswa tahun kedua dan sebagai junior. The Sporting News named him college player of the year for both years. Sporting News menamainya pemain kuliah tahun ini untuk kedua tahun. He left North Carolina after his junior year and was selected by the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) as the third pick of the 1984 draft. Dia meninggalkan North Carolina setelah tahun pertama dan dipilih oleh Chicago Bulls dari National Basketball Association (NBA) sebagai mengambil ketiga dari draft 1984. Before joining the Bulls, Jordan was a member of the Summer 1984 United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold medal in Los Angeles, California. Sebelum bergabung dengan Bulls, Jordan adalah anggota tahun 1984 Summer tim basket Olimpiade Amerika Serikat yang memenangkan medali emas di Los Angeles, California.