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A look at Michael Jordan’s Hall of Fame career:
February 17, 1963: Born in Brooklyn, New York to parents James Sr. and Deloris Jordan.
1979: Varsity team court at Laney High in Wilmington N.C.
1981: After two college seasons, he is selected as McDonald’s All-American and accepts a scholarship to the University of North Carolina.
March 29, 1982: He makes a winning shot in the final of the NCAA tournament against Georgetown.
June 19, 1984: Selected No. 3 by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA draft after centers Hakeem Ojaluwon and Sam Bowie.
August 10, 1984: Score 20 points in the gold medal game at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
May 16, 1985: Rookie of the year after averaging 28.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists.
September 15, 1985: Air Jordan 1 basketball shoes released by Nike.
October 29, 1985: He breaks his left foot in one game in the Golden State Warriors, losing the next 61 games before returning in time for the season finale and the playoffs.
April 20, 1986: Score an NBA record of 63 points in a playoff game, a 135-131 loss in overtime to Boston.
April 16, 1987: He scored 61 points in a loss to Atlanta, capped three games during which he averages 54.7 points. Win the first of 10 scoring titles.
February 6, 1988: Defeat Dominique Wilkins in the NBA dunk contest in Chicago. It is the second consecutive win of the dunk contest for Jordan. One night later, he wins his first MVP award for the All-Star game.
May 25, 1988: Selected NBA Most Valuable Player for the first time, beating Larry Bird of Boston and Magic Johnson of the Lakers.
May 7, 1989: He is a game-winning jumper in a decisive first round playoff series of Game 5 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. It is simply known as “the Shot”.
Michael Jordan does “The Shot” to lead the Chicago Bulls to Game 5 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
July 10, 1989: Days after firing Doug Collins, the Bulls hire Phil Jackson to be their fourth coach of the Jordan era.
June 5, 1991: Playing in his first NBA Finals, Jordan gets up in the paint to wet, changing his hands in the air for an acrobatic layup against the Lakers. “The Move” helps propel the Bulls to their first NBA title.
June 3, 1992: Jordan makes six three-point shots in the first half of Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers, turning to the crowd and shrugging. The Bulls win the series in six games.
August 8, 1992: Jordan scores 22 points when the “Dream Team” wins gold at the Barcelona Olympics. At the medal stand, Jordan is covered in the American flag, covering the Reebok logo on his team-issued warm-up jacket.
June 20, 1993: Jordan has 33 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, but it’s John Paxson who makes the three-point win in the Bulls’ 99-98 victory over the Phoenix Suns for the No. 3 title. Jordan is MVP of the Finals for the third. time in a row.
August 3, 1993: After disappearing for three weeks, Jordan’s father’s body is found in a stream in South Carolina, although the positive identification occurs 11 days later. Daniel Green and Larry Demery are later charged and convicted of murder.
October 6, 1993: In a room full of coaches, teammates, and NBA Commissioner David Stern, Jordan announces his retirement. He says there is a possibility that he may return.
October 23, 1993: In federal court, Jordan testifies that a $ 53,000 check he wrote to James (Slim) Bouler was to cover gambling losses. Originally he said the check was a loan for Bouler to open a driving range.
February 7, 1994: Jordan signs a contract to play baseball for the Chicago White Sox. He plays for the Double A for the Birmingham Barons, hitting .202.
Michael Jordan makes a pitch while playing for the Birmingham Barons during a 1994 game against the Memphis Chicks at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.
(Jim Gund / Getty Images)
March 18, 1995: Jordan joins the Bulls with a two-word fax: “I’m back.”
March 28, 1995: Facing the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Jordan, wearing No. 45, scores 55 points before finding Bill Wennington as the game’s winning jumper. It was the record for most points scored by an opponent in the Outfield, a record that Kobe Bryant would break.
May 18, 1995: The Bulls are eliminated in the second round of the playoffs by Shaquille O’Neal and the Orlando Magic. It is the first playoff series that Jordan has lost since June 3, 1990.
April 21, 1996: Along with Toni Kukoc, Scottie Pippen and newcomer Dennis Rodman, the Bulls beat the Washington Bullets 103-93 to win their 72nd game of the season, an NBA record. Jordan is the MVP of the league.
June 16, 1996: The Bulls cap a postseason in which they lost just three times to beat the Seattle SuperSonics 87-75. Jordan wins his fourth Finals MVP.
July 13, 1996: Jordan signs a one-year contract worth $ 30 million, the largest single-season contract in the history of American team sport.
November 15, 1996: Space Jam is released, a film starring Jordan alongside Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Toons. The film grossed $ 230 million despite mixed reviews.
Michael Jordan made his big screen debut on “Space Jam” with mixed reviews, although it was a box office success.
(Warner Bros.)
June 11, 1997: A physically exhausted Jordan scores 33 in Game 5 of the Finals in what will be known as “The Flu Game”.
June 13, 1997: Jordan and the Bulls win their fifth title, beating the Utah Jazz in six games. Jordan scores 39 in the deciding factor, earning another Finals MVP.
July 24, 1997: The Bulls sign a $ 6 million, one-year contract to Phil Jackson, but management makes it clear that it will be his last season with the Bulls, setting the stage for “The Last Dance.”
June 14, 1998: Jordan scores 45, including a title-winning jumper after he hits Utah’s Byron Russell before burying an open shot. Chicago wins its sixth title and Jordan picks up a sixth Finals MVP. It is the last basket he will make for the Bulls.
January 13, 1999: Saying he’s mentally exhausted, Jordan withdraws from the NBA a second time.
January 19, 2000: Jordan becomes co-owner and president of the Washington Wizards team. His term is defined by the decision to select center Kwame Brown from high school with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft.
Michael Jordan is flanked by Washington Wizards owners Ted Leonsis, left, and Abe Pollin after being hired as president of basketball operations during a press conference on January 19, 2000, at the MCI Center.
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September 25, 2001: Jordan comes out of retirement (again), this time for the Wizards. He averages 22.9 points in 60 games in his first season.
April 16, 2003: Jordan plays in his last game in the NBA, scoring 15 points.
May 7, 2003: Wizards owner Abe Polin fires Jordan from his role as team president after more than three years without success.
June 15, 2006: Jordan buys a minority stake in BET founder Robert Johnson’s Charlotte Bobcats, becoming the team’s “managing member of basketball operations”.
September 11, 2009: Jordan is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, delivering a scathing speech from people who doubted him.
March 17, 2010: Jordan buys majority ownership of the Charlotte Bobcats, now known as the Hornets, for $ 275 million, becoming the first former NBA player to become majority owner.
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