Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born Feb, 17
, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player who owns most of
the Charlotte Bobcats. He played for the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill as a member of Tar Heels. In 1984 he joined the Chicago Bulls and climbed up to be a league star. He got the nicknames
"Air Jordan" and "His Airness" according to his performance and mind blowing slam dunks
from the free throw line. He won his
first NBA championship in 1991
and held the title for 2 more years in
1992 and 1993. Jordan retired at the beginning of 1993-94 but, then he rejoined
the Bulls in 1995 to seize 3 championship for the team in 1996,1997 and 1998.
He retired for the second time in 1999 and got back and joined the Washington
Wizards for two seasons.
He won a couple of awards including five MVP
awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations and more. He was associated with
the Air Jordan sneakers , one of Nike's products which was popular back in
1985. He also starred in a film in 1996 Space Jam as himself. He is 50 years
old now and retired to hold the basketball operations of the Charlotte Bobcats.
