Michael Jordan biography
Basketball legend and accomplished business man

The Michael Jordan biography comprises four particular areas, and he is best known for being a professional basketball player - as well as his endeavors as an Olympic athlete, a businessman, and more surprisingly an actor. Jordan is considered one of the world's best basketball players of all time, and has dominated the sport from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s.

The Michael Jordan biography started where he grew up in North Carolina. Here, he began to focus on his emerging talent as an athlete, wanting to win each and every game he played.

But like most aspiring athletes, he still applied for his academic placement at the University of North Carolina in 1981 - soon becoming an integral part of the school's basketball team. Jordan won the NCAA Division One championships in 1982, and then became singled out as the NCAA College Player of the Year in both 1983 and 1984.

Soon after his junior year, the Michael Jordan biography advanced as he left the college to join the NBA. He soon proved to be a great player, and good competition for the rest of the professionals - giving him an average of 28.2 points per game, during the season he helped the team make it to the play offs. After finishing his bachelor's degree in geography, he still continued to follow his passion - soon becoming hardcore competition for well-established professionals.

Between the 1986 and 1987 season, Jordan continually proved himself to be competent - and he became the first player since Wilt Chamberlin to score more than 3,000 points in just one season. The following season, he received his initial Most Valuable Player Award from NBA (which he later won four more times).

During the summer of 1984, Jordan for the first time became a member of the US basketball team in the Olympic Games, later helping the United States bring home the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

The Michael Jordan biography entered a different, and more surprising, approach to success in 1996, when he became involved with film, appearing as the start of the 1996 film 'Space Jam', which featured both real life actors and animation - with Jordan appearing along side of classic animation character like Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny.

Acting didn't take over however, and he soon turned back to sport - averaging at 30.5 points per game in the following season. He allowed the team to finish the regular season with 72 victories and have the opportunity to play in the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz. For a second year in a row, Jordan beat the Utah Jazz.

Fairly recently, in 2006, Jordan bought a share of the Charlotte Bobcats, becoming a part of the team's executive ranks. Jordan was the team's managing member of basketball operations.

In 2009, he also received what is recognized as one of basketball's greatest honours - Jordan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Jordan attended an induction ceremony. He later explained he'd felt somewhat comfortable at the event, as he felt it signified that "your basketball career is completely over".

The Michael Jordan biography has seen him remain busy, as he now owns several restaurants and is involved with many different business ventures.

Michael Jordan links

• NBA Stats of Michael Jordan.
• Michael Jordan biography at Wikipedia.