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Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' National Championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged…
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' National Championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record, at the time, 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards. Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009. Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam as himself. He is the majority owner and head of basketball operations for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets; he recently won a bidding war to buy controlling interest in the team from founding owner Robert L. Johnson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Michael Jordan's Filmography
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9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later
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Jerry West: The Logo
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We Beat the Dream Team
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Wetzel Pretzel 3.5 (feat. Dave & Busters)
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The Magical Seven
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The Legend of the 81-Point Game
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Say Hey, Willie Mays!
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The Redeem Team
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Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
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El otro Rey de Chicago
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Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible
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Luc Longley: One Giant Leap
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Kobe Bryant: The Greatest of All
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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
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Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
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Meeting Michael
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Legends of The Court
Game 6: The Movie
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David Blaine: The Magic Way
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A Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant
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Rodman: For Better or Worse
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In Search of Greatness
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Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
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The Making of Trump
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Dean Smith
Kobe Bryant's Muse
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The '84 Draft
Bad Boys
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NB90s
The Dream Team
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NB80s
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The Wayman Tisdale Story
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Jordan Rides the Bus
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Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team
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Basketball Man
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Carlos Manuel Baldomir
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action
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Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
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A Season on the Brink
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Ultimate Jordan
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Michael Jordan to the Max
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
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The NBA's 100 Greatest Plays
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Michael Jordan: His Airness
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Unforgettabulls: The 6th NBA Championship Season of the Chicago Bulls
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Chicago Bulls. Cinco campeonatos de la NBA
He Got Game
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Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
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Chicago Bulls 1996-97 NBA Championship Season
Space Jam
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The Official 1996 NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls Unstop-A-Bulls
Michael Jordan: Above & Beyond
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The Journey of the African-American Athlete
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Below the Rim
Blink
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Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
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The Official 1993 NBA World Championship Video - Three-Peat
NBA Dream Team
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Michael Jordan: Air Time
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Three-Peat - The Chicago Bulls' Historic Third Championship
Marathon
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Malcolm X
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Untouchabulls - The Chicago Bulls' Second Championship Season
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Barcelona '92 Olympic Games Inauguration Ceremony
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Doing Whatever It Takes!
Pyrates
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Learning to Fly: The World Champion Chicago Bulls Rise to Glory
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Michael Jordan's Playground
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All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers
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Great Sports Moments of the 80's
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Michael Jordan: Come Fly with Me
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Michael Jordan & Co
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Michael Jordan
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NBA Dynasty Series - Chicago Bulls
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Untitled Michael Jordan / Washington Wizards Documentary
