While his route-running skills would have needed significant work, Jordan's sheer size, speed North Carolina coach Roy Williams recently unveiled that Jordan ran a 4. Speaking of his athletic ability, as well as his drive to prove his doubters wrong, Jordan did showcase his ability to throw a football at about the time he was reportedly flirting with the idea of playing pro football.
That time MJ launched a football 65 yards just to prove he could. Even with his physical advantages, professional football would have been an incredible challenge for Jordan, who would have had to face some of the greatest defensive backs in NFL history, a list that includes Deion Sanders, Darrell Green and Rod Woodson. That being said, Jordan's well-documented desire to excel at whatever he decided to focus on may have allowed him to become at least a complementary piece on a successful offense.
While we'll never know for sure how good Jordan could have been as an NFL player, it's safe to say that his legacy as arguably the greatest player in NBA history is secure. By Bryan DeArdo. May 6, at pm ET 2 min read. Chiefs vs. Cowboys vs. His mother, Delores, was a bank teller who has since written several books.
His father, James, was a maintenance worker turned manager at General Electric. Jordan's father, James, introduced him to baseball and built a basketball court in their backyard.
James was murdered in the summer of when two teenagers shot him in his car in an apparent robbery as he was driving from Charlotte to Wilmington, North Carolina. He went missing for 11 days until his body was found in a swamp in McColl, South Carolina.
The teens were later tried and convicted of the crime and received life sentences for first-degree murder. Jordan enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in and soon became an important member of the school's basketball team. Jordan left college after his junior year to join the NBA in In , Jordan finished his bachelor's degree in geography as he continued to play basketball professionally.
Jordan began his professional basketball career when he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in Jordan soon proved himself on the court. He helped the team make the playoffs and scored an average of While his second season was marred by injury, he was breaking new ground on the court during the season.
He became the first player since Wilt Chamberlain to score more than 3, points in a single season. By the late s, the Chicago Bulls were quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with, and Jordan was an instrumental part of the team's success. Jordan was well known by then for his superior athleticism on the court and for his leadership abilities.
The team took their third championship the following year, dominating in the basketball world. Following a short stint in minor league baseball, in March Jordan returned to the basketball court for the Chicago Bulls.
He came back even stronger the following year, averaging Chicago nearly matched the previous year's record with 69 wins in , a season that ended with a game six win over the Utah Jazz in the NBA Finals. The two teams faced each other again for the championship in , with Jordan sinking the winning shot in Game 6 to claim his sixth NBA title.
After his second retirement from basketball in , Jordan joined the Washington Wizards in as a part owner and as president of basketball operations. In the fall of , Jordan relinquished these roles to return to the court once more. He played for the Wizards for two seasons before retiring for good in During the summer of , Jordan made his first appearance at the Olympic Games as a member of the U.
Olympic basketball team. The team won the gold at the games that year, which were held in Los Angeles. Jordan later helped the American team bring home the gold medal at the Olympic Games, held in Barcelona, Spain.
Over the 19 years since beginning his professional basketball career, Jordan retired from the sport three times. He first retired in and again in , then finally hung up his jersey for good in In a move that shocked many, after the end of the basketball season, Jordan announced his retirement from basketball to pursue baseball.
For one year, in , Jordan played for a minor league team, the Birmingham Barons, as an outfielder. This decision came shortly following the murder of Jordan's father, who always wanted him to play baseball.
Jordan has also talked about trying professional football back then, which he considered as a greater challenge. He would apparently be a wide receiver but would not go after passes came through the middle. When he was young, Jordan also played football along with baseball and basketball. Reports suggest that if Jordan would have found a way 'to break containment at the line of scrimmage', he would have been a threat to players back in the 90s due to his size.
Jordan was six-foot-six and pounds back then. On the other hand, Michael Irvin, who is one of the most skilled receivers in that era, was six-foot-two and pounds.
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