Michael Jordan Michael Jordan is the maximum exponent of this sport called basketball. His athletism, his talent, his competitive personality, his capacity to score whenever he wanted, his innate ability to stay in the air when everybody else was already going down and the fact that he was one of the best players ever in the decisive moments, made him a sports icon all around the world to the point that his name is a synonym of basketball.

Full Name: Michael Jeffrey Jordan

Nicknames: "Air Jordan", "His Airness", "MJ"

Position: Shooting guard / small forward

Jersey Number: 23 and 45

Birth date: February 17, 1963

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Plays: Right-handed

Teams: Chicago Bulls (1984-85/1992-93, 1994-95/1997-98)
Washington Wizards (2001-02/2002-003)

NBA Seasons: 15

Team Titles won:

NBA Championships: 6 - 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98.
Olympic Gold Medals: 2 - Los Angeles 1984, Barcelona 1992

Personal Titles and Awards:

NBA Regular Season MVP: 5 - 1997-98, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
NBA Finals MVP: 6 - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
NBA All-Star Game MVP: 3 - 1988, 1996, 1998
NBA Scoring Titles: 10 - 1986-87/1992-93, 1995-96/1997-98
NBA Rookie of the Year: 1993-84
NBA Defensive Player of the Year: 1, 1987-88
NBA Slam Dunk Champion: 2 - 1987, 1988
All NBA First Team: 10 - 1985-87/1992-93, 1995-96/1997-98
All NBA Defensive First Team: 9 - 1987-88/1992-93, 1995-96/1997-98
Selected for NBA All-Star Game: 14 - 1985/1993, 1996/1998, 2002/2003
One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996)

Career highlights:
1984- The world has the first opportunity to see the future of basketball when Michael Jordan, still a college player, was a key piece of the USA Basketball team that won the olympic gold medal in Los Angeles 1984.

Best Websites: www.michaeljordansworld.com, Michael Jordan's profile

Other interesting information:

- MJ retired from basketball 3 times. The first one in 1993 after winning his third consecutive NBA championship. He did it to try to play baseball, a crazy idea that ended when he returned to the Bulls in the middle of the 1994-95 season. After the second three-peat in 1998 he retired again, this time it looked definitive but watching the games as the Wizards president was too much a temptation for Michael and he dressed up as a player again for two more years in Washington in 2001-02 and 2002-03. He looked good, made a couple of shots to add to the book of his uncountable great plays, but time runs for everyone even for His Airness, the Wizards couldn't make the playoffs neither year and he retired for good in 2003 at the age of 40.

- Since Jordan's retired the second time, everybody has been trying to discover his basketball heir. Many players have been signaled, from Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant to Lebron James, but no one has filled Jordan's shoes yet.