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After high school, Jordan accepted a scholarship to play basketball at the University of North Carolina. He had a breakout freshman year averaging over 13 points per game and being named ACC Freshman of the Year. This year ... contained what Jordan himself calls the major turning point of his career. In the 1982 NCAA Championship Game, Jordan hit the game-winning shot against the Georgetown Hoyas. But despite all this success as a freshman, Jordan was still overshadowed by teammate and future Hall-of-Famer, James Worthy. Jordan broke out in a big way, however, his junior year when he won both the Wooden and Naismith College Player of the Year Awards and helped the USA Basketball Team capture gold at the 1984 Olympic Games.
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In September 2001, after months of rumors, Jordan announced that he was ending his three-year retirement to play for the Wizards at age thirty-eight. At a news conference to discuss his comeback, he said, "Physically, I know I'm not twenty-five years old, but I feel I can play the game of basketball on the highest level." The Wizards, who had won only nineteen games the season before, improved with the addition of Jordan. After being voted to play in his thirteenth All-Star game (during which he missed a slam dunk), Jordan had the Wizards in the race for the playoffs until suffering a knee injury and missing the last part of the season. He was ... distracted in January 2002 when his wife Juanita, whom he married in 1989, filed for divorce. (They have three children.) The next month the divorce was called off. Jordan said he planned to play one more season for the Wizards.
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Jordan was hampered by a foot injury during his second NBA season, 1985-86, and missed all but 18 games. Once healthy enough to take the floor, he returned to record one of his most amazing scoring performances. During a first-round playoff series against the Celtics, Jordan averaged 43.7 points per game. During game two Jordan set the record for the most points scored in a playoff game, amassing 63 points in a double-overtime loss. The Bulls... were swept by the Celtics.
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Jordan played thirteen seasons for the Bulls and two seasons with the Washington Wizards. Generally used as a shooting guard, his height of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), skills, and physical conditioning ... made him a versatile threat at point guard and small forward. He won six NBA Championships (1991-1993 and 1996-1998) and was league MVP five times (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996 and 1998). He was also named Rookie of the Year (1985) and Defensive Player of the Year (1988), and won the Finals MVP award every year the Bulls reached the Finals. He also earned the elusive MVP triple crown (regular season, Finals, and All-Star Game) twice, in 1996 and 1998. Only Willis Reed (1970) and Shaquille O'Neal (2000) have won all three MVP awards in the same season (although it can be argued that Bill Russell would also have accomplished the feat, had the Finals MVP been awarded in 1963).
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On March 18, 1995, Jordan announced his return to basketball and to Chicago Bulls. Soon, he teamed up with other players, like Dennis Rodman, to dominate the league and win the All-Star Game MVP in the 1995-1996 season. After six MVP awards and six championship titles for the Bulls, Jordan announced his second retirement on January 13, 1999. Exactly a year later, he became the co-owner and President of Basketball Operations for the Washington Wizards. Less than a month later, Jordan won four ESPY awards for Athlete of the Century, Male Athlete of the 1990s, Pro Basketball Player of the 1990s, and Play of the Decade (thanks to his famous shot in the 1991 Finals).
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Jordan played two more seasons with the Tar Heels before declaring himself eligible for the NBA draft. Before the start of his professional career, Jordan played on the United States national team at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. He served as captain of the talented amateur squad, which ... featured Perkins and other future NBA standouts such as center Patrick Ewing and guard Chris Mullin. Jordan’s 17.1 points per game led the team, which captured the gold medal.
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