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Born
Michael Jordan was born February 17th 1963 in Brooklyn, New York -
Moving
In 1974 he moved to Wilmington, North Carolina with his family -
High School
In 1977 Michael Jordan tried out for varsity and didn't make it becasue he was too short. He grew 4 inches the next summer the next two seasons averaged 20 and by his senior season 29.2 points, 11.6 rebounds and 10.1 assists -
Scholarship
In 1981 he earned a scholarship to the University of North Carolina and was the freshman of the year averaging 13.4 points and majored in cultural geography -
Chamionship
On March 29th, 1982 Michael jordan hit a game winning shot to win the NCAA Championship -
AIR JORDANS BORN
In 1984 Nike was struggling with shoe sales so Nike asked to sponsor him and the first Air Jordans came out his idea combined Air Forces 1's and Nike Dunks -
NBA DRAFT
In 1984 After winning the Naismith and the Wooden College Player of the Year awards he left fot the NBA and was drafted 3rd overall to the Chicago Bulls -
The Retro 3's
The Retro 3's first came out in 1987 being one of Micheal Jordans favorite shoes and were retro'ed again in '94,'01,'07,'09 and in 2011 releasing the "True Blues" -
NBA Titles
In 1991 Michael Jordan won his first NBA title -
11's Drop
In 1995 after the 1995 playoffs Michael Jordan debuted the Air Jordan 11 Concords which is one of the most popular he ever made, new models came out again in 2000 and 2011 -
Movie
In 1996 Michael Jordan starred in the movie Space Jam and this lead to the release of the Space Jam Jordans in 2000 -
Championship #6
In 1998 Jordan won his 6th championship ring along side teamates Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman -
Retirment
In 2003 Jordan retired for the 3rd and final time and focused mostly on new shoe designs and spreading the Air Jordan brand -
Charlotte Bobcats
In June of 2006 he bought the NBA team the Charoltte Bobcats
