Michael Jordan is, without a doubt, the GREATEST basketball player to ever play the game of basketball. Why? He was simply the best! He was the best not only because he could dunk the basketball from the free throw line, but he proved to everyone that, yes, we can achieve our dreams.
Did you know that Michael Jordan was initially cut from his high school basketball team? That’s right! But you know what? He didn’t give up on his dream to play the game of basketball.
Instead, he practiced more often and worked harder to improve as a basketball player and prove to his coach that he belonged on the team. The end result? He earned a spot on his high school basketball team and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Imagine for a moment, if he had given up the first time he got cut from his high school basketball team…You probably won’t be reading this article today. What’s the moral of the story? No matter what your dream is, stay focused, work hard, don’t listen to the naysayers, and NEVER give up!
Michael Jordan is considered the greatest basketball player to ever play the game of basketball, because he earned it. He had to defeat some incredible championship teams and hall-of-fame caliber star basketball players (such as, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas,Charles Barkley and more) on his way to winning six NBA titles. And, his numerous awards are mere symbols of how he dominated every facet of the game in the NBA. A void was definitely created when he decided to retire from the NBA for good.
Who could forget the first time he dunked the basketball by jumping from the free throw line? It was simply spectacular, and gravity defying!
For a split moment in time, Michael Jordan made us believe that man could actually fly. It is no surprise that he was later called Michael “Air” Jordan.
If you would like to become a great basketball player, there’s no better player to study than Michael Jordan. He had a very high basketball IQ, he mastered the fundamentals of basketball, he was a great offensive player, he was a great defensive player, and he made the rest of his teammates better because he always led by example. Michael Jordan “paid the price” for ALL his achievement on the basketball court; nothing was ever handed to him.
Michael Jordan Sets A New Record At Age 38!
At age 38, while playing for the Washington Wizards, Michael Jordan proved to the entire World that he could still dominate a basketball game in the NBA even though he could no longer dunk the basketball from the free throw line. The following video shows “text book” basketball by Michael Jordan.