Michael Jordan and Related Topics

Chicago Bulls

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American professional basketball team based in Chicago.

Michael Jordan was drafted third overall by the Bulls in 1984. He won six championships and six Finals MVPs for Chicago.

Michael Jordan v Los Angeles Lakers at the 1991 NBA Finals

Bulls head coach Phil Jackson consulting Michael Jordan in 1997

Luol Deng made his first All-Star appearance with the team in 2012 and his second in 2013.

Joakim Noah was drafted by the Bulls in 2007. He was named an All Star for the first time in 2013 and for the second time in 2014.

Derrick Rose was drafted first overall by the Bulls in 2008. He was the 2010–11 NBA MVP.

Tom Thibodeau coached the Bulls to 62 wins in his first season.

Fred Hoiberg was the 22nd head coach in the franchise's history.

All six of their championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and coach Phil Jackson.

National Basketball Association

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Professional basketball league in North America.

Bill Russell defending against Wilt Chamberlain in 1966.

Michael Jordan goes to the basket for a slam dunk in 1987.

Kobe Bryant defending LeBron James in a February 2016 game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers

Michael Jordan entered the league in 1984 with the Chicago Bulls, spurring more interest in the league.

Scottie Pippen

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American former professional basketball player.

Pippen as a member of the Chicago Bulls in 1995

Chicago Bulls Championship banners hang in the rafters of the United Center.

Pippen's retired #33 jersey (far right) hanging in the rafters of the United Center

Pippen and then-wife Larsa in December 2006

Considered one of the greatest small forwards of all time, Pippen, along with Michael Jordan, played an important role in transforming the Bulls into a championship team and in popularizing the NBA around the world during the 1990s.

Shaquille O'Neal

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American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.

O'Neal playing for the Cole High School varsity basketball team in 1988–89

DIESEL DJing at the 2018 All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game

In 8 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers (1996–2004), O'Neal won three consecutive championships from 2000 to 2002 and appeared in the 2004 NBA Finals.

O'Neal during Game 5 of the 2000 NBA Finals

O'Neal holding the championship ball when the NBA Champion Heat visited the White House

O'Neal finished his career with the Boston Celtics.

O'Neal with the US national team at the 1994 FIBA World Championship

O'Neal's free throw shooting was regarded as one of his major weaknesses.

O'Neal (left) facing Big Show during the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32

O'Neal and the rest of the Lakers with President George W. Bush in the White House at a ceremony in early 2002 commemorating the team's 2001 NBA Championship

He is one of only three players to win NBA MVP, All-Star Game MVP and Finals MVP awards in the same year (2000); the other players are Willis Reed in 1970 and Michael Jordan in 1996 and 1998.

Hakeem Olajuwon

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Nigerian-American former professional basketball player.

A billboard at the University of Houston congratulating Olajuwon on being the 1994 NBA Most Valuable Player

One of only five numbers retired by the University of Houston men's basketball team, Olajuwon's No. 34 hangs in Fertitta Center.

Olajuwon (right) defending Jawann Oldham on November 25, 1986

Olajuwon was drafted by the Houston Rockets with the first overall selection of the 1984 NBA draft, a draft that included Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and John Stockton.

Magic Johnson

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American former professional basketball player.

Johnson with the Lakers, c. undefined 1987

Johnson, who had retired from basketball in 1991 due to HIV, was selected for the U.S. national team that won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics.

Johnson and Mayor Richard Riordan in 1995

Johnson against the Celtics in the 1987 NBA Finals

Johnson giving a speech at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on April 25, 2013.

In 2003, Johnson met with Nancy Pelosi to discuss federal assistance for those with AIDS.

Johnson's number 32 jersey was retired by the Lakers in 1992.

There they faced the Chicago Bulls, led by shooting guard Michael Jordan, a five-time scoring champion regarded as the finest player of his era.

Charlotte Hornets

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American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Season tickets for the Hornets' inaugural season.

The Bobcats versus the Dallas Mavericks on November 11, 2005.

Michael Jordan acquired the Bobcats in 2010.

The Bobcats selected Kemba Walker as the 9th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft

Doug Moe of the ABA's Carolina Cougars, which existed from 1969–1974

The Hornets selected LaMelo Ball as the 3rd overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.

Revived Hornets uniform design with teal and dark purple

The Charlotte Hornets are mainly owned by Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, who acquired a controlling interest in the team in 2010.

Charles Barkley

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American former professional basketball player who is a television analyst on TNT.

Barkley playing versus Argentina at the 1992 Tournament of the Americas

Barkley at the 2010 NBA Hall of Fame induction

Barkley on Inside the NBA on location at San Francisco's Pier 43 for the NBA season opening day in late October 2015.

Barkley with President Barack Obama at the White House

Congresswoman Terri Sewell and Charles Barkley at Doug Jones' election night party in 2017.

He was selected with the fifth pick in the first round by the Philadelphia 76ers, two slots after the Chicago Bulls drafted Michael Jordan.

Chamberlain with the Harlem Globetrotters in 1959

Wilt Chamberlain

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American professional basketball player who played as a center.

Chamberlain grabbing a rebound during a 1960 game against the New York Knicks

Chamberlain and Nate Thurmond of the San Francisco Warriors competing for a rebound in 1966

Chamberlain playing for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1969 NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics

Elmore Smith and Chamberlain fighting for a rebound in 1971

Chamberlain statue in South Philadelphia

Chamberlain historical marker outside of Philadelphia's Overbrook High School

Chamberlain being defended by the Celtics' Bill Russell in 1966

Chamberlain doing the twist with two dancers at Smalls Paradise in Harlem, New York

Chamberlain's 4,029 regular-season points made him the only player to break the 4,000-point barrier; the only other player to break the 3,000-point barrier is Michael Jordan, with 3,041 points in the 1986–87 NBA season.