A report on Michael Jordan
American businessman and former professional basketball player.
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Chicago Bulls
52 linksAmerican professional basketball team based in Chicago.
American professional basketball team based in Chicago.
All six of their championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and coach Phil Jackson.
National Basketball Association
45 linksProfessional basketball league in North America.
Professional basketball league in North America.
Michael Jordan entered the league in 1984 with the Chicago Bulls, spurring more interest in the league.
Scottie Pippen
37 linksAmerican former professional basketball player.
American former professional basketball player.
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
42 linksAmerican former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
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
30 linksNigerian-American former professional basketball player.
Nigerian-American former professional basketball player.
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
37 linksAmerican former professional basketball player.
American former professional basketball player.
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
21 linksAmerican professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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
29 linksAmerican former professional basketball player who is a television analyst on TNT.
American former professional basketball player who is a television analyst on TNT.
He was selected with the fifth pick in the first round by the Philadelphia 76ers, two slots after the Chicago Bulls drafted Michael Jordan.
Wilt Chamberlain
26 linksAmerican professional basketball player who played as a center.
American professional basketball player who played as a center.
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.
Kobe Bryant
33 linksAmerican professional basketball player.
American professional basketball player.
Even at an early stage of his career, sportswriters were comparing his skills to those of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.