“Maybe this guy is God disguised as Michael Jordan” (Michael Jordan). Michael Jordan is clearly the best basketball player to ever step foot on a basketball court as Larry Bird jokes. He wasn't the perfect basketball player, but he was good enough to outperform the rest of the league as a whole. Due to his superior skills and incomprehensible work ethic, he can be considered an exception. No other player has accomplished as much as Jordan and will likely never see anything like it again. Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 to father James and mother Delores Jordan (King, Jason). Although the Jordans really emphasized academics over athletics, they encouraged Michael to train hard, set high but realistic goals, and maintain his grades after learning that he possessed sports skills. Michael preferred baseball and football to basketball, but as soon as he entered high school, he decided to play professional basketball (Michael Jordan). As a 5'9" sophomore in high school in Wilmington, North Carolina, he tried out for his school's basketball team, but wasn't good enough, nor tall enough, to get there he then trained throughout the year and returned as a 6'3'' junior to try out with his improved skills and after graduating from high school. , he accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina. In his first season at Carolina, he became the second Tarheel player to start every game as a freshman and was named a freshman of the year. year of the Atlantic Coast Conference (1982), he made the game-winning shot against Georgetown University for the NCAA championship. 'year in 1983 and 1984. He left North Caro... middle of the newspaper... son If Michael Jordan wasn't as good as they say, look at his stats and the numbers will prove he was. is the best basketball player in the history of the sport, which makes him an outlier. If he was just an average kid from North Carolina with no athletic skills, he wouldn't have received as much attention as he did. He would have been “Michael Jordan from around the corner,” not “Michael Jordan: Hall of Famer.” Works CitedKing, Jason. “Jordan, Michael (1963—).” St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Flight. 2. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 570-572. Student resources in context. Internet. May 26, 2014. “Michael Jordan. » Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Student Resources in Context. Internet. May 26, 2014. “Michael Jordan. » UXL Biographies. Detroit: U*X*L, 2011. Student Resources in Context. Internet. May 26 2014.