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My Take
For me, Michael Jordan is the cleanest answer to the question of what greatness actually requires. His 1988 season, taking MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same year, tells you he refused to dominate on only one end of the floor. What I respect even more is the restlessness: walking away at his peak to attempt professional baseball, then returning to win again, then building a business empire after basketball. That competitiveness could never be switched off, and it made him exhausting to play against and irresistible to watch. Every superstar since has been measured against the template he set.
Overview
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and retired professional basketball player who is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Jordan
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・ジョーダン
- Reading
- まいける・じょーだん
- Born
- February 17, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 198 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / baseball player / spokesperson / entrepreneur / autobiographer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Emsley A. Laney High School
- University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards & achievements
- 1988 NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- 1988 NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award
- 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
- 1985 NBA Rookie of the Year Award
- 1984 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
- 1984 Oscar Robertson Trophy
- 1984 Naismith College Player of the Year
- 1984 John R. Wooden Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.