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Michael Jordan: The Life

"It's not every day that I'm blown away by a book about a sports figure. But MICHAEL JORDAN: THE LIFE, by Roland Lazenby, ranks up there with the very best: The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn, Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger, and Joe DiMaggio by Richard Ben Cramer. The depth of reporting, his frequent ascent into poetry, and his intelligent analysis of the life of this complicated, fascinating American icon deserve Pulitzer Prize consideration. For the first time I understand what makes Michael Jordan tick. I was captivated, fascinated and beguiled from beginning to end." -- Peter Golenbock, New York Times-bestselling author of George and In the Country of Brooklyn The definitive biography of a legendary athlete The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in sports history that they have their own names. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball -- hitting nothing but net. But for all his greatness, this scion of a complex family from North Carolina's Coastal Plain has a darker side: he's a ruthless competitor and a lover of high stakes. There's never been a biography that encompassed the dual nature of his character and looked so deeply at Jordan on and off the court -- until now. Basketball journalist Roland Lazenby spent almost thirty years covering Michael Jordan's career in college and the pros. He witnessed Jordan's growth from a skinny rookie to the instantly recognizable global ambassador for basketball whose business savvy and success have millions of kids still wanting to be just like Mike. Yet Lazenby also witnessed the Michael Jordan whose drive and appetite are more fearsome and more insatiable than any of his fans could begin to know. Michael Jordan: The Life explores both sides of his personality to reveal the fullest, most compelling story of the man who is Michael Jordan. Lazenby draws on his personal relationships with Jordan's coaches; countless interviews with Jordan's friends, teammates, and family members; and interviews with Jordan himself to provide the first truly definitive study of Michael Jordan: the player, the icon, and the man.

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"The rarest talent is like a comet streaking briefly across the sky, captured only by the trailing flash of its brilliance." In his resplendent biography of Michael Jordan, veteran sportswriter Roland Lazenby carefully chronicles the Hall of Famer's journey from his humble beginnings in Teachey, North Carolina, to his startling transformation to "His Airness."

"Personality-wise, he's a study," said former Chicago Bulls assistant coach Tex Winter of the six-time NBA champion. Lazenby offers nuanced insights into the basketball phenom's character through soulful and, at times, wistful family narratives. To understand the full force of MJ's wondrous life, Lazenby opens with the poignant story of Dawson Jordan. Born at the turn of the 20th century in a shotgun shack on the banks of North Carolina's Coastal plain, Michael's great-grandfather was a looming authority figure who possessed immense physical strength. In his youth, Dawson engaged in dangerous forestry, taking down trees, then bundling and floating the logs downriver to Wilmington's shipyards. In his lifetime, he was a lumber mill worker, logger, sharecropper, moonshiner, hunt club cook and determined survivor.

"Comprehensive and well-researched, Lazenby's biography offers an impressive detailed account of Jordan's storied basketball, Olympic and baseball careers, as well as his wide-ranging business interests."

Lazenby portrays James and Deloris Jordan as thoroughly devoted parents, preparing their five children to become citizens of the world. "The greatest impact of their parenting came in the constant shaping of the children's attitudes," Lazenby writes, "they preached a constant refrain: Work hard. Achieve. Set goals. Think ahead. Don't be denied. Be considerate. Don't dwell on race."

Jordan's ability to listen was among his most impressive attributes, and his relationship with his mother made him receptive to coaching. Lanzenby notes that Jordan would come to call Dean Smith his second father and found Chapel Hill a safe harbor largely because of the family atmosphere that the Tar Heels coach built.

There are many tender episodes of familial love sprinkled throughout the book, including father-and-son basketball trips and backyard baseball games. But Lazenby also sheds light on the myth of Jordan's perfect upbringing, such as a home plagued with marital discord, money problems and allegations of abuse.

Daily heated one-on-one games with his stronger, older brother, Larry, resulted in constant thumpings. These physical backyard battles informed MJ's approach to the game both as an amateur and as a professional. Whether donning the uniform for Laney High School's Buccaneers, North Carolina's Tar Heels or the Chicago Bulls, Jordan's m.o. was to seek out the best player and try to dismantle them. Lazenby says, "Each opponent loomed as a Larry to be conquered."

Comprehensive and well-researched, Lazenby's biography offers an impressive detailed account of Jordan's storied basketball, Olympic and baseball careers, as well as his wide-ranging business interests. MICHAEL JORDAN: THE LIFE is a definitive, multidimensional portrait of a man and a legend, and a notable contribution to sports literature.

Reviewed by Miriam Tuliao on May 16, 2014

Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby

• Publication Date: May 19, 2015
• Genres: Biography , Nonfiction , Sports
• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• ISBN-10: 031619476X
• ISBN-13: 9780316194761

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The best books (I’ve read) on Michael Jordan

Watching the excellent ESPN documentary The Last Dance has inspired me to put together a short post of my favourite books about, or covering, Michael Jordan.

Jordan made his pro basketball debut in 1984 shortly before I was born.  By the time I was taking my first steps he was well on his way to becoming a legend.   In the 90’s NBA was hugely popular in Ireland largely due to Jordan and of course NBA Jam on the Super Nintendo.

As one of the 20th Century’s most famous and accomplished sportsmen, Jordan has been subject of a vast number of books. For me, the best ones (I’ve read) are:

• ‘Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made’ by David Halberstam
• ‘The Jordan Rules’ by Sam Smith
• ‘Michael Jordan: The Life’ by Roland Lazenby
• ‘Dream Team’ by Jack McCallum

Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made.  David Halberstram is a writer I found through this book and I immediately fell in love with his work. I’ve seen Halberstam described as being to sports books what Robert Caro is to political biographies and Paul McGrath is to centre backs (i.e God basically) which I fully agree. He is simply a wonderful writer.

Playing for Keeps was written before Jordan retired for the second (but not final) time. The book is about Jordan the man and Jordan the phenomenon.  It’s also very much about the NBA of the 80s and 90s and the people in that world.  Its as much about the impact of Jordan as it is about the actions of Jordan.  In many ways it picks up the story following on from Halberstram’s other NBA book  The Breaks of the Game  which covered Bill Walton and the Portland Trail Blazers of the 1970s.

Halberstram gives plenty of backstory on the various supporting players (Phil Jackson, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Larry Bird, the wonderfully entertaining Pistons, just to name a few) to create a full, and compelling portrait of the Bulls and the NBA of the time. The Jordan that emerges is complex, headstrong, incredibly hard working and above all driven – driven perhaps like nobody before or since in any sport. Its a detailed, engrossing read and one that I would recommend to anybody.

My only criticism is that it reads at times a bit too much of a love letter about Jordan – although its hard to think of a sportsman who came to define his sport more than Jordan.  Like all Halberstam’s books it is wonderfully well written and tells as much about the society at the time (particularly the changing US attitudes to race) as it does the protagonist.

A very different book looking at the Jordan phenomenon is the gossipy and entertaining The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith. The book details the internal workings of the Chicago Bulls during the 1990/91 season as they won their first NBA Championship. Jordan doesn’t come across particularly well. Most surprising to me at least was his attitude to basketball – he seems to really just have wanted to retire and play golf.  There are definitely question marks over how accurate it is – the Fire and Fury of its day when the most famous man in America was thankfully just a sports star! Its enjoyable and entertaining, a fun read and a fascinating snapshot of nearly 30 years ago.

Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby is a relatively more recent biography of Jordan.  It sat on my shelf unread for more than 3 years.  Once I picked it up however, I couldn’t put it down.  While most other books tend to focus on a specific season or specific aspect of his life,  Lazenby does a great job of telling the fuller picture of his life and playing career.

The first part of the book detailing his background, the history of his parents and ancestors is particularly strong with Lazenby’s skill as a biographer shining through. The strength of the book is the intense focus on Jordan’s relationships – with his coaches, family, friends, other players and the numerous other people whose crossed his path.  The story is told largely through the stories of those who accompanied Jordan through the various phases of his life..

His parents are presented as complex characters and the darker, but still unproven, side of the Jordan family history is touched on.  In particular, I was left with even greater admiration for Bulls coach Phil Jackson’s leadership and management ability.  Getting Jordan to work for the greater good of the team took a special coach and Jackson was clearly the right man for the job.

It’s a big book yet I would have liked a bit more on Jordan’s life/career post playing.  Being a run-of-the mill owner isn’t quite as interesting as winning 6 Championship rings, but it felt like the book ran out of steam a little bit.

It’s a study of Jordan the man as much as Jordan the icon yet Lazenby wisely avoids over analysing Jordan or guessing as to his motives.  But by the end of the book, I was left with a pretty negative view of the man yet the a recognition that such unimaginable wealth, fame and public pressure would be hard for anyone to emerge from unscathed.  Highly recommended for a fuller look at Jordan’s life.

Jordan looms large in another great basketball book Dream Team by one of the all time great basketball writers, Jack McCallum.  As the name suggests, Dream Team tells the story of the US Men’s basketball team who captured the world’s attention at the 92 Olympics.  It really was some amazing collection of cultural icons with Magic, Micheal Johnson, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley among others.  McCallum had amazing access to the players both at the time and years later – including Jordan who seems to rarely talk to journalists for these type of books.  Reading it brought back some great memories of watching the Barcelona Olympics as an 8 year old and loving both the Dream Team and the amazing multicoloured, Grateful Dead inspired, jerseys worn by recently independent Lithuania.

A good insight into the players, their relationships with each other and the ultimate impact the team had on basketball.  McCallum recounts many entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of the Dream Teamers when they weren’t defeating their opponents by embarrassingly large margins. The backstage stuff is the value of the book – reading about a 40 point victory isn’t exactly thrilling.

One of the highlights is the coverage of “The Greatest Game that Nobody Ever Saw,” the legendary team practice match that Coach Chuck Daly organised at the team’s practice facility in Monte Carlo. The greatest collection of basketball players ever going at each other. McCallum goes play-by-play through this exhibition, and brings to life one of the rare great sports moments that happened behind closed doors.

For anyone who made it this far, I also have to mention a brilliant article written by Wright Thompson in 2013 called ‘Michael Jordan Has Not Left The Building’ which profiled Jordan as he turned 50. It is available online at: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/Michael-Jordan/michael-jordan-not-left-building  and is also included in Thompson’s excellent anthology book ‘The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business’

Wright Thompson also published a great piece on Jordan’s will to win recently which is available at: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29180890/michael-jordan-history-flight?platform=amp&__twitter_impression=true

And here is a recent article I really enjoyed about the time Jordan and friends came to Ireland for golf and pints: https://www.killarneyadvertiser.ie/guinness-golf-and-gambling-the-day-michael-jordan-came-to-killarney/

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Michael Jordan

Basketball legend Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships and won the MVP Award five times.

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Latest News: Michael Jordan Completes Sale of Hornets

Basketball icon Michael Jordan officially sold his majority ownership in the Charlotte Hornets NBA team on August 3. The team was sold for an estimated $3 billion, more than 10 times the $275 million Jordan purchased it for in 2010. The Hornets made the playoffs only three times under Jordan’s leadership. “I’m excited about the future of the team and will continue to support the organization and the community in my new role in the years ahead,” said Jordan, who kept a minority stake in the franchise.

Michael Jordan is a former professional basketball player, American Olympic athlete, businessperson, and actor. Considered one of the best basketball players ever, he dominated the sport from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships and earned the league’s MVP Award five times. With five regular-season MVPs and three All-Star MVPs, Jordan became the most decorated player in the NBA.

FULL NAME: Michael Jeffrey Jordan BORN: February 17, 1963 BIRTHPLACE: Brooklyn, New York SPOUSES: Juanita Vanoy (1989–2006), Yvette Prieto (2013–present) CHILDREN: Jeffrey, Marcus, Jasmine, Ysabel, and Victoria ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aquarius

Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother, Deloris, was a bank teller who has since written several books. His father, James, was a maintenance worker turned manager at General Electric. Jordan, the fourth child of Deloris and James, has four siblings: James Jr. (known as Ronnie), Deloris, Larry, and Roslyn.

Growing up in Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan developed a competitive edge at an early age. It was James who introduced his son Michael to baseball and built a basketball court in their backyard. Michael idolized his brother Larry, and the two would often play one-on-one into the night. Michael wanted to win every game he played.

Jordan attended Laney High School in Wilmington. He was notably assigned to the school’s junior varsity basketball team as a sophomore—he was still under 6 feet tall then—before developing into one of the country’s top recruits.

During a basketball camp in the summer of 1980, Jordan grabbed the attention of legendary University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill head coach Dean Smith and his staff. He signed his letter of intent with the school in 1981.

Jordan enrolled at North Carolina in 1981 and soon became an important member of the university’s basketball team. UNC won the NCAA Division I championship in 1982, with Jordan scoring the final basket needed to defeat Georgetown University. He was also singled out as the NCAA College Player of the Year in 1983 and in 1984.

Jordan left college after his junior year to join the NBA in 1984. In 1986, Jordan finished his bachelor’s degree in geography as he continued to play basketball professionally.

The 6-foot-6 Jordan began his professional basketball career when he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984. He was the third overall pick, behind Hakeem Olajuwon, who was selected first by the Houston Rockets, and Sam Bowie, taken by the Portland Trail Blazers; the draft also featured legendary players John Stockton and Charles Barkley.

Jordan soon proved himself on the court. He helped the Bulls make the playoffs and scored an average of 28.2 points per game that season. For his efforts, Jordan received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award and was selected for the All-Star Game.

Although his second season was marred by injury, he broke new ground on the court during the 1986-87 season. He became the first player since Wilt Chamberlain to score more than 3,000 points in a single season. By the late 1980s, the Chicago Bulls were quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with, and Jordan was an instrumental part of the team’s success.

The Bulls made it to the Eastern Conference Finals in 1990 and won their first NBA championship the following year by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers. Jordan was well known by then for his superior athleticism on the court and for his leadership abilities.

In 1992, the Chicago Bulls beat the Portland Trail Blazers to win their second NBA championship. The team took their third championship the following year, dominating in the basketball world.

Following the 1993 death of his father and a short stint in minor league baseball, Jordan returned to the basketball court and the Bulls in March 1995. He came back even stronger the following year, averaging 30.4 points per game to lead the Bulls to a then-record 72 regular-season wins before they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics for the NBA championship.

Chicago nearly matched the previous year’s record with 69 wins in 1996-97, a season that ended with a Game 6 win over the Utah Jazz in the NBA Finals. The two teams faced each other again for the championship in 1998, with Jordan sinking the winning shot in Game 6 to claim his sixth and final title. In addition to those six rings, Jordan won each of his five league MVP awards with Chicago.

After his second retirement from basketball in 1999, Jordan joined the Washington Wizards in 2000 as a part owner and as president of basketball operations. In the fall of 2001, Jordan relinquished these roles to return to the court once more. He played for the Wizards for his final two NBA seasons.

Jordan is most famous for donning No. 23 during the majority of his career. He once said the number was a reference to brother Larry, as it was roughly half of his elder sibling’s high school number 45.

Jordan did wear 45 upon his 1995 return to the NBA because 23 was the number his late father knew him by, and he wanted a new beginning. That lasted only a couple months before Jordan switched back to 23 during the 1995 playoffs.

Jordan famously wore No. 12 for one game on February 14, 1990, because his jersey had been stolen. The Bulls didn’t have a backup and tried to locate a 23 jersey in the stands that would fit Jordan but couldn’t. The temporary change didn’t affect his performance, as Jordan scored 49 points in a loss to the Orlando Magic.

During the summer of 1984, Jordan made his first appearance at the Olympic Games as a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team. The team of college amateurs won the gold at the games that year, which were held in Los Angeles.

Jordan later helped the American team bring home the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games, held in Barcelona, Spain. The U.S. squad featured professional players for the first time that year, including Larry Bird , Magic Johnson , and Jordan, and became known as the “Dream Team.”

In 1988, Jordan received his first MVP Award from the NBA, an honor he would earn four more times, in 1991, 1992, 1996, and 1998.

In April 2009, Jordan received one of basketball’s greatest honors: He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Attending the induction ceremony was a bittersweet affair for Jordan because being at the event meant “your basketball career is completely over,” he explained.

In 2016, Jordan was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama .

Here is a rundown of Jordan’s NBA career averages and totals, according to Basketball Reference :

Career Averages

• Minutes: 38.3
• Field Goal Percentage: 0.497
• 3-Point Field Goal Percentage: 0.327
• Free Throw Percentage: 0.835
• Offensive Rebounds Per Game: 1.6
• Defensive Rebounds Per Game: 4.7
• Assists Per Game: 5.3
• Steals Per Game: 2.3
• Blocks Per Game: 0.8
• Turnovers Per Game: 2.7
• Personal Fouls Per Game: 2.6
• Points Per Game: 30.1

Career Totals

• Games: 1,072
• Games Started: 1,039
• Minutes: 41,011
• Field Goals Made: 12,192 of 24,537 attempts
• 3-Point Field Goals Made: 581 of 1,778 attempts
• Free Throws Made: 7,327 of 8,772 attempts
• Offensive Rebounds: 1,668
• Defensive Rebounds: 5,004
• Total Rebounds: 6,672
• Assists: 5,633
• Steals: 2,514
• Blocks: 893
• Turnovers: 2,924
• Personal Fouls: 2,783
• Points: 32,292

Jordan retired from the sport three times over the span of his 19-year professional career. He first stepped away on October 6, 1993, at age 30 to pursue a career in baseball following the death of his father. In July of that year, James was murdered when two teenagers shot him in his car in an apparent robbery as he was driving from Charlotte to Wilmington, North Carolina. He was missing for 23 days until his body was found in a swamp in McColl, South Carolina. The teens were later tried and convicted of the crime and received life sentences for first-degree murder.

Jordan retired from the Bulls again on January 13, 1999, at age 35 before eventually returning to the court with the Wizards. He finally hung up his jersey for good at age 40 on April 16, 2003.

In a move that shocked many, after the end of the 1992-93 basketball season, Jordan announced his retirement from basketball to pursue baseball. For one year in 1994, Jordan played for the Birmingham Barons, a minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, as an outfielder.

This decision came shortly following the murder of Jordan’s father, who always wanted him to play baseball. He had last played baseball as a high school senior in 1981.

“You tell me I can’t do something, and I’m going to do it,” Jordan said.

During his short career in baseball, which many fans considered a whim, Jordan had a rather dismal .202 batting average. However, many of the people who worked with him at the time said he was an extremely dedicated player with potential.

“He had it all: ability, aptitude, work ethic. He was always so respectful of what we were doing and considerate of his teammates. Granted, he had a lot to learn,” former Barons manager Terry Francona said . “I do think with another 1,000 at-bats, he would’ve made it. But there’s something else that people miss about that season. Baseball wasn’t the only thing he picked up. I truly believe that he rediscovered himself, his joy for competition. We made him want to play basketball again.”

After his season with the Barons, Jordan went to the Arizona Fall League to play for the Scottsdale Scorpions. After hitting .252 and naming himself the team’s “worst player,” he returned to the NBA in March 1995 with a two-word press release: “I’m back.”

Outside of his career in basketball, Jordan has been involved in a number of profitable business and commercial ventures, including a longtime partnership with Nike. Jordan signed his first deal with Nike in 1984. The company launched its signature Air Jordan basketball sneakers in 1985. In its initial contract, Nike gave Jordan a generous 25 percent in royalties.

The Air Jordan quickly proved very popular, and it continues to be a best-seller for the apparel maker more than 30 years later. The collaboration mints money for Nike and Jordan, with Nike reporting nearly $2.9 billion in revenue for the Air Jordan line in 2018.

The story of Jordan’s partnership with Nike is the subject of the 2023 biographical drama Air , which stars Ben Affleck as Nike founder Phil Knight and Matt Damon as marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro.

Over the years, Jordan has signed a number of other endorsement deals with brands like Hanes, Upper Deck, Gatorade, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Chevrolet, and Wheaties. The Gatorade partnership featured a memorable ad campaign encouraging kids and adults to “Be Like Mike.”

In 1998, Jordan launched into the restaurant business as the owner of Michael Jordan’s The Steak House N.Y.C. Designed to reflect Jordan’s tastes and style, this typical steakhouse seated 150 and 60 at the bar, occupying 7,000 square feet in Grand Central Terminal, before closing in late 2018.

As of April 2023, there are four Michael Jordan’s Steak House locations: in Chicago; in Oak Brook, Illinois; at the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut; and at the Ilani Casino in Ridgefield, Washington.

Part Owner of the Charlotte Hornets

In 2006, Jordan bought a share of the Charlotte Hornets (formerly known as the Bobcats) and joined the team’s executive ranks as its managing member of basketball operations. In 2010, he became the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets and serves as the team’s chairman.

Improving the team’s less-than-stellar record seemed to be Jordan’s priority. In November 2012, he told ESPN: “I don’t anticipate getting out of this business. My competitive nature is I want to succeed. It’s always been said that when I can’t find a way to do anything, I will find a way to do it.” While the Hornets’ on-court record wasn’t hugely successful—they failed to make the playoffs six straight seasons from 2016 through 2022—the organization grew from a $175 million valuation in 2006 to $1.7 billion by October 2022.

In March 2023, ESPN reported that Jordan was in talks to sell his majority stake in the franchise to a group led by two NBA minority owners. Five months later on August 3, Jordan completed the sale to a group including the team’s minority owner, Gabe Plotkin, as well as music artists J. Cole and Eric Church. Jordan kept a minority stake in the franchise.

Jordan’s NASCAR Team

In 2020, Jordan partnered with NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin to form the 23XI Racing team. The name is a reference to Jordan’s basketball number and Hamlin’s No. 11 race car.

Jordan is a longtime NASCAR fan and grew up watching legends of the sport like Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, and Dale Earnhardt . Hamlin is a Jordan brand athlete and fan of the Charlotte Hornets, so the two were friends before the NASCAR partnership.

The team debuted in the 2021 Daytona 500 with Bubba Wallace driving the No. 23 car. Wallace picked up the team’s first NASCAR Cup victory later that season on October 4 at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.

The team expanded to two cars for the 2022 season, with former champion Kurt Busch driving the No. 45 car. Busch and Wallace each won a race at Kansas Speedway that year. Tyler Reddick replaced Busch in the 45 for the 2023 season and quickly gave the team a fourth race win at Circuit of the Americas.

Forbes listed Jordan’s net worth at $2 billion as of April 3, 2023. According to Sportico , he is the highest paid athlete of all time.

From 2001 through 2014, Jordan hosted an annual charity golf event known as the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational, with proceeds benefiting foundations including Make-A-Wish, Cats Care, the James R. Jordan Foundation, Keep Memory Alive, and Opportunity Village.

The four-day tournament and celebration attracted celebrity participants, including Wayne Gretzky , Michael Phelps , Chevy Chase , Samuel L. Jackson , and Mark Wahlberg .

In 2023, Jordan made a $10 million donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation—the largest by an individual in its history—in honor of his 60th birthday.

In 1989, Jordan married Juanita Vanoy. The couple had three children together: Jeffrey, Marcus, and Jasmine. After 17 years of marriage, they divorced in December 2006.

On April 27, 2013, Jordan married 35-year-old Cuban American model Yvette Prieto in Palm Beach, Florida. Tiger Woods , Spike Lee , and Patrick Ewing, among other celebrities, reportedly attended the wedding ceremony. The couple welcomed twin daughters, Victoria and Ysabel, in February 2014.

Jordan and Juanita’s two sons, Jeffrey and Marcus, both played basketball in college and had dreams of making it to the NBA.

Jeffrey joined the basketball team at the University of Illinois in 2007. Both Jordan and his ex-wife, Juanita, supported their son and tried to help him deal with playing in the shadow of an NBA legend. “The thing that we have tried to tell Jeff is that you set your own expectations. By no means in this world can you ever live up to someone else’s expectations of who you are,” Jordan said during an appearance on the Today show.

Jeffrey played for the University of Illinois for three seasons, from 2007 to 2010. He then played for the University of South Florida for one season, from 2011 to 2012, before retiring from basketball. He later entered a management training program at Nike.

Jordan’s younger son, Marcus, played basketball for the UCF Knights, for three seasons from 2009 to 2012. He went on to open a basketball shoe and apparel store in Florida. “They wanted to be like their dad. What boy doesn’t? But they both got to a point where they said, ‘We’re not going to the NBA,’” Juanita said in 2013.

Jordan made a big splash as the lead actor in the 1996 movie Space Jam . The film mixed live action and animation and paired Jordan with Looney Tunes legends Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck on screen. Jordan did not appear in the 2021 sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy , which features LeBron James .

Jordan and the 1997-98 Bulls were the subject of the 2020 documentary The Last Dance, co-produced by Netflix and ESPN Films. ESPN aired the 10-part series after the COVID-19 pandemic halted the 2019-20 NBA season, and it became a must-watch for basketball fans. Along with featuring archival footage of Jordan and interviews with teammates and opponents, The Last Dance explored the tension between the Bulls front office and its peerless superstar over his final triumphant year with the team.

Jordan has also appeared on the cover of the popular NBA 2K video game franchise four times , including as recently as 2022.

A photograph of Jordan in tears during his 2009 induction into the Hall of Fame turned into a popular internet meme called “Crying Jordan,” in which Jordan’s teary face is superimposed on pictures of other people suffering mishaps.

• You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
• By no means in this world can you ever live up someone else’s expectations of who you are.
• My competitive nature is I want to succeed. It’s always been said that when I can’t find a way to do anything, I will find a way to do it.
• I’ve reached the pinnacle of my career. I just feel that I don’t have anything else to prove.
• I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.
• Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.
• [A]t the end of the day, the team’s got to go out and play. I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don’t get me wrong. But don’t try to put the organization above the players.
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Hall of Fame babies: Listen to players reminisce about 1984 Olympic men's basketball team

A few weeks before the 2019 NBA season tipped off, broadcasters gathered for their annual preseason meetings in Jersey City, New Jersey. The featured speaker, Chris Mullin, fielded questions from the crowd, most notably about his experiences with the 1992 Dream Team. Facing the room of about 100 people, Mullin immediately looked at Jeff Turner, his teammate on the 1984 U.S. men’s basketball team, and asked a question of his own.

Jeff Turner, Vanderbilt forward: (Mullin) said, “Jeff, why is it that everybody always asks me about the Dream Team, but nobody asks me about the ‘84 team?”

The 12-player gold medal-winning roster, led by coach Bob Knight and a Hall of Fame assistant coaching staff, consisted of 11 future NBA first-round draft picks and three future Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductees, including a 21-year-old Michael Jordan. The team went 8-0 in Los Angeles, capping off their run with a 96-65 gold medal victory over Spain.

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Yet, when this team looks back at those Olympics, some feel their accomplishment has been slighted. 

Chris Mullin, St. John’s guard: I think it's one of the most underrated Olympic teams of all time. It becomes very historical because it is the last amateur team to win a gold medal.

The team took shape starting at the trials in Bloomington, Indiana., a contrast from previous teams’ tryouts in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The home of Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers hosted 72 players on campus to determine which 12 would represent the U.S. that summer. The three-time NCAA championship coach applied his militant style to the Olympic stage with one goal in mind: win gold.

Vern Fleming, Georgia guard: Coach Knight only spoke to me one time (the entire Olympics). 

When the tryouts came, he and I were the only ones on the street. I knew coach was behind me, and I was like, “Oh man.” These are his exact words to me, he said, “Hey, motherf*****, if you came to my school, you'd be this (expletive) good already.”

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Steve Alford, Indiana guard: Fleming came to me before (the fourth) practice day. He said, “Hey, what's (Knight) expecting today? We've been really good.” I said, “I think coach will kick us out of practice today.” He said, “What? Why would he kick us out of practice? We've been great.” I said, “Because coach never wants to let the players relax mentally. He knows we probably physically need a day off. But on the day off, he wants us to think he's mad and upset with what we're doing so that we stay fresh mentally for the next day. I think we'll have one or two drills, and then he'll do something to kick us out.”

We went through two drills, coach punted a ball and said, “Get out, (go to the) locker room!” Vern thought he'd seen a ghost, and I didn't know I was going to be a prophet on that day, but then we got in the locker room, and everybody started undressing. I said, “Nope. That's not what happens because when you get kicked out, you have to sit at your locker and wait for coach to come in and tell us why.” Vern just sat there, staring through me, like, “I can't believe that just happened.” 

Sam Perkins, North Carolina forward: The best medicine to avoid second place (or) third place was just to keep winning. I really believe that the temperament that coach Knight had (made him) the best coach for that position.

Leon Wood, California State Fullerton guard (morning of West Germany game): We weren't in the building for five minutes. All of a sudden, Knight was like, “Leon, you get the blank out of here.” We were doing partner shooting for five minutes and I got kicked out. It's about 105 degrees and I'm sitting out on the hot steps. My mom lived up the street and she was walking her dog and she saw me. She said, “Leon, what are you doing?” (I said,) “I got thrown out of shooting practice.” She was shocked and said, “What did you do?” I said, “I don't know.”

Tim Garl, athletic trainer: (During the 1987) college basketball preseason, (Indiana) hosted the Soviets in an exhibition game. 

I just remember that in pregame, Knight walked up to (Soviet coach Alexander) Gomelsky (whose team had boycotted the ‘84 Games) and gave him a pair of Jordan Nike shoes. He said, “We would have beat you any place, any time.” He gave him those shoes, shook his hand, turned around and walked away.

Mullin: Years later, (Knight) had come over to the Warriors practice facility. I had retired by then and I was on the court working with some of the guys. He came in behind me and came walking down the floor, and started yelling, “God**** it, Chris, get in a defensive stance!” I turned around and we chatted. I talked to him about the notebook that I still had, and I told him some things I had written down. He was really touched by that. I said, “Coach, for all that people say, we listened to you, man. We respect you and we really listened to what you had to say to us all summer.”

One of Knight’s most challenging tasks was working with two-time Olympian and 11-time NBA All-Star Charles Barkley, whom he ultimately sent home in the final rounds of cuts. All three assistant coaches advocated for his spot on the roster, but Knight wasn’t convinced.

Koncak: Knight was on military time, and you don't dare be a minute late. For the first time, the coaches were late, and they came in at like 7:03. Charles, as soon as they walked in, said, “I thought the meeting started at seven.” Nobody said a word, and Knight looked over at him and said, “Charles, let me tell you something. There's only one general in this army and that guy is me.”

Mullin: We were having an exhibition game at Indiana University against their alumni. Before the game, Bobby's son Tim, said, “My dad says everyone needs to be taped, everyone needs to wear high-top sneakers and everyone needs to wear Converse.” We're in a tiny little locker room, and Bobby's office is right there, he's sitting right outside the locker room. Charles says, “Well, you need to tell your dad that I don't get taped, I wear low tops and I wear Nike.”

Fleming : Before every meeting, we rushed to the meeting place so we could get a front-row seat to (Barkley) and coach Knight going at it. Charles would say some things that pissed him off. Charles told him, “Let me and you go in that closet and see who walks out.”

Joe Kleine, Arkansas forward: (Knight would) look at you and go, “Why don’t you lose 10 pounds?” or “We'd like you to get a little lighter.” You'd go home and you do it. I know they asked Charles to drop some weight. He came back heavier.

I thank Charles every day for letting me (make the team and) get my gold medal.

Raveling: Bob said, “Go over to the dormitory and find Barkley and tell him that he's cut.” So, I had to go over and find Charles and tell him that he didn't make the team, and he really handled it well. He said, “Coach, you know I was as good as anybody out there. I should have made the team. But honestly, all I wanted to do was come and show those NBA scouts that I could play at that level.”

While Knight’s relationship with Barkley wasn’t the best, he had a profound amount of respect and admiration for Jordan, once telling Raveling that “he is the best player that there ever will be.” Even before the eventual five-time MVP played his first NBA game, the ‘84 team got a preview of what Jordan would ultimately become. 

Patrick Ewing, Georgetown center: Michael and I were wrestling one day, and he put me in a headlock. My neck was sore for the next few days. Coach Knight really didn't like that.

Raveling: Bob told Michael early on, he said, “Michael, I need you to do me a favor. There's going to be some times during this tour that I'm going to cuss you out and you're just going to have to stand there and take it.” Michael said, “Why do I have to take it?” He said, “Well, because the players will say to themselves, ‘If he says that to Jordan, what the hell is he going to say to me if he feels that way?’” 

Garl: Jordan had a toothache, and I took him to the dentist in the village that morning. They worked on him a little bit and we're playing (West Germany), but because of doping rules, you couldn't use this or that to try to get him through it. Toward the end of the game, it was tight. I ended up taking him to the locker room a little bit early once it seemed like we were going to win the game because he was in pain. Then he went and had a root canal when we got back to the village.

Perkins: Knight was mad, and that's one of the times he made Michael cry. He told Michael he needed to apologize to everybody in the locker room for the way he played because Michael was (defended) pretty well. I think it was the (six) turnover factor, but we didn't care because we won. Knight was sending a message to Michael that he could be better than that.

Wood: I'll take it to my grave. (Jordan) put his head down and then everybody else started going up to him after it was over, “It's OK, Michael. Don't worry about it. Keep your head up.”

I'm looking around at these guys and I said, “Where was that when I'm doing all these laps, doing bleachers and I'm outside in 105 degrees? Y’all didn’t come up to me and say keep your head up.” It’s just like, wow.

Koncak (Seven months after the gold medal game): We drove to the Galleria Mall in Dallas. (Jordan) is at Lord and Taylor, looking at some sport coats. I'm standing probably within 20 or 30 feet of him, and this SMU alumni walks up to me. He said, “John, I'm so happy for you winning the gold medal and how much you've done for the university.” At that point, Jordan is done looking at the rack and he's walking over to us. As he walks up next to me, the guy says, “Well, is this one of our new recruits at SMU?” And I said, “No, no, sir. This is Michael Jordan.” And obviously, as soon as I said it, the guy realized who it was, but Michael Jordan at that point was not Michael Jordan yet.

The team’s main goal was to win the gold medal, but they had many memorable moments outside of basketball. From the emotions of the opening ceremony, interactions with other Olympians and what Kleine called “a long guy’s trip,” their memories have endured 40 years. 

Raveling: When we were walking onto the track, the parade and the crowd erupted. It was at that moment you knew that you were officially part of history forever. When you grow up a little ragtag kid from Washington, D.C., and all of a sudden you are representing your country and you are walking in a parade with a flag bearer, it hits you. This is a time in your life that you'll never be able to duplicate.

Ewing: (With) the national anthem being played, looking in the stands and seeing someone, I'm like, “That guy looks just like my dad,” and it wound up being my dad. Someone from his job flew him out there to make sure that he could see me partake in the Olympic experience. 

I waved him down after we got off the podium. I was like, “What are you doing here?” He told me the story. It was great being able to celebrate it with him, leave with him, go back to his hotel and spend time with him and talk about the experience. 

Turner: (Ewing) gets cold. I just remembered roasting to death in the room because it was so warm in there. I don't know if it's his Jamaican heritage or what, but I used to say, “It's no wonder you're always wearing a t-shirt and you have a runny nose. You're roasting. This room is so hot!”

Fleming: We rolled with Mary Lou (Retton) and the gymnasts because they were all on the same bus. It was funny because we couldn't see them. They were sitting in the seats and we’d say, “Hey, where you at?” They all popped their heads up because they were so short.

Mullin: We had to take the bus with the gymnastics team, including Mary Lou Retton. On the way there, nobody knew who she was, but two weeks later, she was the only person they knew.

Alford: We were eating lunch, and Pernell Whitaker was eating. I'm a huge boxing fan. So, we’re sitting there talking and Pernell had a match later in the day. In the Olympics, you don't have a lot of knockouts (because) you have a lot of headgear and bigger gloves. He said, “Tune in when you're in your room because I'm going to knock this guy out today.” It was so funny because that's how boxers are, but then about four or five hours later, we sat there and watched, and he knocked the guy out just like he predicted. 

Fleming : (The boxers) got to see our (games in person). We didn't get to see theirs. We had Bobby Knight as the coach. His one mindset was to win the gold.

That mindset led to one of the most dominant runs by U.S. men’s basketball in the last 60 years, crushing opponents by an average of 32.1 points. The team’s four-month journey encapsulated a range of emotions as players and coaches stood on the podium and were crowned the best in the world.

Raveling: At least half of the players and the coaches were tearing up. I mean, how could you not be proud that you represented your country successfully? To this day, winning a gold medal and the ‘84 Olympic team is the greatest moment of my life. 

Garl: C.M. (Newton) and coach (Knight) just looked at each other and said, “Damn, we've done it. Well, I'll never do this again.” That was because of the pressure. There was just absolutely no way that the United States couldn't win the gold medal.

Raveling: Bob's reverence and respect for the American flag and his country were as important as could possibly be. It was a proud moment for him to be part of this gold medal because he came up in an environment where we respect the flag and the country's values.

Mullin: I played (in) ‘92, but those are the two moments that stand alone in my career. They're outside college basketball. It's outside of NBA basketball. That's the Olympics, that stands on its own.

Forty years after the summer of 1984, the team has never been reunited. Their legacy is the ultimate amateur gold medal-winning team, but they believe the Dream Team overshadows that legacy. 

Wood: I just felt that we're kind of forgotten. Michael is probably the only one that keeps it relevant. But when you hear Michael's name with the Olympics, it's the Dream Team.

Perkins: It's almost like they start at ‘92 (and) ‘84 was like a relic. It was like an experimental thing. I took pride in the amateur status. It made us feel different. Now, because of the amateur status, we don’t get too much recognition.

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