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The Olympics

Shortly, after being drafted third overall by the Chicago Bulls, Michael was

invited to play on the 1984 U.S. Men?s Olympic Basketball Team under head coach

Bobby Knight. Many people considered the 1984 U.S. squad to be one of the best

Olympic basketball teams ever. Michael?s play awed the other teams. He scored

14 points against China, 20 against Canada, and 16 against Uruguay. In a game

against Spain, Michael jumped over and dribbled around defenders to score 24

points. The U.S. won the game 101-68. The U.S. won all eight of its games by an

average of 32.1 points per game. Michael led the team in scoring with an average of

17.1 points per game. He proved that he had the talent to play in the NBA. But how

good would he be? The world was about to learn the answer. Two months after the

Olympics, Michael would begin his rookie season for the Chicago Bulls.

Michael Jordan?s NBA Career

Michael burst into the bigtime with a fabulous first season, earning the NBA

Rookie of the Year award. He averaged 28.2 points per game, and had the honor of

being the first rookie in NBA history to start in the All-Star game. An injured foot

sidelined Michael for 64 games in his second NBA season, but he came back late in

the season to score an NBA playoff record 63 points against the Boston Celtics.

Starting with th 1986-1987 season Michael began a career-long onslaught on the

NBA record book. That year saw him average 37.1 points per game, which was the

first of seven consecutive seasons in which he led the league in scoring (a feat

matched only by Wilt Chamberlain). Michael proved to be more than a scoring

machine when he led Chicago to three consecutive championships. After already

being considered a legend,Michael added to his mystique with an unexpected

retirement just before the 1993-1994 season. He spent an unsuccessful year in

minor league baseball, before realizing that it was time to author another chapter in

his story by returning to Chicago late in the 1994-1995 season. In 1995-1996,

Michael won a record eighth scoring title, and led his team to thier fourth

championship in the 1990?s. From the 1996-1997 season to his retirement after the