League Introduction

Jordans League Introduction:

Michael Jordan was nothing short of being a legend in the sport of basketball. Over his 15 year tenure in the league, Jordan accumulated 6 NBA championships, 6 Finals MVP awards, 5 league MVP awards, 10 scoring titles, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game selections, and three All-Star Game MVP Awards. Jordan's number, 23, and his brand are quite literally the most recognizable symbols on the planet. You may be surprised by Jordan's sheer number of accolades, but his dominance goes beyond hardware.

Michael had a fabulous first season, earning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He averaged 28.2 PPG,  6.5 RPG, and 5.9 APG. He also was selected to the All-NBA Second Team. Perhaps more important, the Bulls improved to win 11 more games than in the season prior to his arrival and made it to the playoffs. Jordan averaged 29.3 ppg in the first-round series, but sadly the Bulls lost in four games to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Rookie year highlights (Source: Youtube.com)

Three games into his second season, he broke a bone in his foot. He was voted to the All-Star team but could not play as he was sidelined for 64 games. However, he came back to score an NBA playoff-record 63 points in a first-round game against the Celtics. The Bulls lost that game 132-131 in double-overtime and the series in a sweep, but Jordan averaged 43.7 ppg in the series. Early on, teammate BJ Armstrong told reporters in an interview that, " He made the game look easy" alluding to what he knew was to come in the future. 
                                    

This game 4 was dubbed as one of the greatest single-game performances of all time by many NBA and sports reporters. "The thing that stands out most to me was Michael played so few games that year and to go into a playoff game and have 63 points still is remarkable to me," said then Bulls reserve John Paxson, now the team's executive vice president of basketball operations. 

If there were any doubters to that point about Jordan’s ability, surely there were no more. 



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