Wednesday, April 18, 2012

After Basketball: Part One

Michael retired multiple times and came back multiple times in his career. His first retirement was in October of 1993, he did say that there was a possibility of returning to the game. Everyone was guessing when or if the great Michael Jordan would return. The people that said he would return were right. Michael returned to the court in 1995, to help the Chicago Bulls to another championship in the 1995-1996 season. Michael was one of those people that couldn’t quit the game that he loved so much. After that season, he was a star in the movie Space Jam. This film was a live action and animation character, such as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, playing basketball with Michael. He did play the next season and played stronger than the season before he had 30.4 points per game. He amazingly still led the team to the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz. These two teams faced each other once again for the championship in 1998. The Bulls came out victorious and beat the Jazz two years in a row. He once again retired after the 1997-1998 season. He once again came back to the sport as owner and as president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards. In the fall of 2001 Jordan got more involved and gave those roles up to get back on the court once again. He played for the Wizards for two seasons before hanging up his jersey for good in 2003, but there were questions of if he would return again.




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