Wednesday, April 18, 2012

After Basketball: Part Three

Through his career he added up amazing number throughout his career. In his career he played 1,072 NBA game and scored a total 32,292 points in all of those games together. His FG% (Field Goal Percentage) was .497, 3PFG% (3-Pointer Field Goal Percentage) was .327, FT% (Free Throw Percentage) was .835, he had 6,672 rebounds 6.2 rebounds per game, he had 5,633 Assists .893 per game, and had 2,514 blocks. If these numbers don’t impress you I don’t know what will. He also had a number of awards in his career. Michael Jordan was the 7-time winner of the Sporting News Most Valuable Player (1987-88, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98). He was a 2-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1987-88), NBA All-Rookie (1985), 9-time All-Defensive (1988-93 and 1996-98), 11-time All-NBA (1987-93, 1996-98), 1-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1987-88), 6-timeNBA Finals Most Valuable Player (1991-93, 1996-98), 3-time NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998), 14-time NBA All-Star (1985-93, 1996-98, 2002-03), 10-time scoring champion (1987-93, 1996-98), 5-time NBA Most Valuable Player (1988,1991-92, 1996, 1998), 6-time NBA Champion (1991-93, 1996-98), and last but not least Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009. (NBA.com) He won a number of more awards, but the ones that are listed are just the NBA awards and there are still college awards and high school awards. Michael now lives in Highland Park, IL in a 29,000 square foot house and is living his life seeing his kids and with his multiple businesses he runs and owns.


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