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Michael Jordan: Outlier Essay

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“Maybe this guy is god disguised as Michael Jordan” (Michael Jordan). Michael Jordan is clearly the best basketball player to have ever set foot on a basketball court as Larry Bird put it jokingly. He wasn’t the perfect basketball player but he was good enough to surpass the rest of the league as a whole. Because of his superior skills and incomprehensible work ethic, he can be considered an outlier. There is no other player that has accomplished as much as Jordan and will probably never see something like it again. Michael Jordan was born on February 17th, 1963 to father James and mother Delores Jordan (King, Jason). Although the Jordans put real emphasis on academics over athletics, they encouraged Michael to practice hard, set high …show more content…

A player needs to have a basic understanding of how the sport works in order to even play. IQ is not the reason why people were amazed and in awe with Jordan. His skills were enough to be above the rest. Aside from the early cut, Michael Jordan’s only obstacles were a broken foot, a death in his family, and the flu. In his second season, Michael Jordan missed most of the games due to his fractured foot. Although the Bulls wanted Jordan to sit the entire season to ensure his foot healed correctly, he insisted on playing in the team’s first-round playoff series against the Boson Celtics. The year 1993 was an especially difficult and tragic year for Jordan. During the playoff season, the media made public his large loss of money due to a gambling problem. Then on Jul 23, his father, James, was found dead in North Carolina after an attempted robbery (Michel Jordan). One of the reasons people fell in love with Michael Jordan, aside from his skills, was his friendliness and openness. He would never boast of achievements nor put anyone down because they lacked skills. If anything, Jordan was hard on them in order to improve their skills and knowledge of the game so that they can outperform their past selves. He didn’t feel any entitlement to his superiority. He just worked extremely hard to achieve what he did. What Michael Jordan has achieved has never been equaled before. He went on to win six NBA

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