Michael Jeffrey Jordan also known as MJ, is a businessman and former professional basketball player from the United States. “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time,” according to his biography on the official NBA website.
Jordan was chosen third overall in the 1984 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls, ahead of Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets) and Sam Bowie (Portland Trail Blazers). One of the main reasons Jordan was not drafted sooner was that the first two teams needed a center.
Trail Blazers general manager Stu Inman argued that it was not so much a matter of drafting a center as it was of selecting Bowie over Jordan, in part because Portland already had Clyde Drexler, a guard with similar skills to Jordan. ESPN named Bowie’s selection by the Blazers as the worst draft pick in North American professional sports history, citing his injury-plagued college career.
How many MVPs does Jordan have?
Michael Jordan won five regular-season MVP awards during his 15-year career.
What years did Jordan get MVP?
Michael Jordan was named NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) five times (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, and 1998) and was also named NBA Defensive Player of the Year five times.
