John Wooden Award and also the winner of the Dr. James Naismith Award (Michael Jordan’s, 1999). After the 1984 collegiate basketball season, Jordan announced that he was going to leave North Carolina early to go to the pros. Jordan then was taken third overall in the NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. Being co-captain of the U.S. gold medal- winning Olympic basketball team was also one of Jordan’s accomplishments. Jordan had more success in this year then most athletes have in their careers.Jordan’s accomplishments didn’t stop there though. That was just the start of the best basketball player to ever play the game (Brown, 1999). Michael won the honor of being the NBA rookie of the year in 1985. On October 29, Michael broke his left foot and had to sit on the sideline watching for the rest of the season and the start of the 1986 season (Sporting News, 1999). After missing 64 games, Jordan was finally healed and ready to play (Sporting News, 1999).In 1987, Michael Jordan, was winning more awards. He was named to the All-NBA first team for the first time. He also won the NBA scoring title for the first time (Sporting News, 1999). Along with his two awards, Michael made 26 of 27 free throws against the Nets to set a career high (Michael Jordan’s, 1999). The career highs were free throws made and free throws attempted in a single game.Jordan does it all in 1988. Being the leading scorer and the defensive player of the year, he was named NBA regular-season MVP and NBA All-Defensive first team (Sporting News, 1999). He also set a career high in steals with ten against the Nets at the end of January in 1988 (Michael Jordan’s, 1999).Michael does it all again in 1989. He won his usual awards again along with his career high assist with 17 against the Blazers in late March (Michael Jordan’s, 1999). His usual awards were, All-NBA first team, NBA All-Defensive first team, and the scoring title (S...
