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#2 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan was rejected from the first University team he tried out for because he was too short. It was all uphill from there, more or less. In the 1984 All-Star game, several seniors who were upset with the attention “MJ” was receiving, “froze him out” by not giving him possession of the ball. Jordan would return to the regular season unperturbed and win the ROTY award.
Jordan would return to the Bulls during the 1985-86 Finals following a broken foot that kept him out of action for 64 games and score 63 points in game 2. That record still stands unapproached, and he managed it against the Boston Celtics, whose erstwhile roster is considered one of the most fearsome in NBA history.
Jordan would retire from basketball in October 1993, after winning his first 3 NBA titles between 91-93. He would return and replicate his three-peat of NBA championships from 1995-98. His trademark ‘tongue stuck out’ while playing was adopted from his father, who used to do it while engrossed in work.
“His Airness”’s love for the game was so great that he had a clause named just that written into his NBA contracts, which allowed him to play basketball against anyone, anywhere at any time.
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