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 The Micheal Jordan Book Review December 15, 2006
"The Chicago Bulls," the announcer called out, "pick Michael Jordan of the University of North Carolina." Michael Jordan was born in a Brooklyn hospital on February 17, 1963. He then went to Laney High School, a school where his number and jersey would be retired. After high school, Jordan went to the University of North Carolina where he became the big man on campus after winning the college a NCAA championship in 1977. As a junior at UNC, Michael Jordan entered the NBA draft and was drafted to the Chicago Bulls. In the NBA, Jordan would be known as the leagues leading scorer and take his team to win many NBA championships. In 1999, Michael Jordan retired and would be known as a life long legend. I recommend that everyone who is familiar with Michael Jordan and the game of basketball read this book.
One reason why I recommend this book to people is because it gives you outstanding quotes that make you feel as though you were right there when something was said. For example, "I wasn't guarding him," Dennis Johnson said after the game. "No one was guarding him. No one can guard him." Also, "You could tell something magical was happening," said Michael's teammate, Orlando Woolridge." "He was incredible." In addition, "Mr. Jordan," the boy's father said. "Can I take a picture of you with my son?" With these quotes, you could imagine yourself being there right when it was said.
Another reason why I thought this book was fantastic is because it was very specific and used a variety of descriptive words. For instance, Michael hated losing, it was small consolation that he was named the top vote-getter in the balloting for the All-Star team with more than one million votes. Like the sentence, Michael was in great shape despite the fact that in the early part of his career was filled with fast-foods favorites like hamburgers and fried chicken. Last, Their opponent was the Georgetown Hoyas, a formidable team whose freshman center was future New York Knicks' star Patrick Ewing. Having good descriptive sentences help you to get a better understanding of the novel that you are reading.
The final reason why I believe that this book is wonderful is because it gives interesting facts about Michael Jordan. For example, Micheal Jordan chose the number twenty- three because he wanted to be half as good as his brother and his brother's number was forty-five. Also, he was intentionally fouled by many players who actually wanted to injure him. Last, Jordan was going to go to UVA and UCLA, but never got a response and decided to go play for Coach Dean Smith. After reading this book, I learned so much new information about the life of Michael Jordan.
I recommend that everyone read this book because it gives interesting facts, is very specific and used a variety of descriptive words, and gives outstanding quotes. If you read this book you could find out even more of Michael Jordan's thoughts and secrets. If you are familiar with the game of basketball and Michael Jordan, then you should read this book.
W.Claiborne
Michael Jordan Basketball Great March 10, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Michael Jordan was the greates plater in history of professional ball.As a youth in his home town of wilmington North Carolina,Jordan was cut when he tried out for the Laney High School Varisty team.He attended the univeristy of North Carolina in 1982 he secured the national colleigates chiampionship for his team with a game winning justshot in the couple of seconds at the finals contest of the NCAA tourments.You should read this to learn more about Michael Jordan. By.Sean Dolan
 Michael jordan June 28, 2003
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Michael is a boy that always listens.One day he got his father's ax and cut his toe .When he got big and got accepted on the chicago bull team he got excited for the news.
I was shocked because he didn't respect his father.I think that it is a good book to read because it is of basket ball.
I recommend it to anybody who likes to read about basket ba
Basketball Legends: Michael Jordan March 18, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Basketball Legends :Michael Jordan is an excellent book written by Sean Dolan. No one in the history of basketball has ever owned as many ways to score a hoop as M.J. can. But he wasn't into basketball his whole life. His first passion was baseball while he was growing up in Wilmington, North Carolina. I like this book because on most of the pages it has a picture with some information. Also at the end of the story it has an index and some other interesting facts on Michael. These elements of the book provide convenient summaries. So if you like Michael Jordan and would like to learn more, read this book.
Michael Jordan March 17, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book I read was Michael Jordan written by Sean Dolan. I thought it was a very good book because it tells a lot about Michael Jordan. The book tells all about his high school years, to his college years, and his NBA career. I also liked the book because it tells how dedicated he was to basketball and how he loved the game. The book tells about all the awards he won, like three championships in a row, the MVP Award, and best defensive player of the year. He also won a dunk contest with some amazing dunks. I think this book is for all the basketball players and all the fans of Michael Jordan.
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