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Best Basketball Players

Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan borned on February 17, 1963 is a retired American professional basketball player. He is widely considered as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
After a amazing career at the University of North Carolina, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984.He was given nick names as "Air Jordan" and "His Airness" because of his leaping abilities. He also gained a reputation as one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat".
Jordan's individual include five NBA MVP (Most Valuable Player) awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star game appearances, ten scoring titles, three stealing titles, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA record for highest career regular season scoring average with 30.1 points per game, as well as averaging a record 33.4 points per game in the playoffs.


Johnson Magic

Earvin Johnson, Jr. was born on August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan. He is a former American National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers. He is nicknamed as Magic. Before joining the NBA, the 6'9", 215 lbs point guard Johnson enjoyed success in NCAA college basketball, winning the title in 1979. He established a successful career as he won five NBA championships, played in nine NBA Finals series, was elected NBA Finals Most Valuable Player and NBA Most Valuable Player three times respectively, with Lakers. Johnson also played in 12 All-Star games and was voted into 10 All-NBA First and Second Teams, and led the league in regular season assists four times.
Johnson is known as one of the most popular NBA basketball players of all time, being well-known for his passing and dribbling skills, and for his cheerful nature on and off the court. He was also member of the famous Dream Team U. S. basketball team which won the Olympic gold medal in 1992. For his feats, Johnson was honored as one of the NBA 50 Greatest Players in 1996 and enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.


Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird borned on December 7, 1956 is an American former NBA basketball player. He is one of the greatest players, and one of the best clutch performers in the history of sports. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird has played small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons. Because of back problems, he retired as a player from the NBA in 1992. Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.
After working as an assistant in the Celtics front office from 1992 to 1997, Bird served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1998 to 2000. In 2003, he assumed the role of president of basketball operations for the Pacers, which he currently still holds.

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