Jordan can you dunk

He just ended up on some eight-year-old's poster, give him a break. On a fast break, Jordan receives the pass and believes he can fly over dominant shot-blocker Alonzo Mourning. If this dunk was done in a dunk contest it would be pretty impressive. Jordan did it in the middle of a game! Just imagine if he missed; he would never have heard the end of it. Glad he didn't, though, because it makes for a good video.

This dunk really showed how much of a competitor Jordan was. With the Bulls up five over the Sonics and 11 seconds left, Jordan steals the ball and throws down a fancy dunk. He didn't steal the ball and run out the clock; he wanted to put the nail in the coffin himself. This is how you know Jordan was just on another level.

He had two open teammates but instead takes it himself and rises over a 6'6" forward. Jordan gets the steal, crosses up one defender and throws it down on poor Kelly Tripucka. Now, normally Jordan would just rise above whoever gets in his way, but this time it is Manute Bol who happens to be 7'7".

Jordan wasn't a good foot inside the free-throw line like Erving was and didn't travel like Ibaka did. May sound silly but it does make the takeoff a little bit harder. Scottie Pippen wasn't the only one to put Patrick Ewing on a poster.

His superior teammate had his chance as well. He finished the game with 39 points and the Bulls went on to win easily. Jordan is surrounded by fans after the Bulls defeated Portland for their second straight title. Jordan was again named Finals MVP. Former rivals became teammates when the Summer Olympics came around in The "Dream Team" was must-see television that year, and it was no surprise when it took home the gold medal.

Jordan, decked out in golf gear, poses for a photo during an off-day at the Summer Olympics. Jordan remains an avid golfer to this day. Tragedy struck in , when Jordan's father was found dead in South Carolina. Two young men were later convicted of his murder. In October , two months after his father's death and less than four months after the Bulls won their third straight title, Jordan shocked the world and announced that he was retiring.

I don't have anything else to prove. After retiring, Jordan pursued the baseball career he envisioned when he was younger. News outlets closely followed Jordan's journey, and fans came out in droves to watch him play.

Jordan leaps for a catch during a game in Winter Haven, Florida, in March He played games in the minors, hitting. Jordan is joined by his children Jasmine, Marcus and Jeffrey as the Bulls retired his number in Jordan's retirement didn't last long.

With a player's strike dragging on in Major League Baseball, Jordan decided to shelve his baseball dream and come back to the Bulls in the middle of their season. He announced his return with a simple two-word fax: "I'm back.

When Jordan returned in , he wore number 45 -— his baseball number — instead of He reverted to 23 during the playoff series against Orlando, but the Bulls lost in six games.

Jordan and Pippen were a potent punch during the Bulls' championship years, excelling at both offense and defense. Pippen was named to the Basketball Hall of Fame in , a year after Jordan.

It didn't take long for Jordan and the Bulls to reclaim their throne. They defeated Seattle in the Finals. Jordan plays himself in the movie "Space Jam. Warner Bros. Jordan was battling flu-like symptoms during Game 5, but he still went on to score 38 points and hit the game-winning 3-pointer against the Utah Jazz.

In "The Last Dance," Jordan said it was food poisoning he was suffering from, not the flu. The Bulls went on to win Game 6 for their second straight title and their fifth of the decade.

Jordan is guarded by a young Kobe Bryant in It was his final shot with the Bulls. Jordan enjoys a cigar in the locker room after the Bulls finished off their second "three-peat" of the decade.

Jordan is joined by his wife, Juanita, as he announces his second retirement in January But he still had one more comeback left in him. Jordan became part owner of the NBA's Washington Wizards in , and he was also the team's president of basketball operations. In he joined the team on the court, playing two more seasons before calling it quits again at the age of Jordan averaged They didn't make the playoffs in either season.

Jesse D. Jordan takes the court for the final game of his career in April Jordan becomes emotional as he is inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in My place I've always gone when I needed to find comfort and peace. It's been a source of intense pain and a source of most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. Jordan hits a golf shot while playing in a pro-am event in Charlotte, North Carolina, in A month earlier he bought the NBA's Charlotte franchise, becoming the second black majority owner of a major professional sports team.

Jordan unveils the Charlotte Bobcats' name change in They became the Charlotte Hornets. In , Jordan was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. President Barack Obama, a Bulls fan from Chicago, noted that people still use Jordan's name as a synonym for the best.