Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. He was born on Feb. 1) ____ , 2) ____ , in Brooklyn, New York. He is 3) ____ meters tall and weighs 4) ____ pounds. Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls team for the 5) ____ season. In the 6) ____ season he shot 7) ____ points, the 8) ____ highest score ever. He was named NBA Slam Dunk Champion ( 扣篮冠军 ) in 9) ____ and won the Most Valuable Player Award in 10) ____ , an honor repeated 11) ____ times in the next 12) ____ years to 13) ____ . Jordan guided his team to win 14) ____ NBA championships during the 15) ____ , scoring 16) ____ points during the 17) ____ and last of the 18) ____ NBA finals. In 19) ____ , he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century. Jordan left the NBA at the beginning of the 1993 — 1994 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball. Since his baseball wasn’t quite as good as his basketball s, he finally gave it up to rejoin the Bulls in 1995. Yet, after playing for 20) ____ more years, he once again announced his retirement in 21) ____ . But he returned for two more NBA s in 22) ____ as a member of the Washington Wizards.