Because when he came back from his first retirement from basketball (when he was playing baseball), his original number, 23, had been retired.
His brother Larry wore number 45 when he played in school. Jordan wanted half the number...and settled for 23. When he came out of retirement the firs time, he went back to the 45 number and then eventually setteed for the 23
Michael Jordan idolized his brother. He thought he had half his skills. His brother wore 45. Half of that is 22.5. Round that off and that's 23. When Jordan came back to the Bulls after his first retirement, he briefly wore the number 45 before going back to #23 in the 1996-97 season.Michael Jordan idolized his older brother Larry who wore 45. Michael wanted to be half the man Larry was so divided 45 by 2 and rounded it up to 23.See the Related Links for an interesting article on the matter.
23, 45, 12, and 9: He has worn number 23 and 45 when he came back from retirement in basketball, 45 with the Birmingham Barons baseball team, 12 for one game when his jersey was stolen from a visiting locker room and 9 in the Olympics
Jordan hasn't made the hall of fame yet...I think its 4 or 5 years you gotta be retired and Jordan came back from retirement so gotta wait again. I think he gets it this year
Michawl Jordan joined the Bulls in 1984.
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no he did not play a game with Michael Jordan. Michael Retired in 1999 then came back again but with the wizards and officially Retired in 2001.
$0.00 because Jordan was not a rookie when he had back to back championships.
Michael Jordan did not initially graduate from North Carolina. He did come back in 1986, however, to receive his Geography bachelor's degree.
After Jordan retired the first time to pursue a career in professional baseball, the Chicago Bulls retired his #23 jersey. When Jordan returned to the NBA in the 1994-95 season he wore #45, the number he'd worn as a member of the Birmingham Barons, and the number his older brother had worn in high school (Jordan had wore the 23 because it was roughly half the number of his brother). After a conference loss to the Orlando Magic, Jordan purchased his trademark #23 back from the Bulls, and by the 1995-96 season, the trademark #23 was back.
Michael Jordan was an NBA player that joined the Chicago Bulls in 1984 and Lead his team to NBA championship Titles when Scottie Pippen joined. The won the NBA Title in 1991, 1992, and 1993 then Michael Jordan announced his retirement to play in the minor leages of proffesianal baseball. He then came back in 1995 but couldn't lead his team to the NBA Finals. Then in 1996 he was detirmaned to bring back the NBA title to Chicago and won the Finals three more times in 1996, 1997, and 1998. After the '98 season, he announced his second retirement. But he came back again in 2002 to play for an exspansion team he made to donate his salary to charity. He retired for the third and final time in 2003 and still advertises for many companies.