Michael Jordan is a retired American professional basketball player named the greatest basketball player of all time in basketball. Michael Jordan is a legend and known as one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was an instrument in popularizing the NBA worldwide in the 1980s and 1990s.
Jordan has gained the names "Air Jordan" and "His Airness" because of his outstanding leaping abilities shown in slam dunk from free throw lines in slam dunk contests. Jordan's athletic leaping ability is credited by many with having influenced a generation of young players. A lot of professional basketball players in the National Basketball Association look up to Michael Jordan as their role model while growing up. Michael Jordan's basketball talent was evident even from his rookie season and was marketed to be a scorer and a dunker. Michael's vertical leap has given him enough advantage over his competitors.
The best as he always do is easily pull down rebounds, throw down powerful dunks, and raise to block shots. Apart from these, Michael Jordan was known for his hang time. A hang time is the duration by which a player stays up in the air before his feet actually touches the ground. Jordan's hang time is estimated to reach 0.95 seconds but is expected to reach 1.5 or 2.0 with proper hand movement and leg bending.
Because of Michael Jordan Dunks and awesome basketball game skills, he received numerous awards and set a lot of records in his entire career. Jordan was a two-time awardee for NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1987 and 1988 respectively, two times Gold Medal Winner in the 1984 and 1992, six times NBA Champion, five times NBA Most Valuable Player, 14 times NBA All Star awardee and six times NBA Finals MVP award among others.
