Michael Jordan Research Paper

I saw him take off from the free throw line, he soared. Perplexing my mind as to how a single human could be the way he was, do the things he did, play like he did. I've never seen a man palm a ball with such ease. I, nobody, had ever seen an athlete like him, he shaped the game and became its icon, giving kids light and hope for their lives. He life on and off the court shaped the world of basketball from fans to coaches to players to the kid whos rim was duct taped on. Michael Jordan made the world a better place.

Fast forward to a half white kid living in the streets on Wadsworth. He’s about nine or ten, his beloved cousins from florida have just arrived, instantly the Bogue, Johnson annual basketball game cominced. Although the “Bogue Big Three” rained the supreme for the past several years the “Jumping Johnsons” came to the unwieldy conclusion that they would obtain the dub and the bragging-writes. …show more content…
Days went on enjoying each other presence, until one fateful day. We had just finished watching Space Jam, a movie starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, possibly the greatest cinematic feat of all time. Regardless, our minds were pumped on looney ideas and Jordan inspired aspirations. We, I most of all, wanted to dunk. However the problem remained we can't. We are not that tall, we don't have crazy bounce, how do we solve this predicament? DING DING DING, it hit me like a pile of bricks. My mother being a dog breeder allows for the position of large plastic boxes to not raise suspension. One, two three, we stacked them, running with all my speed, the air rushing through my hair, sleeping with the preposterous belief I was MJ, dunking the ball with great satisfaction. I'm sure to our neighbors or other spectators we looked like unwanted mice running and squealing about. Did the judgment of other contain our imagination, heavens no! Time and time again we went about our merry