The Greatest

BY Nicole Foster, 7th Grade English Language Arts

Claim: Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.

★ Retired basketball player

that was famous in the

1980s and 1990s.

★ Graduated from North

Carolina.

★ Coached by Dean Smith.

★ 23 is recognized as “his”

number.

Reason 1: Michael Jordan has an impressive list of awards. ★ Won six NBA Championships.

★ Iconically slammed dunked from

the free throw line and won a slam

dunk contest in 1988.

★ Made a game winning shot his

freshman year in college at the

NCAA Championship game.

★ Won 2 Gold medals in the

Olympics.

★ Won six NBA Finals MVP Awards.

Reason 2: Michael Jordan is respected by fans, sports writers, and his peers.

★ According to Bleacher Report, he is #1 on

the top 10 basketball players list of all

time.

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Counterclaim: Some say LeBron James is the greatest basketball Player of all time.★ Current athletes interviewed in

June 2015 claim he is the

greatest athlete in the world

according to ESPN.com.

★ He won two NBA Finals

Championships.

★ He was MVP twice for both

Championships.

Conclusion: Michael Jordan is iconic and the greatest basketball player in the world.

★ He has massive endorsement deals.

○ Gatorade

○ Haines

○ NIke

○ Wheaties

★ He has been on countless covers of

magazines.

○ Time

○ Sports Illustrated.

Sources★ Biography http://www.biography.com/people/michael-jordan-9358066

★ Bleacher Report: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1795233-10-greatest-nba-players-of-all-

time/page/6

★ ESPN: http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/13037507/lebron-james-world-best-

athlete

★ NBA: http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/893/

★ World Book Kids: http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar831080