He was a young teenager, an athlete full of potential and possibilities.
He was stellar on the baseball diamond, being named Mr. Baseball (an honor given to one of the top youths in little league) as a 12-year-old, but had recently started to turn even more heads on the basketball court.
An 11th-grader filled with hopes and dreams. Michael Jordan tried out for his high school’s varsity basketball team. He hustled, showed off his athletics, and put all grit on sweat during the tryouts.
Then MJ received one of his few professional downfalls—he was cut by his high school’s team.
Cue the violin, pass the Kleenex, get some dark motif going.
Jordan, sadly, did not make the varsity team.
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