1.
The Greatest
BY Nicole Foster, 7th Grade English Language Arts

2.
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”

3.
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.

4.
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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★ Sentence 3

5.
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.

6.
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.

7.
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