Who is Larry Jordan? Michael Jordan's brother was key to his basketball greatness

Michael Jordan's Last Dance offered NBA fans some insight into life of NBA legend during his tenure with Chicago Bulls in NBA. Last Dance takes viewers through life of Michael Jordan when he dominated NBA with Chicago Bulls. ESPN-produced, Netflix-hosted docu-series features interviews from several personalities including likes of Barack Obama, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan's mor. series also shows that re is one person apart from his far who Michael Jordan h immense respect for - his bror Larry Jordan. Here's a look at who is Larry Jordan. 

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Who is Larry Jordan? Michael Jordan bror

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Michael Jordan siblings

Who is Larry Jordan? Michael Jordan bror

Michael Jordan talks about his elder bror Larry Jordan in opening episodes of recently concluded show, Last Dance.  Chicago Bulls great credits his elder bror Larry for helping him develop a ‘winning mentality’ during his younger days. MJ was quoted as saying "I don't think from a competitive standpoint, I would be here without confrontations with my bror (Larry). When you come to blows with someone you absolutely love, that's igniting every fire within you. And I always felt I was fighting Larry for my far's attention. When you going through it, it's traumatic, because I want that approval, I want that of confidence. So my determination got even greater to be as good if t better than my bror." Michael Jordan said he wanted to emulate his elder bror as he ended up taking number 23 jersey at rth Carolina because Larry wore 45.

During an interview with ESPN, Larry Jordan heaped praise on his younger bror. He was quoted as saying "His level of play was just so much higher than rest of us. People ask me all time if it bored me, but I can honestly say because I h opportunity to see him grow. I knew how hard he worked."

Who is Larry Jordan? Michael Jordan siblings

Michael Jordan has four or siblings. eldest was James Jr. (called Ronnie), followed by Deloris, Larry, Michael, and Roslyn. Larry Jordan is 11 months older than Michael and two grew up playing basketball every evening in ir backyard. Michael Jordan bror Larry Jordan is 5’8” and h a 44” vertical leap. He also played for rth Carolina before Michael showed up but did t make it to professional basketball.

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Michael Jordan siblings

Who is Larry Jordan? Michael Jordan bror

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