Top 3 famous players of basketball

Larry Bird - born December 7, 1956

Larry is a former United states NBA basketball player and coach. Drafted into the actual NBA sixth overall through the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward with regard to thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable frontcourts that included middle Robert Parish and forward Kevin McHale. Due to chronic back problems, he retired like a player in 1992. Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame in 1998. He served as head coach of the actual Indiana Pacers from 1997 to two thousand. In 2003, he assumed the role of president of basketball operations for that Pacers, which he currently holds.

HIGHLIGHTS:
3* NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986)
3* NBA Most Valuable Player (1984-1986)
12* NBA All-Star (1980-1988, 1990-1992)
2* NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986)
9* All-NBA First Team (1980-1988)
All-NBA Second Team (1990)
3* NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982-1984)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1980)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982)
3* Three-point Shootout champion (1986-1988)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
#33 retired by Boston Celtics
NBA Coach of the Year (1998)
John R. Wooden Award (1979)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1979)
AP National Player of the Year (1979)
Oscar Robertson Trophy (1979)
Adolph Rupp Trophy (1979)
NABC Player of the Year (1979)

Michael Jordan - born February 17, 1963

After a three-season career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team within 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a category star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free toss line in slam dunk contests, earned him the actual nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained the reputation for being among the best defensive players in baseball. In 1991, he or she won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing the "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from baseball at the beginning of the 1993-94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and brought them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well being an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the actual 1995-96 NBA period. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two much more NBA seasons from mid 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.

HIGHLIGHTS:
6* NBA Champion (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997,1998)
5* NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 1991-1992,1996, 1998)
14* NBA All-Star (1985-1993, 1996-1998,2002-2003)
6* NBA Finals MVP (1991-1993, 1996-1998)
10* NBA scoring champion (1987-1993,1996-1998)
3* NBA steals champion (1988, 1990, 1993)
NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)
10* All-NBA First Team (1987-1993, 1996-1998)
All-NBA Second Team (1985)
9* NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988-1993,1996-1998)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1985)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985)
3* NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
2* NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1987-1988)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
#23 Retired by Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat
NCAA Champion (1982)
2* Consensus NCAA All-American First Team(1983-1984)
ACC Player of the Year (1984)
Oscar Robertson Trophy (1984)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1984)
John R. Wooden Award (1984)
Adolph Rupp Trophy (1984)

Kobe Bryant - born August 23, 1978

Kobe is an American professional basketball player who plays as shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the nation's Basketball Association (National basketball association). Bryant enjoyed an effective high school basketball career at Lower Merion High College, where he was recognized as the top high school basketball player in the nation. He decided to declare his eligibility for the NBA Draft upon graduating, and was selected with the 13th overall pick within the 1996 NBA Write by the Charlotte Hornets, then traded to the La Lakers. As a rookie, Bryant gained himself a reputation as a higher-flyer and an admirer favorite by winning the 1997 Throw Dunk Contest.

HIGHLIGHTS:
5* NBA Champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)
2* NBA Finals MVP (2009-2010)
NBA Most Valuable Player (2008)
14* NBA All-Star (1998, 2000-2012)
2* NBA scoring champion (2006-2007)
9* All-NBA First Team (2002-2004, 2006-2011)
2* All-NBA Second Team (2000-2001)
2* All-NBA Third Team (1999, 2005)
9* All-Defensive First Team (2000, 2003-2004, 2006-2011)
2* All-Defensive Second Team (2001-2002)
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1997)
4* NBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011)
NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1997)
Naismith Prep Player of the Year (1996)