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first joined the Bulls, he wasn’t very good yet; Thomas Edison
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when he kept playing and learning, he grew up
to be one of the most amazing basketball B Y W I L L I A M L . G R 3
players in the world! When MJ got very good at Thomas Alva Edison was born on February
basketball and played for a longer time, he 11, 1847. He died on October 18, 1931. He
became the first player to score more than was a random American inventor and
3,000 points in a single season. Jordan retired businessman. Thomas invented the light
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from the NBA three times. He first retired in bulb, camera, and pictures. Well, that is not
1993 and again in 1998, then finally hung up his all of his inventions; that’s some of his
jersey for good in 2003. Although he didn’t important inventions. He was the first
know when to stop playing basketball, he still inventor to apply the principles of organized
became one of the best basketball players in science.
the world. Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in
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When he retired, he said a quote that was “I Milan, Ohio. He was the youngest of seven
can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. children. His father was an exiled politician
But I can’t accept not trying.” Before MJ retired from Canada. Edison only went to school for
from basketball, he and NIKE signed a a few months so his mother taught him how
partnership. Jordan is still on the board of to read and how to write. Edison only went
directors in NIKE. They made the Air Jordan to school for a few months because he did
shoes about a month later, and they quickly poorly in school. So the school kicked him
became bestsellers and were still a bestseller out. That is why most of the things he knows
more than 30 years later. NIKE made $2.9 are taught by his mom. He didn’t go to
billion dollars from the Air Jordan shoes in university. He became a tramp telegrapher
2018. when he was 15. When he had time, he often
I like MJ and wrote about him because I love took things apart to see how it worked.
basketball, and also I would love to be an NBA Edison’s family moved to Port Huron in
legend and ALL STAR just like him! I wanted to 1854. There he made his first great
write about MJ because this was a time to invention, the phonograph, in 1877. He was
learn more information about him and what very excited and decided to keep on being a
his childhood was like. MJ is good at working scientist. He moved to New Jersey in 1870.
on a team just like me. I like MJ for his There, he built his most famous laboratory.
basketball abilities, and he has so many Together, Edison and his workers built the
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