{"id":1151544,"date":"2020-04-26T17:18:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T21:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1151544"},"modified":"2020-04-26T17:18:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T21:18:49","slug":"were-michael-jordans-sons-any-good-at-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/were-michael-jordans-sons-any-good-at-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Were Michael Jordan's Sons Any Good at Basketball?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With Michael Jordan<\/a> as your father, you can only imagine how high the expectations would be if you decided to play basketball. That's exactly what Jeffrey and Marcus Jordan faced when they opted to play a sport where their father became the greatest of all time. Were Michael Jordan's sons any good at basketball?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Jordan's oldest son Jeffrey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jeff Jordan | Photo by Joe Robbins\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jeffrey Jordan is the oldest of Michael Jordan's two sons. He was a good basketball player as a youth, but nothing extraordinary. Many thought he would be like Mike early on, but most didn't realize Mike wasn't like Mike until later in high school. Mike got cut<\/a> from his high school varsity team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeffrey dealt with the spotlight early on during high school as ESPN<\/a> nationally televised three of his games at Loyola Academy College Prep near Chicago. The 6-foot-1-inch guard played well in high school, but didn't set any records. During his senior season Jeffrey and his younger brother Marcus led the school to the conference championship and the best season in school history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, that success as a team didn't translate into any individual offers from schools like the University of North Carolina. In fact, Jordan didn't receive any offers from major universities. Instead, he joined the University of Illinois as a preferred walk-on.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By his sophomore season, Jordan had worked hard and improved enough to where the university offered him a full scholarship. Strangely, several months later, he departed Illinois to join his younger brother Marcus who was playing at the University of Central Florida.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeffrey's per-game averages at both Illinois and UCF combined were 1.6 points, 0.8 assists, and 1.2 rebounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan's youngest son Marcus\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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