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VIDEO: Michael Jordan dunking in high school

Brian Spurlock / USA TODAY Sports

We've all heard the story. A 5-foot-11 Michael Jordan didn't make the varsity basketball team during his sophomore year in high school.

After enduring a life-changing growth spurt ahead of his junior year, Jordan altered the trajectory of his burgeoning basketball career by averaging a triple-double in his senior year (29.2 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 10.1 assists) and being selected to the McDonald's All-American Team.

A video of Jordan as a member of the Emsley A. Laney High School team emerged recently, showing a young M.J. leaking out on the fast break for the uncontested dunk.

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Seeing this clip must add some extra salt in the wound for Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who famously attempted to recruit Jordan in 1980.

Thank you, Internet!

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