Michael Jordan

 

varsity team = AmE a sports team at schools or colleges that are at the most skilled level of play and represent them persevere = to continue achieving something post points = to score goals in the post(=area of the basketball court from the free-throw line to the baseline) sank the game = failed the game in a row = one after another without a break NBA draft = the event where teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) choose players who have never played in the NBA before make a mark = to have an important effect on something popularity soared leaguewide = became popular in the whole league League MVP = the most valuable player in an entire league throttle efforts = to ruin all what's done offensive powerhouse = a person with a lot of energy, power, or influence clutchplayer = a player who's always performing highly impossible goals in a quick and almost impossible amount of time buzzer-beater move = a successful shot made at the very end of the game in-bounce pass = a movement of the ball from one player to another member of the same team by throwing it so that it hits the ground once before going to the other player three-peat = NAmE winning three championships or tournaments in a row lucrative = producing a great deal of profit endorsement = a form of public support or approval that proved premature = it was earlier than expected and not necessary don = put on (clothes) induct into = to admit and enlist