Sports fans are learning a lot of new things about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls through ESPN’s ‘The Last Dance’ and more stories are starting to come out about MJ that you won’t hear in the series.
Recently, Eminem was a special guest on Sway’s Universe, and the rapper shared a great story about how he nearly blew a shot at collaborating with Jordan because of one comment he made during a phone call with the legend.
Here’s his story, transcribed by UPROXX.
“We were talking about doing some sort of shoe together. I was on the phone with him, we were talking, and everything was cool. He’s super cool, and everything was good until we get to the end of the phone call, and I said, ‘Yo man, when are you gonna come to Detroit so I can dunk on you?’ And it was crickets. I don’t remember exactly what he said, but I think he just kinda was like, ‘Ha ha ha,’ like laughed. I remember getting off the phone going, ‘Oh my God, I think I might have just blew it.’ Because to me, in my head, it was a total joke. It’s so ridiculous for me to think I could dunk on Jordan. In my head, it’s one of those things you think is going to be funnier in your head than when you actually say it.”
It didn’t end up blowing any business deals between the two, but it would have been pretty funny if it did.
