Michael Jordan once took a teammate to meet Jay-Z after he told him he was a huge fan of the rap mogul

• Former Chicago Bulls player Jamal Crawford says he and Michael Jordan got "so tight" that the NBA icon once introduced him to Jay-Z.
• Crawford says his and Jordan's relationship started when he received a call to meet him during his rookie year, and they soon became close friends, playing regular pick-up games together.
• "Imagine getting so tight with Michael Jordan you're like 'Hey I wanna meet Jay-Z and he's like 'OK,' and he makes it happens like that," $4 "It was unbelievable."
• $4 Jordan was "the best player ever" and in 2017, he extended that same sentiment to Jay-Z, tweeting: "Jay-Z is the greatest."
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Former Chicago Bulls player Jamal Crawford says he and Michael Jordan got "so tight" that the NBA icon once introduced him to Jay-Z after expressing his admiration for the rap mogul.

Crawford joined the Bulls in 2000, just after Jordan had retired from the NBA for a second time. His relationship with Jordan started however after his father told him that Jordan was an admirer of his game.

"When I was in college going through the draft process my dad was like, 'Hey Michael Jordan loves your game. I'm like- dad?" $4 "This is before social media; this is before any of that so I'm like, 'Dad, get out of here. There's no way you can know that Michael Jordan likes my game.'

"So I get drafted to the Bulls my rookie year, and early one morning, it was like 6 a.m., Tim Grover calls me and he's like 'MJ said you can meet him. Come down now.'"

Crawford said he went, and after a 45 minute chat, Jordan invited him to meet up in the summer. From there, their relationship blossomed, and they began to regularly play pick-up games together.

"That kind of went into me meeting Jay-Z," Crawford added. "Imagine getting so tight with Michael Jordan you're like 'Hey I wanna meet Jay-Z and he's like 'OK,' and he makes it happens like that. It was unbelievable."

In 2016, $4 Jordan was "flawless" and "the best player ever." In 2017, he extended that same sentiment to Jay-Z, simply tweeting: "Jay-Z is the greatest."

— Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) $4

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