From Jordan to Obama, trainer Tim Grover talks GOATs with Jalen Rose

Can you imagine thinking you’re having a heart attack on the basketball court, coming to and seeing Michael Jordan standing over you? It happened.

This week’s “Renaissance Man” guest, Tim Grover, who was MJ’s longtime trainer, told me the story, which happened when the Bulls great was making his comeback. Tim enlisted former collegiate and overseas players to scrimmage with his prized client, including one guy who, upon learning he’d be hooping with MJ, ran out to his car for some reinforcements. “He drank like five Red Bulls,” Tim told me. When the guy got into the game, he was playing on the team opposite Jordan. “And all of a sudden I see him just kind of slow down. The game had been going on for a while … He’s sweating profusely, and all of a sudden I see him just pass out on the floor.” They stopped the game, and Tim saw him foaming at the mouth, so he ran onto the floor and gave him CPR. Tim told MJ he was having a heart attack, to which MJ responded, “Evidently.”