Quinnen Williams would pass out if he ever met Michael Jordan
By Staff
Quinnen Williams won us all over on Draft night with his earnestness, and a year in the NFL hasn’t changed him at all.
You’re never too young to become a Michael Jordan fan.
Quinnen Williams is the latest example of that. The New York Jets defensive tackle was born a year before Michael Jordan retired from the NBA but loves him as much as someone who watched His Airness in his prime.
In fact, Williams is so geeked on MJ that is he was to run into him on the street, he’s pushing everyone out of his way to have a moment with his idol.
“That’s my number one of all-time, I’d put Jordan over my girlfriend,” Williams told FanSided’s Mark Carman. “She knows, if we see Michael Jordan everyone better get out of the way.”
It’s not hard to argue that the NBA as North American’s most progressive sport. Whether it’s social causes or adopting the sign of the times, basketball is undefeated in capturing the zeitgeist and remaining present in that conversation.
The fact that Williams didn’t even possess full cognitive functions when Jordan’s Bulls career was ending, and instead re-lived the height of his career through YouTube and social media, is a testament to basketball’s resilience.
For Jets fans — a franchise as hapless as the Bulls before Jordan — they’re hoping Williams obsession with the G.O.A.T. translates into some sort of similar success on the gridiron.