SHANE Heal knew nothing about Ice Cube's new basketball venture when he first received the call.
It was a 3-on-3 competition called 'BIG3’, created by the rapper, featuring the likes of Allen Iverson, Chauncey Billups, Jason Williams, Charles Oakley, Clyde Drexler, and Rick Barry.
The organisers wanted to give Heal a shot, and, when he saw the players that were signed, he quickly agreed. But first, he wanted to make sure he was ready.
Yep I bet Ice Cube's peeps were chasing up Heal, gotta add some real starpower to this league.
However, when it comes to a teammate that the 46-year-old wouldn’t mind having, one name quickly came to mind.
"Stephen Jackson’s there. I played with Stephen Jackson at the Kings," Heal said.
“The last time I remember Stephen Jackson was him breaking his foot, and we were about to go on a road trip.
“He’d been cut because he was injured. He was needing some money, and I remember going to the ATM, driving to his place — he was in his lounge room; a dark room, watching videos — I ran the money in, gave him a hug, said ‘see ya later, mate’, and that was the last time I saw him in Australia.”
Heal joked that he’s hoping to get that money back from Jackson, ‘with interest’.
The cheek.
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