Horace Grant rocking his goggles. Photo Credit: Bleacher Report

If you’re a follower of the NBA in the 90s or even played NBA Jam in the arcade, you’ll surely remember former Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic power forward Horace Grant and his goggles.

They were color coordinated too! They were blue and white during his Magic days playing with Penny Hardaway and Shaquille O’Neal. They were also white and red when he won three championship with the Bulls playing with Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan.

But check this out: he didn’t wear them for style!

Horace where the heck did you get those Rec Specs from? “Man, from the moon, from the stars,” Horace Grant joked on Scoop B Radio Overtime. “They came down and right in front of my locker. It said: ‘Horace Grant wear these and you’ll be unique.’ So from out of space that’s where I tell people I got them from, from outer space.

All joking aside: during his playing career, Grante was diagnosed as legally blind during his playing career. As a result, Grant rocked his goggles on court per the advice from the Chicago Bulls’ training staff.

Here’s the full account of Horace Grant’s goggle decision:

Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson: Horace where the hell did you get the Rec Specs from? I always wanted to ask you this. When I played NBA Jam the arcade version I’m like: ‘Where the hell did he get these colored Rec Specs?

Horace Grant: Man, from the moon, from the stars, they came down and right in front of my locker it said Horace Grant wear these and you’ll be unique so from out of space that’s where I tell people I got them from, from outer space.

Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson: Did you wear them in college or is that something you strictly did when you came to the NBA?

Horace Grant: Never wore them in college. It was strictly NBA. To be honest, I was legally blind, didn’t know it, and my eye doctors from the Bulls said: ‘You know Horace try these goggles.’ And from that point on, that particular night the goggles became famous. 

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CHICAGO – CIRCA 1991: Michael Jordan #23 and Horace Grant #54 of the Chicago Bulls talk circa 1991 at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1991 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

As the NBA Playoffs begin this weekend and Phil Jackson was in the news Friday afternoon as the Knicks are having yet another losing season, one can’t help but remember Phil’s winning days as coach of the Chicago Bulls in the 90s.

That said, I chatted with former Bulls forward Horace Grant on Scoop B Radio Overtime. Grant who won three championships with the Chicago Bulls with coach Jackson, Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan took us in a time machine on what it was like competing and practicing against Jordan.

“In terms of the way he practiced, we thought that we were the Detroit Pistons or the New York Knicks,” Grant told me by phone. “This guy practiced so hard and if you weren’t on his team in practice you were his enemy.”

Check Out Horace Grant and Brandon ‘Scoop B Robinson chatting on Scoop B Radio Overtime

Grant furthered his assesment: “Man let me tell you, we thought this guy was just the devil, when I say the devil that’s out of respect,” he said. 

Six NBA World Championships, multiple MVP awards and more, Michael Jordan was the man; Grant co-signs it. “And that’s how driven this man was,” he said. “And that’s why you can say that he was the best player that ever played this game.”

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B.J. Armstrong became a three time NBA champion during the 90s while playing point guard for the Chicago Bulls alongside Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant.

Years later he’s still leading the charge in hoops, but now on the business side. Armstrong represents Draymond Green, Derrick Rose and Donatas Motiejunas in negotiating player contracts.

Being a former player, Armstrong has a perspective that current players want to hear. That said, the Scoop B Radio Podcast team dug into the archives and found an interview from the 90’s with Armstong and Respect Mag’s Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson during Armstrong’s playing days with the Charlotte Hornets.

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What’s cooler is how he brought LeBron James down to Earth after he won his third championship after the Cavs defeated the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. He was tired of James being compared to Michael Jordan so he spoke his mind. Armstrong believes that James has to adopt the mentality that comparing himself to any other player, including Jordan, is an insult.

“This is to LeBron James: If you want to be the best, get rid of the comparisons,” Armstrong told Fox Sports’ Chris Broussard over the summer. “Get rid of all the comparisons that are out there. That’s what Michael Jordan did. Jordan realized that in order to be the best, you had to get rid of all the comparisons.

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