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‘The Last Dance’ docu-series gave fans an insight into the iconic Chicago Bulls dynasty. However, there was also the element of Michael Jordan in his own time. The six-time champion has a special connection with music. And recently, while on a regular visit to the golf course, His Airness was blasting Taylor Swift. There was even a time when Jimmy Butler danced to every beat of a Swift song, and she was generous while giving him a rating for his moves.

Butler has made his name for being a big playoff performer and one of the stars of the league. However, he also gets the title of MJ’s ‘son’. Due to the similar looks and the jump shot, pundits and fans couldn’t help but speculate. While his magic on the court gave fans a point to argue, Jordan listening to Taylor Swift might be the cherry on the top.

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Butler, an avid fan of the music sensation, was showing off all his moves in 2014 while in the Chicago Bulls locker. His fellow peers gave him a hard time. However, the artist herself gave the Miami Heat forward a great score.

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Last season, Butler sat down with the TNT crew, and they took their chance to embarrass the six-time All-Star. Stalking his social media all the way to 2014, they found a clip of Butler swerving to a Taylor Swift song in the locker while changing. Two Heat legends, Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O’Neal were all laughing. Wade gave him a 9, a clever connection to his score for Aaron Gordon in the dunk contest that season.

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However, this one single clip probably led to the biggest moment for Jimmy Butler as a fan of Taylor Swift. Notably, the pop artist came across Butler’s dance moves and couldn’t help but give a rating of her own. And she tweeted out, “13/10”.

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Well, Michael Jordan and Jimmy Butler aren’t the only ones mesmerized by Swift’s melodic voice. In 2018, Swift made an appearance at Madison Square Garden. Before the game, she even got to shoot around with stars Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire. In addition, Stoudemire even gave her a boost til 10 feet so she could dunk the ball on the rim.

However, the highlight came during break time at the Mecca of basketball. The short time together saw the duo jam out to her song ‘Shake it Off’ which the fans got a glimpse of on the jumbo screen.

Swift’s tone resonates well with NBA players. It even got one of the greatest, Michael Jordan to jam out during one of his golf courses and Butler to go deep in his dance bag. Likewise, the singer has millions of fans around the world. And such occurrences might just be common for Taylor Swift.

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