James “Jimmy Jam” Harris and Terry Steven Lewis are among the most famous American record production teams. They are responsible for Prince\u2019s career success, but now, Jimmy Jam talks about another side of Prince\u2019s life. The Minnesota music legend says Prince could have been an amazing basketball player.<\/p>\n
Recently Jimmy Jam did an interview with ESPN\u2019s Jay Harris and Marc Spears. The legendary music producer and songwriter is an OG Minnesota Timberwolves fan and spoke about his lifetime love of basketball. Over the years, he has produced for icons like Janet Jackson, Boyz II Men, and Usher, but more importantly, he and Terry Lewis played as Prince\u2019s backing band, the Time. During the appearance on ESPN, he talked about how Prince could have been a great basketball player. He said,<\/p>\n
\u201cPrince was a hell of a basketball player man. I met him in junior high and he played man and he was good like he was like Steph Curry<\/a> could shoot the lights out handles. Prince just had great handles. You couldn\u2019t take the ball from Prince, like he\u2019d dribble around you and make you look foolish if you tried to reach for the ball. He just goes right around you and then he just pulls up and shoots before you block him. He was also very analytical, he was a good athlete, but he was also very smart and knew how to beat you. If you play him on a certain side, he could fake you and go around.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Jimmy and Prince spent plenty of time together, and during one period, the famous musician even played a game of HORSE with people. Jimmy Jam talked about it, saying,<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember at this studio called Sunset Sound out in LA they had a basketball hoop set up there and Prince would play games of HORSE with anybody who would want to play, and it wasn’t like a court it was just basically a basketball hoop in the middle of all the studios.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n