I was born in Chicago in '82 and grew up in the Chicago area in the 90's, where it was a law that you had to be a fan of the Bulls and Michael Jordan was God. I actually got to see the Bulls play live a couple of times and saw him kill it in person. MJ is the man.
I actually saw him in the Suburbs once. He was driving some little silver convertible sports car with a hat on and slumped low in the seat just cruising. Despite the low profile look, his license plate said something like "DA MJ 23." We instantly realized who it was, pulled up aside from him, and a car full of 17 year olds started screaming shit like "FUCK YEAH! MICHAEL JORDAN!!!" at him. He turned to us, gave a big smile and waved before driving off. It was the greatest thing ever, fuck Chamillionaire.
Other weird little rumors I heard growing up out there:
Scottie Pippen's nickname to restaurant servers was "No tippin' Pippin." Dude didn't care how rich he was, he was known to tip like shit.
Michael Jordan's nickname supposedly to teammates or friends or something was "C'mere" because as a known philanderer, all he had to do was look at the hottest girl wherever they went and say "C'mere" (come here) and that was the end of the night.