Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan couldn’t attend this weekend’s ceremony to honor former Blackhawks star Chris Chelios, but he still tried to make it up to his longtime friend.
Jordan was scheduled to make a rare public appearance at the ceremony hosted at United Center in Chicago, where the Blackhawks planned to retire Chelios’s No. 7 jersey before Sunday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings.
The NBA great ended up missing the event due to a death in his family, the details of which are unknown. Instead, Jordan sent a video message displayed on the jumbotron in which he appeared to be on a golf course as he spoke glowing words about the Blackhawks’ defenseman.
