In this week’s Sports Illustrated, Lee Jenkins details Erik Spoelstra’s basketball journey. One of the nuggets from this piece is how Spoelstra was playing ball overseas in Germany when he applied for the video coordinator position for the Miami Heat on a dare from his teammates. Except for one thing…

When a club official called with a date for an interview, Spoelstra was inclined to pass because he had tickets to a Grateful Dead concert. Even after landing the gig, he was ready to turn it down until his sister called and asked if he’d lost his mind.

Erik. Come on bruh. Almost turning down an NBA job interview because you want to see the Grateful Dead? Personally speaking, I’m a big Outkast fan. Not sure if I would even think about missing out a dream job interview just because I had Outkast tickets though. Luckily for him, his sister had the right idea.

Anyway, you can read the rest of it over at SI.com