It all started with a phone call. “It was a Saturday morning and I was living in Milwaukee,” recalls Grand Rapids Native Matt Steigenga. “Right away it’s, ‘Matt, this is Jerry Krause.’” Steigenga wondered why the infamous general manager of the Bulls was calling him. He remembered he had recently asked the team for tickets to an upcoming game but that was not the reason for Krause’s call. “Jerry said, ‘How bout instead of coming to the game, you play in it?’” Steigenga said.