Bill Wennington

Privy to go to three banner raisings now, Michael Scotties and now Derrickson.

All touching, but that was the most heartfelt and the most emotional one of all.

And Derrick just made it that way and really a tribute to him for what he did and said at that and the respect that he has for everyone around.

And the Bulls really did a phenomenal job.

It was actually, there were 22,000 plus people at the game

And I believe every one of them stayed.

Every seat was filled, and it was very emotional.

Well, it really is where the city had one of their own.

be that successful and really carry a team for the whole time he was here and was the face of the city.

And it's really great when that happens because a lot of teams have stars and, you know, we had Michael Jordan here for so many years and it was phenomenal.

And I don't want to compare the two or, or,

Or they say, but Michael was, you know, from North Carolina.

And when you can say from Chicago, and that's what Derek was, how he was introduced, that means a lot to the people of Chicago.

They're born and raised here, lived up through the hardships on the South Side, and Derek brought reference to that in his speech.

He overcame all the odds, and he did some really great things for this team, and that's going to be remembered now forever up in the rafters at the United Center for the Bulls now.

It really does mean that much to see, and it's always going to.

You know, it really was that tight, and those guys, you could see the love that they had for each other, that they got choked up, and the way they revered

I was going to say poo.

I guess I could say poo.

Yeah.