Jim Deshaies

We're probably the first human interaction he's had today.

Don't want to end up like Stacey King missing flights.

We got that coming up for you a little later.

Yeah, I'm going to take it one step further.

That is a big list to be on when you talk about the best in Chicago to ever do it.

But he was one of the best in basketball to do it.

As far as just being a color commentator in the NBA, you look around from market to market.

He was always recognized as one of the best.

It's the personality that I believe separated him from a lot of other people who do the same thing he does.

His personality.

Real excellence in his craft came from that blend, that perfect sweet spot of, yes, I'm going to tell you what happened, what needs to happen, but I'm also going to make you laugh along the way and feel good about watching this game.

And that's whether the game was necessarily going your team's way or not.

The levity of it all.

is something that he brought to everything.

Even when things were bad, right?

Sometimes you need a little levity.

He was great at executing the levity.

And I just love the fact that we all have similar thoughts.

And I think that's one of the things, right?

Sports brings us together, right?