Mark Shanowski

Then Michael came back in and closed the deal, and that was championship number two.

Stacey never really was able to accomplish, reach his ceiling as an NBA player.

He was a fantastic college player, as I mentioned earlier.

And he never really found that starting role where he got a chance to really show his full talent.

And I know that he had some regrets about that in his playing career.

But after he got into broadcasting, we found his true calling because he was recognized nationally as one of the best local TV analysts in the NBA.

And he took great pride in that.

And I know Bulls fans, even when the team wasn't doing well, would tune into the broadcast just to hear Stacey and Neil Funk and then later Adam Amin.

And the broadcasts were always so entertaining.

Well, you played one of them from last season when Josh Giddey hit that half-court shot.

He did the famous Brett Sanford line, Elizabeth, I'm coming to join you.

And he was so geeked up that time, he almost passed out.

I mean, it was incredible that moment when Giddey hit that shot, and he just went into the whole Sanford and Sutton thing.

And, of course, again, for people who are younger, they didn't get the reference, but they came to know it in the next few days, and it became even more celebrated.

One of the other ones that stands out to me was when the Bulls were

when Derrick Rose was coming back from his knee injury and he hit the shot in Milwaukee, you know, let me step back and kiss myself.

He hit the step-back jumper at the buzzer to win that game.

That's great.

And Stacey went again with one of his long calls about Derrick.

You know, Derrick and Stacey will forever be joined.