Mark Shanowski

You know, Derrick with his fantastic playing career and Stacey with his unbelievable calls.

And I think that the excitement that Stacey showed from night to night really –

helped elevate Derek in his career.

Obviously, Derek's talent was sensational, but Stacey almost took him to a new level with his calls that were played nationally on ESPN and all over the country.

And Stacey took a lot of pride in that.

He talked often on the podcast that that Dragic call really elevated his career to another level because he got so much national love after that that people were always keeping an eye out on what the Bulls were doing and what kind of calls Stacey and Neil were going to be giving.

Yeah, it was interesting.

The games that I filled in for Adam doing the play-by-play, Stacey would show up uncomfortably late at times.

He would make me incredibly nervous because we'd re-tape the opens, and I'm like, where's Stacey?

And all of a sudden he would walk in the entrance on the far side of the court,

And it was like a presidential figure walking in and people calling out his name and wanting just to touch his hand and stuff.

He was a huge presence.

And he would always, on social media, tell people, if you're going to the game, come on down.

If you can get through security, and I'll stay by after the game.

And he would stay there for a half hour or more, signing autographs and taking pictures.

And he took great pride in that connection with Bulls fans.

He never thought he was above anyone.

He had a real good humility about himself, and he really worshipped that connection he had with Bulls fans, and he wanted to make sure that they knew how much he appreciated them.

Well, Stacey was incredibly intelligent, and his ability to turn a phrase always amazed me.

You guys know from doing long-form radio, sometimes if you're talking repeatedly, you tend to use the same words or repeat yourself after another hour.