Matt Spiegel

Absolutely.

Everybody, we all have our own relationship with Stacey King, just as broadcasters, inevitably being around each other at different times.

And I've known Stacey King for a long time, but we didn't really know each other.

Like he may have known who I was just from being around here as long as I have been.

But of course, I always knew who Stacey King was starting when he was drafted.

By the way, I could not,

When Stacey King was drafted in 1989 by the Chicago Bulls, they get him sixth, and he dropped.

Apparently, he should have gone looking back and remembering.

At the time, he was thought of even more highly, and a lot of people thought he was going to be drafted in the first three picks, but the Bulls got him.

In 1989, when the Bulls were on the cusp, they had a made team right there.

That is obviously right before they started their real winning, so it felt really good.

Now, he was never as good at the NBA level as he should have been relative to college, but it was absolutely thrilling that he was here today.

through 1994, then Minnesota, Miami, Boston, and Dallas, and then eventually coaches in the CBA for a few years, and then is in the booth with Johnny Red Curve for some time, and then eventually he becomes the guy.

But my...

This is pretty perfect, I think.

If you know my identity and a lot of my brand, Stacey King and I actually became closer through Bears.

And that is because Mark Chonowski, who's going to join us here at the top of the hour, he and Stacey would have me on the Gimme the Hot Sauce podcast to be their Bears correspondent kind of intermittently over a couple of seasons.

So what a blast it was for me, who, again...

impressionable time for me.

I'm in high school and college when Stacey King is here and the 90s Bulls are rocking.