Transition: Stacey King's love of basketball was evident in every Bulls broadcast
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What is Stacey King's impact on basketball broadcasting?
It's funny every time.
That's the category in which we found Stacey King often. Things he said, funny. That was your favorite, right?
It's either that or five. Like I said, two very different ones. That'll get you five to ten in the streets because that's just, hey, hard foul. You see it. You know it. But anything referencing something where you know people who weren't alive to see it are going to go figure out what it is and then they can be in on the bit. I like that. Educational, if you will.
How did Stacey King adapt to a reduced role with the Bulls?
And it's a simple game.
It's a simple game. It's a simple game. That's just so much frustration because so many times it was not made simple. So when it finally happened, what he wanted to see out of the Bulls' offense...
It's a simple game. That is the truth. Thank you so much to our guests today on Rahimi Harrison, Grody, Mark Shanowski, and Jim Deshaies. Join the show. Our producers are Ray Diaz and Tyler Pewterbaugh. Our video producers working hard are Connor O'Donnell, Jacob Stutz, Max Curtis, and Cody Westerlin. I just saw him walking around in the hallway as well. Transition is brought to you by Torque Coatings, high-performance coatings for your home or business. TorqueCoatings.com. It is my pleasure and my honor, as always, to welcome in Spiegel and Holmes, Lawrence Holmes, and the typing away, as always, Matt Spiegel. Hello, gentlemen.
I was looking up stuff on Stacey as a player, especially at Oklahoma, because it strikes me as you guys are talking about it. It's a simple game is also a reference to how he probably felt at Oklahoma. Like, I'm the big man. I got you right here. And he did. He dominated as the player of the year as a senior after, I think, was Wayman Tisdale win it the year before? Oh, wow. That's good. That's a good name. Another guy in conference. But yeah, Stacey was the big guy. He's like, come on, man.
What role did Stacey King play in the Bulls' championship teams?
I got it. And he did.
And then he comes to the Bulls and he has to take a much more reduced role and learn to live in that space of taking a reduced role.
Yeah, it's true. And ultimately, you end up looking at it as, boy, that's not a great draft pick. He went six overall, but played an important role on great teams. And while he was doing that, he was starting to make his mark in media in this town. I had forgotten he did the Sunday Night NBC show as a player during that first tournament run, or the first three-peat run. So sometimes on game day, Stacey King would be there on NBC Sunday nights with either Mark Jean Greco or Tom Scher doing media and working his way in.
I mean, back in those days, you couldn't get enough of the Bulls. Like, you were trying to— Anybody. And you weren't getting Michael, you know. You probably weren't getting Scotty. Occasionally, Horace would do some stuff. So you're like, oh, all right, let's see Stacy King, BJ Armstrong, like getting packs. Yeah. Getting those guys out there and doing stuff. And then you start to build a career. And on top of that, one of the things I really appreciate about Stacy as a color analyst is his time coaching.
How did Stacey King's media career evolve after his playing days?
Like it really did benefit him as a broadcaster, him having that experience of understanding what players, as the game modernizes, as you phase out of your playing career and the game starts to change, like what that's like for young players and understanding how they roll.
That just sucked yesterday so much. Very much so. It still does. But it's like 59 years old is, I mean, we were denied another decade of Stacy doing games.
That's probably right.
And it was the gut punch nature of it because it came out of nowhere. Yeah. And yeah.
Right, and I've said it several times now. He's one of those people who you don't consider the possibility that that person would cease to exist. You know what I mean? There's some people that are so full of life and so everyday and so live and so right now, so in your face in the best way possible. Mm-hmm. You don't think about somebody like that even becoming weak or vulnerable, let alone passing away. And that's the way I feel about somebody like Stacey King. And I hate it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Stacey King's impact on basketball broadcasting?
0:01–0:35
2
How did Stacey King adapt to a reduced role with the Bulls?
0:35–1:56
3
What role did Stacey King play in the Bulls' championship teams?
1:56–3:19
4
How did Stacey King's media career evolve after his playing days?
3:19–6:33
5
What makes Stacey King's commentary unique and engaging?
6:33–10:35
6
How did Stacey King balance honesty and positivity in broadcasts?
10:35–13:18
7
What legacy did Stacey King leave as a Bulls ambassador?
13:18–17:40
8
How did Stacey King's personality resonate with fans during games?
17:40–20:52
Speakers
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