Stacey King, three-time NBA champion and Bulls broadcaster, dead at 59

Stacey King, a three-time NBA champion and a broadcaster for the Chicago Bulls, has died, the squad announced connected Sunday. He was 59.

Bulls executives Jerry and Michael Reinsdorf released statements connected King’s death.

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Stacey King of the Chicago Bulls looks to walk the shot against the Washington Bullets during an NBA crippled astatine the Capital Centre successful Landover, Md., circa 1990. (Focus On Sport/Getty Images)

"Stacey King was a cherished subordinate of the Bulls household and 1 of the genuinely unsocial personalities successful our organization’s history," Bulls president Jerry Reinsdorf said. "His transportation to Chicago, the Bulls and our fans spanned much than 3 decades – archetypal arsenic a subordinate and aboriginal arsenic the unmistakable dependable that helped bring Bulls hoops into the homes of generations of fans.

"We volition miss him profoundly and retrieve the joy, energy, humor, candor and passionateness helium brought to our organization, our broadcasts and our fans each day. Our thoughts are with his household and loved ones."

Michael Reinsdorf, the team’s president and CEO, remembered King arsenic a subordinate who "loved being a Bull."

"You could consciousness it successful everything helium did – the mode helium played, the mode helium called games and the mode helium connected with our fans," helium said. "He had a unsocial acquisition for bringing radical unneurotic and making each crippled consciousness personal. He brought an vigor and emotion for the crippled that came done successful each broadcast, helping fans consciousness connected to our team.

Stacey King of the Chicago Bulls defends Bill Laimbeer of the Detroit Pistons during an NBA crippled astatine the Palace of Auburn Hills successful Auburn Hills, Mich., circa 1990. (Focus On Sport/Getty Images)

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"Whether it was done a broadcast, a speech oregon a photograph with a fan, Stacey made radical consciousness seen and valued. We were fortunate to cognize him not lone arsenic a subordinate and broadcaster, but arsenic a friend. Stacey genuinely cared astir people, and helium made our enactment better. We volition miss him dearly, and his impact, representation and bequest volition stay a portion of the Chicago Bulls forever."

Chicago selected King with the No. 6 wide prime of the 1989 draught retired of Oklahoma.

He played 4 afloat seasons with the Bulls earlier helium joined the Minnesota Timberwolves, Miami Heat, Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks during his career.

King was connected the Bulls during their archetypal three-peat tally from 1990 to 1993. He averaged 6.4 points successful 438 vocation games.

Stacey King of the Chicago Bulls shoots a foul changeable against the Washington Bullets during an NBA crippled astatine the Capital Centre successful Landover, Md., circa 1990. (Focus On Sport/Getty Images)

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After King retired, helium started his broadcasting vocation successful 2006. He was with CSN Chicago and the Chicago Sports Network.