Along with three Chicago Bulls NBA championships, Stacey King became beloved as the franchise’s TV color commentator, a role he held for nearly 20 years until his tragic passing at age 59 in June.
King’s seat next to Adam Amin in the CHSN booth is tough for one person to fill, so the Bulls will have a rotating cast of analysts for the 2026-2027 season.
The franchise announced Thursday that Amin will be joined on the call this year by Kendall Gill, Robbie Hummel, Will Perdue, Bill Wennington, and Scott Williams.
Front Office Sports’ Ryan Glasspiegel and Michael McCarthy had previously reported on CHSN’s ensemble plan to replace King on the network’s telecasts.
Gill will also appear on the CHSN studio show with host Cam Smith and reporter K.C. Johnson. Wennington will also call games alongside Bulls radio voice Chuck Swirsky on The Score.
While the collection of analysts is likely to be well-received by Bulls fans given their ties to the franchise as players and longtime broadcasters, King will continue to be missed in the years ahead, not just by fans but by those who worked alongside him.
“You don’t know what he’s gonna say next, but that’s part of the fun of it,” Amin said of King on the Awful Announcing Podcast. “And it’s made me better. It made me a better broadcaster. It’s made me more flexible to either A, let me own personality out, or B, try to create and advance the rapport you have with somebody by letting them have the personality out there and know that I’m going to accept it and I’m going to run with it. I love the concept of ‘yes, and…’ when it comes to improv… being a great partner by just saying, ‘yeah, and…’ and adding something to it and letting the bit play out a little. And that’s part of the fun with doing this with somebody like Stacey. It’s different doing the job with Stacey because he’s a unique broadcaster.
“He is a one-of-one. You do want to support that personality. Even if it’s against type. You don’t think of analysts as having a ton of catchphrases or dictating the energy of the call…I’m gonna call things a certain way. Yes, it’s going to sound like we’re overlapping; that’s okay in my estimation. Especially because of the comfort rapport that we have and the trust that I think he has in me to make those calls and know that I am going to give him that runway and give him that space. I don’t want to commit a broadcast sin by denying this person this thing that makes him so unique, and that makes our broadcast unique.”
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Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Managing Editor for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.