Will Perdue remembers his friend & teammate Stacey King (Hour 2)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by former Bulls center Will Perdue to reflect on the life and legacy of former teammate, beloved broadcaster and franchise icon Stacey King, who passed away over the weekend at 59. Perdue shared a series of entertaining stories about the gregarious King, including one that featured a back-and-forth with the legendary Michael Jordan on a team flight. Later, Spiegel and Holmes took calls from Score listeners who shared their favorite memories of King.

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0:00.0	Broadcasting live from the Hyundai Studios, presented you in part by your local Hyundai dealers.
0:05.2	This is Chicago's number one most listened to Sports Station.
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0:23.6	The score!
0:24.6	Spiegel and home show flashback, flashback, flashback, flashback.
0:30.6	Johnny Kerr back in a Chicago stadium, my guest, the number one draft choice of the Chicago Bulls out of Oklahoma.
0:35.6	It's really easy for to have two or three guys
0:37.7	come off the bench with me. Will Purdue is also considered a rookie with us. And, you know, when we go in the game, we just want to go in and give the bench a lift and keep the game pretty close. So when the start is to get done with that rest, they can come back and win the game for us. It is a beautiful 86-degree day in the windy city of Chicago and indoors.
0:57.0	It is heating up.
1:02.0	Although the Portland Pravelasers have other thoughts on the matter of Chicago fans looking to tonight as a coronation of the champion balls.
1:10.0	On to the fourth quarter in Chicago.
1:12.9	And the Portland Brownleysers with their best third quarter of this NBA final series
1:17.9	as they come up with 29 points.
1:21.0	They outstore the Bulls 29-20 to lead by 15.
1:26.0	Stacey King has checked in for the first time.
1:30.2	Phil Jackson.
1:31.5	Phil, how about the lineup you went with during a stretch
1:34.6	where you outscored them, 14-2,
1:36.5	with Michael on the bench, Williams and Hanson?
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