{"id":854751,"date":"2026-06-09T09:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/854751\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:21:20","slug":"michael-jordan-deeply-saddened-by-stacey-kings-death-at-age-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/854751\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan &#8216;deeply saddened&#8217; by Stacey King&#8217;s death at age 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBA legend Michael Jordan was hit hard by the death of former teammate Stacey King, who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/08\/sports\/new-details-emerge-in-bulls-champion-stacey-kings-unexpected-death\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died at 59<\/a> after a serious fall at his home on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m deeply saddened to learn of Stacey\u2019s passing. We shared some special years together as teammates, and he was part of a group that helped define an era of Chicago Bulls basketball,\u201d Jordan said in a statement. \u201cMy thoughts are with Stacey\u2019s family, friends, and everyone whose lives he touched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, 63, and King spent four seasons and change together after King was drafted by the Bulls No. 6 overall in the 1989 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Stacey King (left) and Michael Jordan during a 1991 Bulls game. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Jordan had already risen to stardom in the NBA, but had yet to win his first championship. <\/p>\n<p>King, who played mainly as a reserve with the Bulls, helped Jordan three-peat as champion between 1991-\u201993.<\/p>\n<p>The forward\u2019s best year in Chicago was his rookie season, when he averaged 8.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for everything Stacey gave to the Chicago Bulls and to the city he proudly called home,\u201d the Bulls said after King\u2019s death. \u201cHis legacy will live on through the countless lives he touched, the memories he helped create, and the enduring place he holds in Bulls history.<\/p>\n<p>Basketball legend and six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan was spotted enjoying a luxury Mediterranean getaway alongside his wife. BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>After 31 games with the Bulls during the 1993-94 season, King was traded to the Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>He spent the next five years bouncing between the Heat, Celtics, and Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p>After retiring from the NBA, King became an Emmy-winning color commentator for NBC Sports Chicago and the Chicago Sports Network. <\/p>\n<p>Chicago Bulls television announcer Stacey King attends the first half of an NBA basketball game. AP Photo\/David Zalubowski<\/p>\n<p>He also had his own podcast called \u201cGimme The Hotsauces,\u201d named after one of his iconic calls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStacey King was a cherished member of the Bulls family and one of the truly unique personalities in our organization\u2019s history,\u201d Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf said. \u201cHis connection to Chicago, the Bulls and our fans spanned more than three decades \u2014 first as a player and later as the unmistakable voice that helped bring Bulls basketball into the homes of generations of fans\u2026 We will miss him deeply and remember the joy, energy, humor, candor and passion that he brought to our organization, our broadcasts, and our fans every day.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA legend Michael Jordan was hit hard by the death of former teammate Stacey King, who died at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":854752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[1899,3127,4255,1260,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-854751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-michael-jordan","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116719419017820936","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}