Stacey King

Stacey King

No. 34, 21, 41, 33
Center
Personal information
Date of birth	January 29, 1967 (1967-01-29)
Place of birth	Lawton, Oklahoma
Nationality	American
High school	Lawton
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College	Oklahoma (1985–1989)
NBA Draft	1989 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Pro career	1989–1999
Career history
As player:
1989–1994	Chicago Bulls
1994–1995	Minnesota Timberwolves
1995	Arese Basket (Italy)
1995–1996	Miami Heat
1996–1997	Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA)
1997	Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA)
1997	Boston Celtics
1997	Dallas Mavericks
1997–1998	Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Turkey)
1998	Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA)
1998–1999	Atenas de Córdoba (Argentina)
As coach:
2001–2002	Rockford Lightning (CBA)
2002–2003	Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA)
Career highlights and awards
3× NBA Champion (1991–1993) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1990) Sporting News College Player of the Year (1989) Big Eight Conference Player of the Year (1989) Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1989)
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,819 (6.4 ppg)
Rebounds	1,460 (3.3 rpg)
Blocks	210 (0.5 bpg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Ronald Stacey King (born January 29, 1967 in Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.) is a former NBA center who won three consecutive championships with the Chicago Bulls from 1991 to 1993.

After a stand-out career at the University of Oklahoma, King was selected by the Bulls in the 1989 NBA Draft with the sixth pick. He was one of three first round picks by the Bulls in that draft (the other two were B.J. Armstrong and Jeff Sanders). He played four and a half seasons in Chicago before being traded during the 1993-94 campaign to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for 7'2" Australian-born center Luc Longley. He was last active during the 1996-97 season while playing a handful of games for both the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics.

King was named the head coach of the CBA's Rockford Lightning in 2001. The team reached the CBA championship game in 2002 with King as coach.

King is currently working as a color commentator for Chicago Bulls television broadcasts on Comcast SportsNet Chicago and WGN-TV.

King's popularity as an announcer has grown in the past couple of years, thanks to his great enthusiasm as well as his signature catch-phrases and nicknames, almost all of which he has made up on-the-spot. They include:

• "Too big, too strong, too fast, too good" (in reference to Derrick Rose's play)
• "Give me the hot sauce Kyle!" (when Kyle Korver hits a three-pointer)
• "Asik and Destroy", "The Turkish Hammer", and "The SuperBull from Istanbul" (for Ömer Aşık)
• "He's giving out tickets to the Booze Cruise" (when Carlos Boozer hits a mid-range jumper)
• "He just blew by him like he had an I-Pass"
• "He took the elevator all the way to the top floor" (in reference to dunks)
• "I wanna go higher!"
• "Who is that masked man?" (Rip Hamilton)
• "Big Sexy" (Kurt Thomas, no longer with the Bulls)
• "Chicago's Finest Brew" (Ronnie Brewer)
• "Here's Johnny!" (John Lucas III)
• "Lieutenant Deng", and "Dangerous Deng" (Luol Deng)
• "The Man, the Myth, the Legend" (Brian Scalabrine; King has also adopted Scalabrine's fan nickname of "The White Mamba")