Bulls TV analyst Stacey King will think twice the next time he’s about to share a social-media post on the air.
During the Wizards-Bulls broadcast Saturday night on NBC Sports Chicago, King relayed what he thought was a post from ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski reporting that former Bulls guard Derrick Rose was retiring. But that was not the case.
King had fallen for a fake Wojnarowski account on X, formerly Twitter. The mistake was King’s alone, and he apologized to the crew afterward. NBCSCH also addressed the matter.
“It is out on the internet, Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Derrick Rose is retiring after 15 seasons,” King said with 7:12 left in the first quarter.