He was one punched by Michael Jordan, but that does not make Will Perdue unique among Chicago Bulls — as he told George Ofman on this week’s “Tell Me A Story I Don’t Know” podcast. “That was commonplace — not necessarily guys getting punched, but the volatility, the aggression, pushing matches, shoving matches … that’s what made us so good.” Now a successful analyst on Chicago Bulls pre-and postgame shows and Westwood One college basketball, Purdue discusses his arrival in Chicago as the 11th pick in the NBA Draft, his three titles with the Bulls, and his journey to San Antonio in a trade for Dennis Rodman.
Perdue also discusses the present-day Bulls and the questions surrounding a squad that last season ended a years-long playoff drought. After a vastly improved season, albeit one fraught with injuries that ended in a first round playoff exit, are the Bulls good enough to contend for an NBA title in a strengthening Eastern Conference? See what Perdue thinks of the team’s prospects, and why he does not believe the Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell trade was the biggest move of the offseason.
Time will tell whether the Bulls can keep pace, but Perdue will continue to do so from his seat in the studio.
For more interviews, check out the previous edition of the “Tell Me A Story I Don’t Know” podcast with guest Dan Hampton of Chicago Bears fame. Plus, you can listen to last week’s Sports Media Watch podcast with guest Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News, who discussed the latest in the Pac-12 media rights discussions, or last week’s Announcer Schedules Podcast with guest Mike Couzens of ESPN.
