One of the saddest parts of this year that nobody is talking about? The fact that Neil Funk, the legendary play-by-play announcer joined the Chicago Bulls organization in 1991 and called all of their six championship seasons. His calls remain an integral part of how magical that time was. The 2019-2020 season was to be his last as he’d announced he was retiring. Unfortunately the COVID-19 pandemic has ruined what should’ve been a proper tribute to his legacy.
Still, the business of basketball must go on. The Bulls have conducted a search for a possible replacement. According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, they seem to have found their guy. Young announcer Adam Amin, recently of ESPN, will take over for Funk as the play-by-play man for Bulls basketball starting next season.
Amin is a Chicago-native who recently called Chicago Bears preseason games the past two years. So the move makes plenty of sense.
“The sports media job market is not that strong at the moment, unless you are Adam Amin.
Besides leaving ESPN to broadcast NFL and MLB for Fox Sports, Amin is on the verge of becoming the new TV voice of the Chicago Bulls, according to sources.
Amin, a 33-year-old Chicago native, will replace the retiring longtime voice of the Bulls, Neil Funk.”
