Jim Durham

Jim Durham: Few Bull fans can forget the longtime announcer’s famous call of Michael Jordan's game-winning jumper over Craig Ehlo in the 1989 playoffs. Durham, 65, who went on to national fame as an ESPN radio announcer, died unexpectedly Nov. 4 at his Texas home in early November. "He was the best at calling a basketball game I ever heard," Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement.

( Randy Belice, NBAE/Getty Images / March 12, 2011 )

Jim Durham: Few Bull fans can forget the longtime announcer’s famous call of Michael Jordan's game-winning jumper over Craig Ehlo in the 1989 playoffs. Durham, 65, who went on to national fame as an ESPN radio announcer, died unexpectedly Nov. 4 at his Texas home in early November. "He was the best at calling a basketball game I ever heard," Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement.

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