Once upon a time, Tim Sinclair studied architecture at the University of Illinois, but today, he’s the voice of the Chicago Bulls at the House that Michael Jordan built, and it’s all because he needed to make a few bucks.
“When someone said, ‘Want to do public address for Illinois,' I could have said 'Eehh, that’s not my thing, eehh I don’t know that I’m going to be good at it,'" he says. “Instead, I was like, ‘Sure, sounds like fun, let’s try it’. And I tried it. And I wasn’t very good, but I got better, and it opened-up a career path that I never could have seen.”
Sure, the Central Illinois-native has gigs with a handful of teams, but it’s his gig with the Bulls that’s made him the most recognizable. You can hear his booming voice at a game, or through the TV when you’re watching a game, or even when you’re playing a game. Sinclair is the voice of all games played at the United Center on the video game series NBA2K.