Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls were founded in 1966. It wasn't until they drafted Michael Jordan in 1984 that they were put on the map, though. Other than the Jordan years, the Bulls generally struggled as a franchise.

Eventually, though, the Bulls became the reason a lot of people in the world came to know about the NBA or even basketball. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, along with some major role players, brought some more excitement and attention to the game and a lot of history. After Jordan's departure, the Bulls have struggled a great deal. It's starting to look much more promising for the future, though...

Current Situation (2010-2011)
Last Updated: May 2011
The Bulls not only finished the 2010-2011 season with the top record in the East, but the best record in the NBA with 62 wins and 20 losses. Their star, Derrick Rose, was also selected as this year's MVP. As I write this, the Bulls lead the Hawks 2-1 in the second round of the playoffs. You can see up-to-date information on the ESPN.com widget provided on the right.

Throughout the season, they've shown some inconsistency, but most importantly some great promise. Even through the first round of the playoffs they have proven to never give up, coming back from large deficits in the fourth quarter multiple times to win Playoff games, led by the NBA MVP, Derrick Rose.

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Even though the Chicago Bulls missed out on Kevin Garnett in the past, and then the LeBron James "lottery" this past summer, they've done well by signing Carlos Boozer as the low post presence they've been missing. Joakim Noah has been improving every year and developing into a great overall player and a monster on the boards. These two coupled with 2008's number one pick, Derrick Rose and the rest of the Bulls' squad like Luol Deng, Taj Gibson, and sharp-shooter Kyle Korver make for a tough matchup for a lot of teams in the NBA now and for years to come.

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Team Logo
Chicago's team logo is a red bull head with an angry face and red tips on its white horns. The Bulls have used this logo since it's birth in 1966. Since the team name is the "Bulls," and one of the team colors is red, having a red bull in the logo is pretty self explanatory.

Bulls NBA Records/Chicago Bulls Trivia

The following are some well known facts about the Chicago Bulls, as well as some hopefully little known facts about the Chicago Bulls.

• The Bull only had a 1.7% chance (2nd lowest in NBA history) to win the 1st Overall Pick in the 2008 NBA Draft Lottery. They won and acquired Derrick Rose with this pick.
• Derrick Rose became the youngest player in NBA history to be named NBA MVP in the 2010-2011 Season, at the age of 22.
• Hakeem Olojuwon and Sam Bowie were picked ahead of Michael Jordan in 1984
• All 6 of the Chicago Bulls' Championships were won when Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were both on the team, and Phil Jackson was the coach.
• The Bulls lost a coin flip in 1979 with the L.A. Lakers to determine the #1 and #2 Draft positions. This led to the Lakers taking Magic Johnson with the #1 pick.
• The Bulls were the first NBA team to dim their lights during home game starting lineup introductions.
• The Bulls are the only team in NBA history to have 3 players make the All-Defensive 1st Team (Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman in '95-'96).
• Former Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan played for the Chicago Bulls as an NBA player.
• This year's 62-win season marked the 6th 60+ win season in the Chicago Bulls' history.
• Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose are the only Bulls players to ever win the honor of NBA MVP.
• In the 2010-2011 season, Derrick Rose became only the 3rd player in the past 30 years of the NBA to record 2,000 points and 600 assists in a single season. Michael Jordan and LeBron James were the only others to accomplish this.

• The Bulls hold the regular season wins record with 72 (in 1995-96)
• The Bulls are the only team in NBA history to win 70 games in the regular season.
• The Chicago Bulls have the best NBA Finals series record, winning 100% of the time in all 6 Championship appearances. (The Spurs have also won 100% in their 4 appearances).
• Chicago holds the record for most consecutive home game wins, with a streak of 44 beginning in the '94-95 season and ending in '95-'96.
• The Bulls hold the record for largest margin of victory in the NBA Finals, defeating the Utah Jazz by 42 points, 96-54.
• They also hold the record for least points allowed in the NBA Finals, 54 against the Utah Jazz.
• The Bulls won 33 road games in 1995-96, an NBA record for most road games won.

• Michael Jordan holds the NBA record for points scored in a playoff game, with 63 against the Boston Celtics in 1986.
• Michael Jordan is the NBA All-Time Points Per Game (PPG) leader, at 30.12 PPG.
• Michael Jordan is also tied with Wilte Chamberlain for most consecutive Scoring Titles, 7.
• Michael Jordan has the most career playoff points, with 5,987.
• He also has the highest career playoff PPG record, 33.4
• Michael Jordan was the 1st player in NBA history to record 200 steals and 100 blocked shots in one season.

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