2008–09 Chicago Bulls season

2008–09 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach Vinny Del Negro
General manager John Paxson
Owner(s) Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena United Center
Results
Record 41–41 (.500)
Place Division: 2nd (Central)
Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish First Round
(Lost to Celtics 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television CSN Chicago, WGN America, WGN, WCIU
Radio WMVP

The 2008–09 Chicago Bulls season is the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

In the playoffs, the Bulls lost to the defending NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, in seven games in the First Round.

Key dates

Offseason

The Bulls re-signed Luol Deng to a 6-year $71 million contract on July 30, 2008. Ben Gordon signed a 1-year contract on October 2, 2008.

NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team
1 1 Derrick Rose G  United States Memphis
2 39 Sonny Weems G  United States Arkansas

Roster

Chicago Bulls roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 9 United Kingdom Deng, Luol 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Duke
G 7 United Kingdom Gordon, Ben 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Connecticut
C 34 United States Gray, Aaron 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Pittsburgh
G 12 United States Hinrich, Kirk 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kansas
G 11 United States Hunter, Lindsey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jackson State
C 31 United States James, Jerome 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Florida A&M
F 54 United States Johnson, Linton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Tulane
F/C 52 United States Miller, Brad 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Purdue
G 21 United States Nelson, DeMarcus 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Duke
C 13 France Noah, Joakim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Florida
G 5 United States Roberson, Anthony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Florida
G 1 United States Rose, Derrick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Memphis
G/F 15 United States Salmons, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Miami (FL)
F 2 United States Thomas, Tim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Villanova
F/C 24 United States Thomas, Tyrus 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) LSU
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Roster notes

  • Luol Deng also holds Sudanese citizenship, but he plays for the British national team.
  • Ben Gordon also holds American citizenship, but he plays for the British national team.
  • Joakim Noah also holds American and Swedish citizenship, but he plays for the French national team.

Regular season

The 2008–09 team visits President of the United States Barack Obama at the White House on February 26, 2009.

The Bulls were having a meager year floating under .500 and on February 18, 2009 they made their first of several trades sending Andrés Nocioni, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons, Michael Ruffin to the Sacramento Kings for Brad Miller and John Salmons.[1] Then on February 19, 2009, the NBA trade deadline, the Bulls traded Larry Hughes to the New York Knicks for Tim Thomas, Jerome James, and Anthony Roberson.[2] Later that day the Bulls made the third trade in a span of less than 24 hours sending swingman Thabo Sefolosha to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a 2009 first round pick.[3]

The trades brought a late-season push for the Bulls, which finally clinched a playoff berth on April 10, 2009, their fourth in the last five years. Then on April 13, 2009 they clinched the 7th place in the east by beating the Detroit Pistons and remained .5 game ahead of Philadelphia 76ers for the 6th spot with one game remaining. The Bulls though lost their last game to Toronto and the 76ers beat Cleveland, who did not play most of its best players. The Bulls finished 7th even though they tied Philadelphia at 41-41. The Bulls got matched up with a Garnett-less Boston in the first round of the playoffs.

Season standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
z-Cleveland Cavaliers6616.805—39–227–1413–382
x-Chicago Bulls4141.5002528–1313–289–782
x-Detroit Pistons3943.4762721–2018–237–982
Indiana Pacers3646.4393025–1611–307–982
Milwaukee Bucks3448.4153222–1912–294–1282
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Cleveland Cavaliers6616.805—
2 y-Boston Celtics6220.7564
3 y-Orlando Magic5923.7207
4 x-Atlanta Hawks4735.57319
5 x-Miami Heat4339.52423
6 x-Philadelphia 76ers4141.50025
7 x-Chicago Bulls4141.50025
8 x-Detroit Pistons3943.47627
9 Indiana Pacers3646.43930
10 Charlotte Bobcats3547.42731
11 New Jersey Nets3448.41532
12 Milwaukee Bucks3448.41532
13 Toronto Raptors3349.40233
14 New York Knicks3250.39034
15 Washington Wizards1963.23247

Record vs. opponents

2008-09 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK OKC ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Boston 0–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Charlotte 0–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Chicago 0–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Cleveland 0–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Dallas 0–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Denver 0–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Detroit 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00—00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Golden State 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Houston 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Indiana 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
L.A. Clippers 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
L.A. Lakers 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Memphis 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Miami 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Milwaukee 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Minnesota 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—00—00—00—00—0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
New Jersey 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—00—00—0
New Orleans 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
New York 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Oklahoma City 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00—00–00–00–0
Orlando 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Philadelphia 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00—0
Phoenix 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–00–00–00—0
Portland 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–00–00–0
Sacramento 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–00–0
San Antonio 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00—0–0–00–00–0
Toronto 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–0
Utah 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–0
Washington 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—

Game log

2008–09 game log
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
November: 7–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–6)
December: 6–9 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–7)
January: 7–9 (Home: 3–6; Road: 4–3)
February: 6–6 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–5)
March: 9–7 (Home: 7–1; Road: 2–6)
April: 5–1 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–0)
2008–09 season schedule

Playoffs

The Bulls-Celtics series became the first playoff series in NBA history to have 4 games go into overtime.[4]

2009 playoff game log
Eastern Conference First Round vs. Boston (2) : 3–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 18 @ Boston W 105–103 (OT) TD Banknorth Garden
18,624		 1–0
2 April 20 @ Boston L 115–118 TD Banknorth Garden
18,624		 1–1
3 April 23 Boston L 86–107 United Center
23,072		 1–2
4 April 26 Boston W 121–118 (2OT) United Center
23,067		 2–2
5 April 28 @ Boston L 104–106 (OT) TD Banknorth Garden
18,624		 2–3
6 April 30 Boston W 128–127 (3OT) United Center
23,430		 3–3
7 May 2 @ Boston L 99–109 TD Banknorth Garden
18,624		 3–4

Legend:   Win   Loss

2009 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game Source: [5]

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Luol Deng 494634.0.448.400.7966.01.91.220.5114.1
Drew Gooden* 312729.6.457.000.8668.61.40.840.4513.1
Ben Gordon 827636.6.455.410.8643.53.40.870.2720.7
Aaron Gray 561812.8.485.000.5763.90.80.250.323.5
Kirk Hinrich 51426.3.437.408.7912.43.91.290.379.9
Larry Hughes* 30626.4.412.392.8173.12.01.200.3012.0
Lindsey Hunter 2809.5.329.333.6000.41.30.710.042.6
Linton Johnson* 805.3.364.500.0001.00.30.130.001.1
Brad Miller* 27027.6.478.231.8537.43.20.810.4411.8
Demetris Nichols* 202.5.250.000.0000.00.50.000.001.0
Joakim Noah 805524.2.556.000.6767.61.30.611.386.7
Andrés Nocioni* 53224.1.414.378.8064.21.10.490.3010.4
Anthony Roberson* 603.8.294.200.0001.20.20.000.002.0
Derrick Rose 818037.0.475.222.7883.96.30.810.2216.8
John Salmons* 262137.7.473.415.8434.32.00.960.5818.3
Thabo Sefolosha* 431417.1.434.300.8402.91.50.810.444.5
Cedric Simmons* 1105.5.524.000.4291.10.20.090.362.5
Tim Thomas* 18014.1.400.442.7002.30.70.330.005.8
Tyrus Thomas 796127.5.451.333.7836.41.01.151.9110.8

*Statistics with the Chicago Bulls

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Ben Gordon 7743.4.388.370.8752.93.0.43.1424.3
John Salmons 7744.7.402.316.8534.42.31.291.0018.1
Derrick Rose 7744.7.492.000.8006.36.4.57.7119.7
Brad Miller 7026.5.471.714.7927.91.3.29.8610.1
Tyrus Thomas 7727.9.438.000.7866.3.861.002.69.6
Kirk Hinrich 7030.0.468.394.6804.12.91.71.4312.6
Joakim Noah 7738.7.509.000.76013.12.3.862.1410.1
Tim Thomas 207.5.300.250.0001.50.0.00.003.5
Aaron Gray 204.5.000.000.0000.50.0.00.000.0
Lindsey Hunter 604.0.333.333.7500.710.71.29.000.86
Anthony Roberson 104.0.7501.000.0001.00.02.0.008.0
Linton Johnson 303.3.500.0001.0001.30.3.00.001.3
TOTAL 7------.442.388.79345.622.09.146.71111.1

Awards and records

Awards

  • Derrick Rose = Rookie of the Year
  • Derrick Rose won the All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge
  • Derrick Rose was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team

Records

  • 4—Overtime games played in this series
  • 7—Overtime periods played in this series, more than any other NBA team has played in an entire postseason.

Transactions

Draft picks

The Bulls beat the odds and won the NBA Draft Lottery on May 20, 2008. The Bulls vaulted from the ninth spot to win the NBA Draft Lottery in Secaucus, NJ, and obtain the first pick in the June 26 NBA Draft.[6] Chicago had a 1.7 percent chance of winning and were represented by Executive Vice President, Business Operations Steve Schanwald. The Heat had the best odds of securing the top selection and will pick second followed by the Timberwolves and Sonics.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 1 Derrick Rose Point guard American University of Memphis
2 39 Sonny Weems Shooting guard American University of Arkansas

Trades

Date Acquired From For
June 26, 2009 Ömer Aşık Portland Trail Blazers Sonny Weems[7]
February 18, 2009 Brad Miller and John Salmons Sacramento Kings Drew Gooden, Andrés Nocioni, Michael Ruffin and Cedric Simmons[8]
February 19, 2009Jerome James, Anthony Roberson and Tim ThomasNew York KnicksLarry Hughes[2]
February 19, 20092009 First Round Draft PickOklahoma City ThunderThabo Sefolosha[3]

Free agents

References

  1. ↑ "KINGS ACQUIRE FOUR PLAYERS IN THREE-TEAM TRADE". NBA.com. 2009-02-18. Archived from the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  2. 1 2 "Sources: Knicks trade for Bulls' Hughes". Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Report: Bulls trade Sefolosha for draft pick". Archived from the original on 22 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Pierce's OT push leads Celtics to 3-2 series lead over Bulls". April 29, 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  5. ↑ "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
  6. ↑ NBA.com NBA Draft Lottery 2008
  7. ↑ "Nuggets Acquire Draft Rights to Weems". NBA.com. 2009-02-18. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  8. ↑ "KINGS ACQUIRE FOUR PLAYERS IN THREE-TEAM TRADE". NBA.com. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  9. ↑ "Bulls waive JamesOn Curry". NBA.com. July 31, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  11. ↑ Bulls waive forward Demetris Nichols
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