The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The team was founded on January 16, 1966, and played its first game during the 1966–67 NBA season. The Bulls are known for having one of the NBA’s greatest dynasties, winning six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998 with two three-peats. Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose have both won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award while playing for the Bulls, for a total of six MVP awards.
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The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The team was founded on January 16, 1966, and played its first game during the 1966–67 NBA season. The Bulls are known for having one of the NBA’s greatest dynasties, winning six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998 with two three-peats. All six of their championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and coach Phil Jackson. Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose have both won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award while playing for the Bulls, for a total of six MVP awards. They play their home games at the United Center, an arena on Chicago’s West Side shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. In 1979, the Bulls lost a coin toss for the right to select the first in the NBA draft. They selected David Greenwood with the second pick, who was traded to the San Antonio Spurs. After the draft, they acquired Reggie Greenwood and Orlando Woolridge from the New Orleans Jazz, who were traded to San Antonio for David Goodrich and David Greenwood. In the 1990s, the team won 72 games during the 1995–96 NBA season, setting an NBA record that stood until the Golden State Warriors won 73 games in the 2015–16 season. They are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships while never losing an NBA Finals series in their history. They share rivalries with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat and the New York Knicks. They were the third NBA franchise in the city, after the Chicago Stags and the Chicago PackersZephyrs.
The Bulls’ founder, Dick Klein, was the Bulls’ only owner to ever play professional basketball. In 1969, Klein dropped out of the general manager job and hired Pat Williams, who as the Philadelphia 76ers’ business manager created promotions that helped the team become third in attendance the previous season. He revamped the team roster, acquiring Chet Walker from his old team in exchange for Jim Washington and drafting Norm Van Lier – who was trading to the Cincinnati Royals and only joined the Bulls in 1971 – while also investing in promotion, with actions such as creating mascot Benny the Bull. In their first season, they qualified for the playoffs, theOnly NBA team to do so in their inaugural season. In 1972, theBulls set a franchise win–loss record at 57 wins and 25 losses. In 1975, they made the conference finals in 1975 but lost to the eventual champions, theGolden State Warriors, 4 games to 3. In 1976, they were acquired by the Wirtz Family, longtime owners of the Blackhawks. The new ownership group infamously put little time into improving the team and replaced Chicago Indifferent, a shoestring budget, with Artis Gilmore and the Bulls acquired in the ABA dispersal draft, which included guard Reggie Greenwood, forward Gail Greenwood, and forward Orlando Greenwood. After four 50-win seasons, head coach Dick Motta decided to take on the role of GM as well.
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