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NBA professional basketball team season
The 2017β18 Chicago Bulls season was the 52nd season of the franchise in the
National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time since 2011, All-Star Jimmy Butler was not on the roster as he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the off-season. On February 1, 2018, months after his confrontation with teammate
Bobby Portis ,
Nikola MirotiΔ agreed to a trade where he'd be sent alongside a future second round pick to the
New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for
Γmer AΕΔ±k ,
Tony Allen ,
Jameer Nelson , and a future first round pick. The Bulls had their first losing season since
2008 , and their first 50-loss season since
2004 .
Newly acquired
Zach LaVine played in just 24 games this season due to knee injuries.
Draft picks
Entering draft night, the Bulls possessed picks 16 and 38, with the latter being acquired via a trade with the
Cleveland Cavaliers . Exiting draft night, they left with only one draft pick that wasn't even originally theirs to begin with. First, they traded away All-Star shooting guard
Jimmy Butler and their #16 pick (which became redshirted freshman center
Justin Patton from
Creighton University ), to the
Minnesota Timberwolves for
Zach LaVine ,
Kris Dunn , and the Timberwolves' #7 pick in the draft, which became the star
Finnish freshman center/power forward
Lauri Markkanen from the
University of Arizona . As for their own second-round selection on the day of the draft, one that the Bulls got from Cleveland, they traded away that pick (which was junior power forward
Jordan Bell from the
University of Oregon ) to the defending champion
Golden State Warriors in exchange for $3.5 million.
Roster
2017β18 Chicago Bulls roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
G
15
Arcidiacono, Ryan (TW)
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1994-03-26
Villanova
C
3
AΕΔ±k, Γmer
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
255 lb (116 kg)
1986-07-04
Turkey
G
9
Blakeney, Antonio (TW)
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
197 lb (89 kg)
1996-10-04
LSU
G
32
Dunn, Kris
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1994-03-18
Providence
C
6
FelΓcio, Cristiano
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
280 lb (127 kg)
1992-07-07
CCSE Prep (CA)
G
2
Grant, Jerian
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
198 lb (90 kg)
1992-10-09
Notre Dame
G/F
7
Holiday, Justin
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1989-04-05
Washington
G
0
Kilpatrick, Sean
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1990-01-06
Cincinnati
G
8
LaVine, Zach
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1995-03-10
UCLA
C
42
Lopez, Robin
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
277 lb (126 kg)
1988-04-01
Stanford
F
24
Markkanen, Lauri
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1997-05-22
Arizona
G
11
Nwaba, David
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
219 lb (99 kg)
1993-01-14
Cal Poly
G
22
Payne, Cameron
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1994-08-08
Murray State
F
5
Portis, Bobby
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
248 lb (112 kg)
1995-02-10
Arkansas
G/F
45
Valentine, Denzel
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
214 lb (97 kg)
1993-11-16
Michigan State
F
30
Vonleh, Noah
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
245 lb (111 kg)
1995-08-24
Indiana
F
16
Zipser, Paul
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
226 lb (103 kg)
1994-02-18
Germany
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended(GL) On
assignment to G League affiliate(TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured
Roster Last transaction: March 26, 2018
Standings
Division
Conference
Game log
Preseason
2017 pre-season game log Total: 3β3 (Home: 1β2; Road: 2β1)
Pre-season: 3β3 (home: 1β2; road: 2β1)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
1
October 3
@
New Orleans
W 113β109
Cristiano Felicio (15)
Mirotic ,
Portis (9)
Jerian Grant (9)
Smoothie King Center 16,962
1β0
2
October 4
@
Dallas
L 71β118
Lopez ,
Zipser (12)
Justin Holiday (6)
Kris Dunn (6)
American Airlines Center 17,091
1β1
3
October 6
Milwaukee
W 114β101
Justin Holiday (21)
Bobby Portis (10)
Arcidiacono ,
Grant ,
Portis ,
Valentine (4)
United Center 17,187
2β1
4
October 8
New Orleans
L 95β108
Denzel Valentine (15)
Bobby Portis (10)
Ryan Arcidiacono (6)
United Center 17,523
2β2
5
October 10
@
Cleveland
W 108β94
Justin Holiday (28)
Justin Holiday (11)
Jerian Grant (5)
Quicken Loans Arena 19,042
3β2
6
October 13
Toronto
L 104β125
Justin Holiday (17)
Jerian Grant (9)
Jerian Grant (8)
United Center 19,677
3β3
2017β18 season schedule
Regular season
2017β18 game log Total: 27β55 (Home: 17β24; Road: 10β31)
October: 1β4 (home: 1β2; road: 0β2)
November
: 2β13 (home: 1β4; road: 1β9)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
6
November 1
@
Miami
L 91β97
Lauri Markkanen (25)
David Nwaba (11)
Jerian Grant (8)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
1β5
7
November 3
@
Orlando
W 105β83
Justin Holiday (19)
Robin Lopez (10)
Jerian Grant (6)
Amway Center 19,171
2β5
8
November 4
New Orleans
L 90β96 (OT)
Justin Holiday (18)
Robin Lopez (9)
Jerian Grant (9)
United Center 21,254
2β6
9
November 7
@
Toronto
L 114β119
Bobby Portis (21)
Bobby Portis (13)
Jerian Grant (5)
Air Canada Centre 19,800
2β7
10
November 10
Indiana
L 87β105
Bobby Portis (20)
Bobby Portis (11)
Kris Dunn (5)
United Center 22,416
2β8
11
November 11
@
San Antonio
L 94β133
Lopez ,
Portis (17)
Bobby Portis (6)
Jerian Grant (8)
AT&T Center 18,418
2β9
12
November 15
@
Oklahoma City
L 79β92
Blakeney ,
Markkanen (16)
Bobby Portis (9)
Dunn ,
Grant (3)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
2β10
13
November 17
Charlotte
W 123β120
Justin Holiday (27)
Lauri Markkanen (7)
Kris Dunn (7)
United Center 20,493
3β10
14
November 19
@
Phoenix
L 105β113
Lauri Markkanen (26)
Lauri Markkanen (13)
Kris Dunn (6)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 16,264
3β11
15
November 21
@
LA Lakers
L 94β103
Denzel Valentine (17)
Lauri Markkanen (14)
Kris Dunn (6)
Staples Center 18,997
3β12
16
November 22
@
Utah
L 80β110
Robin Lopez (15)
Kris Dunn (9)
Grant ,
Valentine (4)
Vivint Smart Home Arena 17,434
3β13
17
November 24
@
Golden State
L 94β143
Jerian Grant (21)
Bobby Portis (8)
Kris Dunn (4)
Oracle Arena 19,596
3β14
18
November 26
Miami
L 93β100
Jerian Grant (24)
Denzel Valentine (13)
Denzel Valentine (7)
United Center 20,928
3β15
19
November 28
Phoenix
L 99β104
Justin Holiday (25)
Robin Lopez (7)
Kris Dunn (8)
United Center 18,324
3β16
20
November 30
@
Denver
L 110β111
Lopez ,
Markkanen (20)
Lauri Markkanen (9)
Jerian Grant (7)
Pepsi Center 15,156
3β17
December
: 9β6 (home: 6β2; road: 3β4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
21
December 1
Sacramento
L 106β107
Jerian Grant (17)
David Nwaba (9)
Kris Dunn (8)
United Center 19,268
3β18
22
December 4
Cleveland
L 91β113
Kris Dunn (15)
Bobby Portis (9)
Kris Dunn (5)
United Center 21,323
3β19
23
December 6
@
Indiana
L 96β98
Kris Dunn (18)
Denzel Valentine (8)
Kris Dunn (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 13,013
3β20
24
December 8
@
Charlotte
W 119β111 (OT)
Lauri Markkanen (24)
Lauri Markkanen (12)
Kris Dunn (12)
Spectrum Center 14,077
4β20
25
December 9
NY Knicks
W 104β102
Nikola Mirotic (19)
Lauri Markkanen (8)
Jerian Grant (9)
United Center 20,149
5β20
26
December 11
Boston
W 108β85
Nikola Mirotic (24)
Nikola Mirotic (8)
Jerian Grant (9)
United Center 19,617
6β20
27
December 13
Utah
W 103β100
Nikola Mirotic (29)
Nikola Mirotic (9)
Kris Dunn (8)
United Center 18,102
7β20
28
December 15
@
Milwaukee
W 115β109
Bobby Portis (27)
Bobby Portis (12)
Dunn ,
Holiday (7)
Bradley Center 16,921
8β20
29
December 18
Philadelphia
W 117β115
Dunn ,
Mirotic (22)
Nikola Mirotic (13)
Kris Dunn (6)
United Center 20,796
9β20
30
December 20
Orlando
W 112β94
Denzel Valentine (15)
Denzel Valentine (10)
Kris Dunn (7)
United Center 20,285
10β20
31
December 21
@
Cleveland
L 112β115
Lauri Markkanen (25)
Justin Holiday (7)
Kris Dunn (14)
Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
10β21
32
December 23
@
Boston
L 92β117
Bobby Portis (17)
Nikola Mirotic (9)
Kris Dunn (7)
TD Garden 18,624
10β22
33
December 26
@
Milwaukee
W 115β106
Nikola Mirotic (24)
David Nwaba (9)
Kris Dunn (12)
Bradley Center 18,717
11β22
34
December 27
NY Knicks
W 92β87
Kris Dunn (17)
Denzel Valentine (9)
Jerian Grant (6)
United Center 21,883
12β22
35
December 29
Indiana
W 119β107
Lauri Markkanen (32)
Portis ,
Grant ,
Markkanen (7)
Jerian Grant (12)
United Center 21,178
13β22
36
December 31
@
Washington
L 110β114
Nikola Mirotic (21)
Lauri Markkanen (9)
Kris Dunn (11)
Capital One Arena 20,356
13β23
January
: 5β9 (home: 2β5; road: 3β4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
37
January 1
Portland
L 120β124 (OT)
Kris Dunn (22)
Nikola Mirotic (10)
Denzel Valentine (6)
United Center 20,860
13β24
38
January 3
Toronto
L 115β124
Justin Holiday (26)
Lauri Markkanen (12)
Kris Dunn (8)
United Center 20,056
13β25
39
January 5
@
Dallas
W 127β124
Kris Dunn (32)
Nikola Mirotic (10)
Kris Dunn (9)
American Airlines Center 20,073
14β25
40
January 6
@
Indiana
L 86β125
Bobby Portis (15)
Markkanen ,
Valentine (5)
Kris Dunn (8)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,923
14β26
41
January 8
Houston
L 107β116
Bobby Portis (22)
Markkanen ,
Valentine (8)
Kris Dunn (8)
United Center 17,462
14β27
42
January 10
@
NY Knicks
W 122β119 (2OT)
Lauri Markkanen (33)
Lauri Markkanen (10)
Kris Dunn (8)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
15β27
43
January 13
Detroit
W 107β105
Lauri Markkanen (19)
Kris Dunn (8)
Kris Dunn (8)
United Center 21,613
16β27
44
January 15
Miami
W 119β111
Justin Holiday (25)
Lauri Markkanen (9)
Kris Dunn (10)
United Center 20,546
17β27
45
January 17
Golden State
L 112β119
Nikola Mirotic (24)
Lauri Markkanen (8)
Denzel Valentine (7)
United Center 21,372
17β28
46
January 20
@
Atlanta
W 113β97
Robin Lopez (20)
Zach LaVine (9)
Jerian Grant (6)
Philips Arena 15,597
18β28
47
January 22
@
New Orleans
L 128β132 (2OT)
Grant ,
Lopez (22)
Lauri Markkanen (17)
Jerian Grant (13)
Smoothie King Center 17,101
18β29
48
January 24
@
Philadelphia
L 101β115
Bobby Portis (22)
Bobby Portis (11)
David Nwaba (4)
Wells Fargo Center 20,547
18β30
49
January 26
LA Lakers
L 103β108
Nikola Mirotic (18)
Markkanen ,
Valentine (11)
Jerian Grant (8)
United Center 21,827
18β31
50
January 28
Milwaukee
L 96β110
Denzel Valentine (18)
Lauri Markkanen (10)
Grant ,
LaVine (4)
United Center 21,630
18β32
51
January 31
@
Portland
L 108β124
Zach LaVine (23)
Bobby Portis (10)
Grant ,
Felicio (3)
Moda Center 19,000
18β33
February
: 2β8 (home: 2β3; road: 0β5)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
52
February 3
@
LA Clippers
L 103β113
Zach LaVine (21)
Bobby Portis (13)
Grant ,
LaVine (4)
Staples Center 19,068
18β34
53
February 5
@
Sacramento
L 98β104
Zach LaVine (27)
Bobby Portis (14)
Jerian Grant (5)
Golden 1 Center 17,583
18β35
54
February 9
Minnesota
W 114β113
Zach LaVine (35)
Jerian Grant (8)
Jerian Grant (11)
United Center 21,558
19β35
55
February 10
Washington
L 90β101
Justin Holiday (15)
Markkanen ,
Valentine (10)
Jerian Grant (8)
United Center 21,112
19β36
56
February 12
Orlando
W 105β101
Lauri Markkanen (21)
Lauri Markkanen (8)
Jerian Grant (7)
United Center 18,611
20β36
57
February 14
Toronto
L 98β122
Bobby Portis (18)
Markkanen ,
Nwaba (6)
Jerian Grant (7)
United Center 21,006
20β37
58
February 22
Philadelphia
L 115β116
Bobby Portis (38)
David Nwaba (9)
Cameron Payne (7)
United Center 21,312
20β38
59
February 24
@
Minnesota
L 104β122
Zach LaVine (21)
David Nwaba (9)
Zach LaVine (7)
Target Center 18,978
20β39
60
February 26
@
Brooklyn
L 87β104
Kris Dunn (23)
Denzel Valentine (13)
Kris Dunn (4)
Barclays Center 15,081
20β40
61
February 27
@
Charlotte
L 103β118
Zach LaVine (21)
Bobby Portis (10)
Cameron Payne (6)
Spectrum Center 14,521
20β41
March
: 5β10 (home: 2β5; road: 3β5)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
62
March 2
Dallas
W 108β100
Bobby Portis (22)
Lauri Markkanen (12)
Kris Dunn (7)
United Center 21,017
21β41
63
March 5
Boston
L 89β105
Denzel Valentine (20)
Noah Vonleh (9)
Kris Dunn (4)
United Center 21,286
21β42
64
March 7
Memphis
W 119β110
Lauri Markkanen (22)
Bobby Portis (10)
Kris Dunn (9)
United Center 20,210
22β42
65
March 9
@
Detroit
L 83β99
Cameron Payne (17)
Lauri Markkanen (8)
Bobby Portis (5)
Little Caesars Arena 17,406
22β43
66
March 11
@
Atlanta
W 129β122
LaVine ,
Portis (21)
Bobby Portis (10)
Denzel Valentine (7)
Philips Arena 15,266
23β43
67
March 13
LA Clippers
L 106β112
Bobby Portis (19)
Bobby Portis (9)
Kris Dunn (6)
United Center 20,912
23β44
68
March 15
@
Memphis
W 111β110
Zach LaVine (20)
Noah Vonleh (10)
Cameron Payne (5)
FedExForum 16,511
24β44
69
March 17
Cleveland
L 109β114
Denzel Valentine (34)
Cristiano Felicio (10)
Cameron Payne (10)
United Center 22,983
24β45
70
March 19
@
NY Knicks
L 92β110
Cristiano Felicio (17)
Noah Vonleh (12)
Cameron Payne (6)
Madison Square Garden 18,835
24β46
71
March 21
Denver
L 102β135
Cristiano Felicio (16)
Bobby Portis (8)
Jerian Grant (7)
United Center 20,671
24β47
72
March 23
Milwaukee
L 105β118
Denzel Valentine (20)
Cristiano Felicio (11)
Cameron Payne (6)
United Center 21,698
24β48
73
March 24
@
Detroit
L 95β117
Denzel Valentine (18)
Cristiano Felicio (9)
Jerian Grant (10)
Little Caesars Arena 19,139
24β49
74
March 27
@
Houston
L 86β118
Lauri Markkanen (22)
Noah Vonleh (13)
Grant ,
Payne ,
Valentine ,
Vonleh (3)
Toyota Center 18,055
24β50
75
March 29
@
Miami
L 92β103
David Nwaba (15)
Noah Vonleh (13)
Cameron Payne (5)
American Airlines Arena 19,746
24β51
76
March 30
@
Orlando
W 90β82
Kilpatrick ,
Markkanen (13)
Cristiano Felicio (16)
Cameron Payne (6)
Amway Center 18,918
25β51
April
: 2β4 (home: 2β2; road: 0β2)
2017β18 season schedule
Injuries/Personal games missed
Player
Duration
Reason for Missed Time
Games Missed
Start
End
Zach LaVine
February 4, 2017
January 13, 2018
Tore his
ACL while playing with
Minnesota .
??
Cameron Payne
September 6, 2017
Unknown (Three-to-four months)
Had surgery on his right foot.
??
Nikola MirotiΔ
October 17, 2017
December 8, 2017
Hospitalized for engaging in a fight with
Bobby Portis .
23
Bobby Portis
October 17, 2017
November 7, 2017
Suspended for punching teammate
Nikola MirotiΔ in his face.
8
Transactions
Trades
Free agency
Re-signed
Additions
Subtractions
References
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"BULLS ACQUIRE DUNN, LAVINE AND MARKKANEN FROM MINNEOSTA" . NBA.com . June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
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"Chicago Bulls trade Nikola Mirotic to New Orleans Pelicans" . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 1, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
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"Bulls re-sign Cristiano Felicio" . NBA.com/bulls . July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
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"Bulls re-sign Nikola Mirotic" . NBA.com/bulls . September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
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"Bulls sign Justin Holiday" . NBA.com/bulls . July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017 .
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"Bulls sign Blakeney to Two-way contract" . NBA.com/bulls . July 14, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017 .
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"Bulls sign Arcidiacono to Two-way contract" . NBA.com/bulls . August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2017 .
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"Bulls sign Diamond Stone" . NBA.com/bulls . September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017 .
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"Bulls waive Jarell Eddie and Diamond Stone, claim Kay Felder" . NBA.com/bulls . October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
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"Chicago Bulls release Rajon Rondo, Isaiah Canaan" . NBA.com . Retrieved June 30, 2017 .
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"Charlotte Hornets Sign Guard Michael Carter-Williams" . NBA.com/hornets . July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017 .
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"BULLS REQUEST WAIVERS ON DWYANE WADE" . NBA.com/bulls . Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
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