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2008–09 Chicago Bulls season
2008–09 Chicago Bulls season
2008–09 Chicago Bulls season Head coach Arena Results Record Place 41–41
(.500)
Vinny Del Negro United Center
2nd (Central) Conference: 7th
Division: (Eastern)
Playoff finish
First round (eliminated 4–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Chicago Bulls seasons < 2007–08 2009–10 > The 2008-09 Chicago Bulls season is the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The 2008-09 team visits President of the United States Barack Obama at the White House on February 26, 2009. 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 didn’t play most of its best players. The Bulls finished 7th even though they tied Philidelphia at 41-41. The Bulls got matched up with a Garnett-less Boston in the first round of the playoffs.
Key dates
• : The 2008 NBA Draft took place in New York City, New York. • : The free agency period started.
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.
Season standings
Regular season
The Bulls were having a meager year floating under .500 and on February 18, 2009 they made their first of several trades sending Andres 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 then 24 hours sending swingman Thabo Sefolosha to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a 2009 first round pick. [3]
Playoffs
The Bulls-Celtics series became the first playoff series in NBA history to have 4 games go into overtime[4]. 2009 NBA Playoffs Legend: Win Loss
Player statistics
Legend
• : Games played • : Games started
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Central Division z-Cleveland Cavaliers x-Chicago Bulls x-Detroit Pistons Indiana Pacers Milwaukee Bucks # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 • • • • • • • • • : : : : : : : : : Eastern Conference Team Cleveland Cavaliers Boston Celtics Orlando Magic Atlanta Hawks Miami Heat Philadelphia 76ers Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons Indiana Pacers Charlotte Bobcats New Jersey Nets Milwaukee Bucks Toronto Raptors New York Knicks Washington Wizards Minutes per game Field goal percentage 3-point field goal percentage Free throw percentage Rebounds per game Assists per game Steals per game Blocks per game Points per game W 66 62 59 47 43 41 41 39 36 35 34 34 33 32 19 W 66 41 39 36 34 L 16 41 43 46 48 PCT GB .805 — .500 25 .476 27 .439 30 .415 32
2008–09 Chicago Bulls season
Home 39–2 28-13 21-20 25-16 22-19 Road 27–14 13–28 18–23 11–30 12–29 Div 13–3 9–7 7–9 7–9 4–12 GP 82 82 82 82 82
L 16 20 23 35 39 41 41 43 46 47 48 48 49 50 63
PCT .805 .756 .720 .573 .524 .500 .500 .476 .439 .427 .415 .415 .402 .390 .232
GB – 4.0 7.0 19.0 23.0 25.0 25.0 27.0 30.0 31.0 32.0 32.0 33.0 34.0 47.0
GP 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82
Records
7 -- Overtime periods played in this series, more than any other NBA team has played in an ENTIRE postseason.
Roster
2008-09 Chicago Bulls roster Players Pos. # 3.0 SF 4.0 PF 2.0 SG 9 Nat. Name UK Deng, Luol Ht. Wt.
Season Playoffs
Awards and records
Awards
Derrick Rose = Rookie of the Year
81 6 ft 9 220 lb in (100 kg) (2.06 m)
90 USA Gooden, Drew (To SAC) 7 USA Gordon, Ben
82 6 ft 230 lb 10 in (104 kg) (2.08 m) 75 6 ft 3 200 lb in (91 kg) (1.91 m)
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Player Ben Gordon John Salmons Derrick Rose Luol Deng Tyrus Thomas Kirk Hinrich Joakim Noah Tim Thomas Lindsey Hunter Anthony Roberson Linton Johnson TOTAL 5.0 C 1.0 PG 2.0 SG 1.0 PG 5.0 C 3.0 SF 5.0 C GP 82 26 81 49 79 51 80 18 GS 75 20 79 46 0 60 3 54 0 18 0 0 0 --MPG 36.6 37.7 37.0 34.0 27.6 27.5 26.3 24.2 14.1 12.8 9.5 3.8 5.3 --FG% .455 .472 .475 .448 .476 .451 .437 .556 .432 .485 .329 .367 .364 .434 3FG% FT% .410 .417 .222 .400 .411 .333 .408 .000 .413 .000 .333 .321 .500 .299 .864 .830 .788 .796 .824 .783 .791 .676 .736 .576 .600
2008–09 Chicago Bulls season
RPG 3.5 4.2 3.9 6.0 7.8 6.4 2.4 7.6 3.1 3.9 0.4 APG 3.4 3.2 6.3 1.9 3.3 1.0 3.9 1.3 1.1 .8 1.3 0.7 0.2 26.3 SPG .87 1.05 .81 1.22 .74 1.15 1.29 .61 .48 .25 .71 .34 .10 9.14 BPG .27 .30 .22 .51 .51 1.91 .37 1.38 .17 .32 .04 .03 .00 6.04 PPG 20.7 18.3 16.8 14.1 11.9 10.8 9.9 6.7 5.8 3.5 2.6 4.1 0.9 123.8 215 lb (98 kg) 200 lb (91 kg)
Brad Miller 27
Aaron Gray 56 28 6 8 82
1.000 0.8 .000 .636 0.8 50.3
34 USA Gray, Aaron
12 USA Hinrich, Kirk (C)
32 USA Hughes, Larry (To NY) 11 USA Hunter, Lindsey
31 USA James, Jerome
54 USA Johnson, Linton
52 USA Miller, Brad
(Milligan 80 6 ft 8 84 7 ft 0 270 lb 35 USA Nichols, Demet3.0 Pittsburgh College) in (122 kg) SF in ris (Waived) • Bob (2.13 m) (2.03 m) Ociepka 75 6 ft 3 190 lb 21 USA Nelson, DeMarcus 76 6 ft 4 1.0 Kansas (Quincy in (86 kg) PG in College) (1.91 m) (1.93 m) • Pete 77 6 ft 5 185 lb 13 USA Noah, Joakim 5.0 Saint Louis 83 6 ft Myers in (84 kg) C (Arkansas- 11 in (1.96 m) Little Rock) (2.11 m) 74 6 ft 2 195 lb 5 Jackson Nocioni, 3.0 ARG • Mike 79 6 ft 7 in (88 kg) State Andres (To SAC) SF in Wilhelm (1.88 m) (2.01 m) (Southampton College) 85 7 ft 1 285 lb 5 Florida Roberson, Anthony 74 6 ft 2 1.0 USA Legend in (129 kg) A&M PG in • Team captain (2.16 m) (1.88 m) • Unsigned 80 6 ft 8 205 lb 1 Tulane Rose, Derrick 1.0 USA 75 6 ft 3 draft pick in (93 kg) PG in • Free agent (2.03 m) (1.91 m) • Suspended 84 7 ft 0 261 lb 51 USA Ruffin,• 4.0 Purdue Mi- Injured 82 6 ft in (118 kg) PF 10 chael (To SAC) Roster • Trans- in (2.13 m) (2.08 m) actions
232 lb (105 kg)
225 lb (102 kg) 180 lb (82 kg) 181 lb (82 kg)
240 lb (109 kg)
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Player Ben Gordon John Salmons Derrick Rose Tyrus Thomas Kirk Hinrich Joakim Noah Tim Thomas Lindsey Hunter Anthony Roberson Linton Johnson TOTAL Round 1 2 GP 7 7 7 GS 7 7 7 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 --MPG 43.4 44.7 44.7 26.5 27.9 30.0 38.7 7.5 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.3 --FG% .388 .402 .492 .471 .438 .468 .509 .300 .000 .333 .750 .500 .442 3FG% FT% .370 .316 .000 .714 .000 .394 .000 .250 .000 .333 .875 .853 .800 .792 .786 .680 .760 .000 .000 .750
2008–09 Chicago Bulls season
RPG 2.9 4.4 6.3 7.9 6.3 4.1 13.1 1.5 0.5 0.71 1.0 APG 3.0 2.3 6.4 1.3 .86 2.9 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.71 0.0 0.3 22.0 SPG .43 1.29 .57 .29 1.00 1.71 .86 .00 .00 .29 2.0 .00 9.14 BPG .14 1.00 .71 .86 2.6 .43 2.14 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 6.71 PPG 24.3 18.1 19.7 10.1 9.6 12.6 10.1 3.5 0.0 0.86 8.0 1.3 111.1
Brad Miller 7 7 7 7 2
Aaron Gray 2 6 1 3 7 Pick 1 39
1.000 .000 .000 .388
1.000 1.3 .793 45.6
Player Derrick Rose Sonny Weems
Position Point Guard Shooting Guard 78 6 ft 6 207 lb in (94 kg) (1.98 m) Draft
Nationality American American
College University of Memphis University of Arkansas
3.0 SF 2.0 SG 4.0 PF 4.0 PF 4.0 PF
15 USA Salmons, John
Miami Transactions (Fla.)
picks
2
CHE Sefolosha, Thabo (To OKC)
15 USA Simmons, Cedric (To SAC) 2 USA Thomas, Tim
24 USA Thomas, Tyrus
78 6 ft 6 The lb 215 BullsSwitzerland beat the odds and won the NBA in (98 kg) Draft Lottery on May 20, 2008. The Bulls (1.98 m) vaulted from the ninth spot to win the NBA 81 6 ft 9 Draft Lottery in Secaucus, N.J. and obtain the 235 lb North Caroin first pick in the June 26 NBA Draft. [5] Chica(107 kg) lina State (2.06 m) go had a 1.7 percent chance of winning and were represented by Executive Vice Presid82 6 ft 240 lb Villanova ent, Business Operations Steve Schanwald. 10 in (109 kg) (2.08 m) The Heat had the best odds of securing the top selection and will pick second followed by 81 6 ft 9 215 lb Louisiana the Timberwolves and Sonics. in (98 kg) State (2.06 m)
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Date June 26, 2009 Acquired Omer Asik From For
2008–09 Chicago Bulls season
Portland Sonny Weems[6] Trail Blazers Sacramento Kings New York Knicks Drew Gooden, Andres Nocioni, Michael Ruffin and Cedric Simmons[7] Larry Hughes[2]
February Brad Miller and John 18, 2009 Salmons February Jerome James, Anthony 19, 2009 Roberson and Tim Thomas
February 2009 First Round Draft Pick Oklahoma Thabo Sefolosha[8] 19, 2009 City Thunder Player Michael Ruffin Lindsey Hunter Linton Johnson DeMarcus Nelson Player JamesOn Curry [9] Shannon Brown [10] Demetris Nichols [11] Signed October 27, 2008 November 13, 2008 March 11, 2009 April 9, 2009 Left July 31, 2009 August 6, 2009 November 17, 2009 Former team Washington Wizards Detroit Pistons Charlotte Bobcats Golden State Warriors New team None Charlotte Bobcats New York Knicks
Trades Free Agents
Additions Subtractions
References
[1] "KINGS ACQUIRE FOUR PLAYERS IN THREE-TEAM TRADE", NBA.com, 2009-02-18, http://www.nba.com/kings/ news/kings_press_release0209.html, retrieved on 2009-02-19. [2] ^ "Sources: Knicks trade for Bulls’ Hughes", http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/ news/story?id=3919012, retrieved on 19 February 2009. [3] http://www.suntimes.com/sports/ basketball/bulls/1440399,thabo-bullstrade-021909.article [4] "Pierce’s OT push leads Celtics to 3-2 series lead over Bulls", April 29, 2009, http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/ recap?gameId=290428002, retrieved on 2009-04-29. [5] NBA.com NBA Draft Lottery 2008
[6] "Nuggets Acquire Draft Rights to Weems", NBA.com, 2009-02-18, http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/ weems_draft2008_062608.html, retrieved on 2009-02-19. [7] "KINGS ACQUIRE FOUR PLAYERS IN THREE-TEAM TRADE", NBA.com, 2008-06-26, http://www.nba.com/kings/ news/kings_press_release0209.html, retrieved on 2009-05-04. [8] http://www.suntimes.com/sports/ basketball/bulls/1440399,thabo-bullstrade-021909.article [9] "Bulls waive JamesOn Curry", NBA.com, July 31, 2008, http://www.nba.com/ bulls/news/curry_waived_080731.html, retrieved on 2008-08-01. [10] http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/ tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=nba/ news/newstest.aspx?id=4169783 [11] Bulls waive forward Demetris Nichols
See also
• 2008–09 NBA season
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