2017–18 Chicago Bulls season

The 2017–18 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 Mirotić agreed to a trade where he'd be sent alongside a future second round pick to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Ömer Aşık, 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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Lauri Markkanen	PF/C	Finland	Arizona

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

2017–18 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 Aşık, Ömer  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 Felício, 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 Fred Hoiberg Assistant coach(es) Randy Brown Nate Loenser Pete Myers Mike Wilhelm Jim Boylen (Associate HC) Jeff Tanaka (trainer) 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

Regular season

Injuries/Personal games missed

Transactions

Trades

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

References

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