2007–08 Chicago Bulls season

The 2007–08 Chicago Bulls season was the 42nd season of NBA basketball in Chicago.

2007–08 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachJim Boylan
General managerJohn Paxson
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
ArenaUnited Center
Results
Record33–49 (.402)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Central)
Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCSN Chicago, WGN, WCIU
RadioWMVP
Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls takes a shot during an NBA game versus the New York Knicks at the United Center in Chicago, December 14, 2007

Key dates:

Offseason

The Bulls made the following free agent transactions for the 2007 off-season.

Free agents

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Additions

Date signed Player Former team
July 18 Andrés Nocioni Chicago Bulls
July 18 Joe Smith Philadelphia 76ers
October 2 Andre Barrett Chicago Bulls
October 2 Joseph Blair Olimpia Milano
October 2 Justin Cage Xavier Musketeers
October 2 Thomas Gardner VOO Verviers-Pepinster
October 2 Jared Homan Mersin BŞB. S.K.

Subtractions

Date left Player New team
October 8 Justin Cage Colorado 14ers
October 10 Joseph Blair Spartak Primorje
October 10 Andre Barrett Bakersfield Jam

Roster
2007–08 Chicago Bulls roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
SG 6 Brown, Shannon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Michigan State
SG 20 Curry, JamesOn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Oklahoma State
SF 9 Deng, Luol 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Duke
PG 21 Duhon, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Duke
PF 90 Gooden, Drew 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Kansas
SG 7 Gordon, Ben 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Connecticut
C 34 Gray, Aaron 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Pittsburgh
PG 12 Hinrich, Kirk 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kansas
SG 32 Hughes, Larry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Saint Louis
SF 35 Nichols, Demetris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Syracuse
C 13 Noah, Joakim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Florida
SF 5 Nocioni, Andres 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Argentina
SG 2 Sefolosha, Thabo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Switzerland
PF 15 Simmons, Cedric 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) North Carolina State
PF 24 Thomas, Tyrus 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Louisiana State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2008-02-21

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Detroit Pistons 5923.732–34–725–1611–5
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 4537.5491427–1418–237–9
Indiana Pacers 3646.4392321–2015–265–11
Chicago Bulls 3349.4022620–2113–2811–5
Milwaukee Bucks 2656.3173319–227–346–10
Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB
1 w-Boston Celtics6616.805–
2 y-Detroit Pistons5923.7327
3 y-Orlando Magic5230.63414
4 x-Cleveland Cavaliers4537.54921
5 x-Washington Wizards4339.52423
6 x-Toronto Raptors4141.50025
7 x-Philadelphia 76ers4042.48826
8 x-Atlanta Hawks3745.45129
9 Indiana Pacers3646.43930
10 New Jersey Nets3448.41532
11 Chicago Bulls3349.40233
12 Charlotte Bobcats3250.39034
13 Milwaukee Bucks2656.31740
14 New York Knicks2359.28043
15 Miami Heat1567.18351

Record vs. opponents
2007-08 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–32–22–21–21–11–10–41–10–21–21–11–12–03–12–22–01–30–24–02–23–11–10–21–10–21–11–21–12–2
Boston 3–0—3–14–02–22–01–12–11–12–03–02–02–02–04–04–02–04–01–14–01–23–11–12–02–02–02–03–11–10–3
Charlotte 2–21–3—1–31–30–21–10–31–10–23–12–01–11–13–11–22–01–30–21–21–31–20–22–00–20–22–02–21–11–3
Chicago 2–20–43–1—3–10–21–13–11–10–22–21–10–21–12–13–11–11–20–22–20–41–30–20–21–10–22–01–21–11–2
Cleveland 2–12–23–11–3—1–10–21–31–10–24–02–02–02–03–01–32–01–30–22–11–32–10–22–02–01–11–13–11–12–2
Dallas 1–10–22–02–01–1—1–21–13–13–11–14–01–34–02–01–13–01–12–22–02–01–12–12–22–11–33–11–12–20–2
Denver 1–11–11–11–12–02–1—0–23–12–21–13–10–34–02–01–14–02–01–21–11–11–12–22–22–12–23–12–01–32–0
Detroit 4–01–23–01–33–11–12–0–2–01–14–02–01–12–04–03–12–03–02–02–22–22–22–01–10–22–02–03–10–22–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–11–11–31–30–2—2–21–13–12–24–02–02–03–11–11–21–11–12–02–22–23–12–12–12–00–32–0
Houston 2–00–22–02–02–01–32–21–12–2—2–03–02–13–11–12–03–02–02–22–01–10–22–24–02–22–24–01–11–22–0
Indiana 2–10–31–32–20–41–11–10–41–10–2—1–10–21–13–13–11–12–21–14–01–23–00–22–01–10–21–11–31–12–2
L.A. Clippers 1–10–20–21–10–20–41–30–21–30–31–1–0–43–11–11–11–32–00–42–00–20–21–30–33–10–32–11–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–10–21–12–00–23–13–01–12–21–22–04–0—2–12–01–13–01–12–22–01–12–03–12–23–12–24–02–03–12–0
Memphis 0–20–21–11–10–20–40–40–20–41–31–11–31–2—2–00–22–22–00–42–01–10–20–30–32–21–33–10–20–31–1
Miami 1–30–41–31–20–30–20–20–40–21–11–31–10–20–2—2–21–11–20–21–30–40–31–10–21–10–21–10–41–10–4
Milwaukee 2–20–42–11–33–11–11–11–30–20–21–31–11–12–02–2—1–10–40–21–31–31–20–20–20–20–21–11–20–22–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–21–10–20–30–40–21–30–31–13–10–32–21–11–1—1–11–31–11–11–12–20–42–10–41–30–22–20–2
New Jersey 3–10–43–12–13–11–10–20–31–10–22–20–21–10–22–14–01–1—0–21–31–32–20–21–10–20–22–01–31–12–1
New Orleans 2–01–12–02–02–02–22–10–22–12–21–14–02–24–02–02–03–12–0—2–01–12–04–02–21–22–23–01–11–30–2
New York 0–40–42–12–21–20–21–12–21–10–20–40–20–20–23–13–11–13–10–2—1–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–31–12–1
Orlando 2–22–13–14–03–10–21–12–21–11–12–12–01–11–14–03–11–13–11–13–1—3–10–22–01–10–22–02–10–23–1
Philadelphia 1–31–32–13–11–21–11–12–20–22–00–32–00–22–03–02–11–12–20–23–11–3—1–11–11–11–12–01–30–22–2
Phoenix 1–11–12–02–02–01–22–20–22–22–22–03–11–33–01–12–02–22–00–42–02–01–1—3–04–03–14–02–01–22–0
Portland 2–00–20–22–00–22–22–21–12–20–40–23–02–23–02–02–04–01–12–22–00–21–10–3—1–30–32–21–13–11–1
Sacramento 1–10–22–01–10–21–21–22–01–32–21–11–31–32–21–12–01–22–02–12–01–11–10–43–1—1–33–11–12–20–2
San Antonio 2–00–22–02–01–13–12–20–21–22–22–03–02–23–12–02–04–02–02–22–02–01–11–33–03–1—2–11–12–22–0
Seattle 1–10–20–20–21–11–31–30–21–20–41–11–20–41–31–11–13–10–20–32–00–20–20–42–21–31–2—1–10–40–2
Toronto 2–11–32–22–11–31–10–21–30–21–13–11–10–22–04–02–12–03–11–13–11–23–10–21–11–11–11–1—0–21–3
Utah 1–11–11–11–11–12–23–12–03–02–11–13–11–33–01–12–02–21–13–11–12–02–02–11–32–22–24–02–0—2–0
Washington 2–23–03–12–12–22–00–21–20–20–22–22–00–21–14–02–22–01–22–01–21–32–20–21–12–00–22–03–10–2—

Game log
2007–08 game log
Total: 33–49 (Home: 20–21; Road: 13–28)
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
November: 3–9 (Home: 2–3; Road: 1–6)
December: 8–8 (Home: 4–5; Road: 4–3)
January: 7–9 (Home: 4–5; Road: 3–4)
February: 5–8 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–6)
March: 6–9 (Home: 6–3; Road: 0–6)
April: 4–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–2)
2007–08 season schedule

Player stats
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

Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Shannon Brown* 21411.4.349.300.5861.0.8.52.145.4
Luol Deng 635933.8.479.364.7706.32.5.90.4617.0
Chris Duhon 661822.6.387.348.8131.84.0.73.035.8
Thomas Gardner 4011.3.391.250.0001.0.3.00.005.3
Drew Gooden* 696530.8.449.000.7538.61.2.70.7712.0
Ben Gordon 722731.8.434.410.9083.13.0.76.1118.6
Aaron Gray 61110.0.505.000.5662.8.7.34.264.3
Kirk Hinrich 757231.7.414.350.8313.36.01.16.2511.5
Larry Hughes* 685729.7.381.345.7983.42.71.46.2512.2
Viktor Khryapa 9011.7.387.000.5712.2.9.67.003.6
Demetris Nichols* 1403.1.261.231.000.4.1.00.211.1
Joakim Noah 743120.7.482.000.6915.61.1.92.866.6
Andrés Nocioni 822724.6.432.364.8074.21.2.30.5213.2
Thabo Sefolosha 692220.8.428.330.7213.71.9.88.436.7
Cedric Simmons* 1406.2.286.000.0001.3.0.14.36.6
Tyrus Thomas 742718.0.423.167.7414.61.2.65.976.8

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Awards and records

Transactions

The Bulls were involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades
February 21, 2008[3]
 To Chicago Bulls
Drew Gooden, Larry Hughes, Shannon Brown & Cedric Simmons		 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Ben Wallace, Wally Szczerbiak, Joe Smith, Delonte West, a 2009 second round pick and a $1.7 mil trade exception		 To Seattle SuperSonics
Ira Newble, Donyell Marshall and Adrian Griffin.
  • Players in bold denote former Bulls players.

Free agents
PlayerFormer team
PlayerNew team

References
  1. Skiles relieved as Bulls Head Coach, Bulls.com, December 24, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2008.
  2. Boylan named Interim Head Coach for the remainder of the season, Bulls.com, December 27, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2008.
  3. Bulls acquire Gooden and Hughes in three-team trade Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Bulls.com, February 21, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2008.
  4. Ford scores 18 but Toronto drops finale to Bulls, Associated Press, April 17, 2008.
  5. Chicago Bulls fire interim coach Jim Boylan, Associated Press, April 17, 2008.
  6. Chicago Bulls All-Time Transactions, Bulls.com. Accessed March 25, 2008.
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