2009–10 Chicago Bulls season

The 2009–10 Chicago Bulls season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

2009–10 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachVinny Del Negro
General managerGar Forman
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
ArenaUnited Center
Results
Record4141 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Central)
Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Cavaliers 1–4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCSN Chicago, WGN America, WGN, WCIU
RadioWMVP

In the playoffs, the Bulls lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games in the First Round.

Key dates

Offseason

On May 20, the Bulls promoted Gar Forman to General Manager. Former GM John Paxson accepted a new role as executive vice president of basketball operations.[1] Forman's top priority for the offseason was to re-sign Ben Gordon.[2] Ben Gordon signed with the Detroit Pistons on July 1, 2009.[3]

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 16 James Johnson F  United States Wake Forest
1 26 Taj Gibson F  United States USC

Free agency

On July 13, 2009, the Bulls signed guard Jannero Pargo to a one-year deal, helping to fill the void Ben Gordon made in leaving the team.[4] On July 14, the Bulls re-signed guard Lindsey Hunter with a one-year contract.[5]

Regular season summary

On January 25, 2010, the Bulls traded center Aaron Gray for guard Devin Brown of the New Orleans Hornets. On February 18, 2010, the Bulls traded guard John Salmons for forwards Hakim Warrick and Joe Alexander of the Milwaukee Bucks. Meanwhile, the Bulls traded forward Tyrus Thomas for guards Ronald Murray and Acie Law of the Charlotte Bobcats.[6]

Roster

Roster listing
Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 20 Alexander, Joe (IN) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) West Virginia
G/F 32 Brown, Devin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Texas–San Antonio
F 9 Deng, Luol (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Duke
F 22 Gibson, Taj 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Southern California
G 12 Hinrich, Kirk (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kansas
F 16 Johnson, James 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Wake Forest
F 31 Kurz, Rob (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Notre Dame
G 0 Law, Acie (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Texas A&M
F/C 52 Miller, Brad 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 261 lb (118 kg) Purdue
G 6 Murray, Ronald 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Shaw
F/C 13 Noah, Joakim 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Florida
G 2 Pargo, Jannero 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arkansas
F/C 35 Richard, Chris 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 256 lb (116 kg) Florida
G 1 Rose, Derrick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Memphis
F/C 21 Warrick, Hakim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) Syracuse
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Pre-season

2009 pre-season game log
2009–10 pre-season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
z-Cleveland Cavaliers6121.74435–626–1512–4
x-Milwaukee Bucks4636.5611728–1318–2310–6
x-Chicago Bulls4141.5002224–1717–2410–6
Indiana Pacers3250.3902923–189–326–10
Detroit Pistons2755.3293417–2410–312–14
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Cleveland Cavaliers6121.744
2 y-Orlando Magic5923.7202
3 x-Atlanta Hawks5329.6468
4 y-Boston Celtics5032.61011
5 x-Miami Heat4735.57314
6 x-Milwaukee Bucks4636.56115
7 x-Charlotte Bobcats4438.53717
8 x-Chicago Bulls4141.50020
9 Toronto Raptors4042.48821
10 Indiana Pacers3250.39029
11 New York Knicks2953.35432
12 Detroit Pistons2755.32934
13 Philadelphia 76ers2755.32934
14 Washington Wizards2656.31735
15 New Jersey Nets1270.14649

Record vs. opponents

2009-10 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK OKC ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta 4–02–23–11–31–11–12–21–12–03–02–01–12–01–32–12–03–01–11–30–21–32–11–12–02–01–13–12–04–0
Boston 0–43–02–22–21–11–12–11–11–12–11–11–11–13–02–22–03–11–13–11–11–33–10–22–02–01–14–01–13–1
Charlotte 2–20–31–33–10–21–12–12–01–11–21–11–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–11–33–12–00–22–01–11–20–24–0
Chicago 1–32–23–12–20–20–24–01–12–03–10–20–20–21–31–32–01–22–03–11–11–23–11–11–11–12–01–20–22–1
Cleveland 3–12–21–32–21–10–24–02–01–13–12–02–01–13–03–12–04–02–03–02–02–23–02–02–02–01–13–11–12–1
Dallas 1–11–12–02–01–12–12–03–12–22–03–02–23–12–02–03–12–02–21–12–21–11–12–11–34–03–11–11–21–1
Denver 1–11–11–12–02–01–21–14–02–12–02–13–13–11–10–23–12–03–11–13–11–11–11–33–11–22–22–03–11–1
Detroit 2–21–21–20–40–40–21–11–11–10–40–20–21–11–22–22–02–11–11–30–21–33–10–20–21–11–10–40–24–0
Golden State 1–11–10–21–10–21–30–41–10–31–12–20–42–20–20–23–02–01–32–01–30–20–21–32–22–20–32–00–30–2
Houston 0–21–11–10–21–12–21–21–13–00–22–11–34–00–22–03–02–01–32–03–10–21–10–42–22–22–21–12–22–0
Indiana 0–31–22–11–31–30–20–24–01–12–01–10–20–20–40–41–14–00–22–21–11–32–11–10–21–10–22–21–13–1
L.A. Clippers 0–21–11–12–00–20–31–22–02–21–21–12–22–21–11–13–11–10–40–21–20–22–00–41–31–30–40–21–32–0
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–12–00–22–21–32–04–03–12–02–22–11–12–03–02–02–12–03–11–12–03–11–24–02–21–13–12–0
Memphis 0–21–10–22–01–11–31–31–12–20–42–02–21–21–10–23–12–02–22–01–21–11–12–22–22–12–22–01–22–0
Miami 3–10–31–33–10–30–21–12–12–02–04–01–11–11–11–31–14–01–13–00–22–24–01–11–12–00–22–21–13–1
Milwaukee 1–22–22–23–11–30–22–02–22–00–24–02–00–22–03–12–04–01–13–01–10–32–11–11–11–10–22–11–12–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–20–20–21–31–30–20–30–31–11–30–31–31–10–22–00–41–10–40–21–10–40–42–20–30–22–21–1
New Jersey 0–31–32–22–10–40–20–21–20–20–20–41–10–20–20–40–40–21–12–20–20–30–40–20–21–11–10–40–20–4
New Orleans 1–11–11–10–20–22–21–31–13–13–12–04–01–22–21–11–14–01–10–21–21–10–21–31–22–10–40–21–31–1
New York 3–11–32–21–30–31–11–13–10–20–22–22–00–20–20–30–31–12–22–00–20–33–11–11–10–20–20–40–23–1
Oklahoma City 2–01–11–11–10–22–21–32–03–11–31–12–11–32–12–01–14–02–02–12–01–12–02–11–33–11–32–03–12–0
Orlando 3–13–13–12–12–21–11–13–12–02–03–12–01–11–12–23–02–03–01–13–01–14–01–11–12–01–13–11–12–2
Philadelphia 1–21–31–31–30–31–11–11–32–01–11–20–20–21–10–42–21–14–02–01–30–20–40–21–12–01–11–30–20–3
Phoenix 1–12–00–21–10–21–23–12–03–14–01–14–01–32–21–11–14–02–03–11–11–21–12–01–24–02–12–02–22–0
Portland 0–20–22–01–10–23–11–32–02–22–22–03–12–12–21–11–14–02–02–11–13–11–11–12–14–03–02–00–41–1
Sacramento 0–20–20–21–10–20–42–11–12–22–21–13–10–41–20–21–12–21–11–22–01–30–20–20–40–40–41–12–11–1
San Antonio 1–11–11–10–21–11–32–21–13–02–22–04–02–22–22–02–03–01–14–02–03–11–11–11–20–34–01–10–42–0
Toronto 1–30–42–12–11–31–10–24–00–21–12–22–01–10–22–21–22–04–02–04–00–21–33–10–20–21–11–10–22–1
Utah 0–21–12–02–01–12–11–32–03–02–21–13–11–32–11–11–12–22–03–12–01–31–12–02–24–01–24–02–02–0
Washington 0–41–30–41–21–21–11–10–42–00–21–30–20–20–21–32–21–14–01–11–30–22–23–00–21–11–10–21–20–2

Game log

2009–10 game log
Total: 41–41 (Home: 24–17; Road: 17–24)
2009–10 season schedule

Playoffs

The Bulls managed to clinch the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference over the Toronto Raptors near the final day of the regular season. This marked the fifth time in six years Chicago has made the playoffs. With the lowest seed they faced the number one ranked Cleveland Cavaliers. Poised to win a championship LeBron James and the Cavs defeated the Bulls 4 games to 1 with the over-matched Bulls making a valiant effort in game 5, losing 96-94.

Game log

2010 playoff game log
Total: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
2010 playoff schedule

Player statistics

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

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Joe Alexander1803.6.167.000.667.6.3.1.1.5
Devin Brown11108.5.222.235.0001.4.6.3.11.8
Luol Deng706937.9.466.386.7647.32.0.9.917.6
Taj Gibson827026.9.4940.0.6467.50.90.61.39.0
Kirk Hinrich745333.5.409.371.7523.54.51.2.310.9
James Johnson651111.6.452.326.7292.0.7.3.73.9
Acie Law112111.3.467.333.7411.21.3.3.05.5
Brad Miller823723.8.430.280.8274.91.9.5.48.8
Ronald Murray129123.4.397.311.7622.91.8.6.110.1
Joakim Noah645430.1.504.000.74411.02.1.51.610.7
Jannero Pargo63513.2.346.275.9331.21.4.5.05.5
Chris Richard18012.4.517.000.6363.3.4.4.22.1
Derrick Rose787836.8.489.267.7663.86.0.7.420.8
Hakim Warrick128019.0.483.000.7553.6.6.2.38.7

1Stats with the Bulls.

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Joe Alexander000.000.000.000.0.0.0.00
Devin Brown102.01.000.000.0001.0.0.0.02.0
Luol Deng5540.6.463.083.7315.01.41.4.818.8
Taj Gibson5529.0.4210.0.5457.0.6.2.87.6
Kirk Hinrich5539.2.423.500.7144.44.01.4.012.4
James Johnson405.0.000.000.000.3.3.0.0.0
Acie Law000.000.000.000.0.0.0.00
Brad Miller5018.6.370.0001.0003.6.8.0.05.4
Ronald Murray5019.4.405.3331.0002.62.0.4.08.4
Joakim Noah5536.6.528.000.94713.02.61.41.414.8
Jannero Pargo204.0.200.500.000.0.5.0.01.5
Chris Richard202.5.000.000.0001.5.0.0.0.0
Derrick Rose5542.4.456.333.8183.47.2.8.026.8
Hakim Warrick3010.3.182.000.8331.7.0.0.03.0

Awards, records and milestones

Week/Month

  • Joakim Noah was named the Bulls CDW/HP Solutions Player of the Month for November.[7]
  • Derrick Rose was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of December 28.[8]
  • Derrick Rose was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for April. During this month, he averaged 25.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 7 assists.[9]

All-Star

  • Derrick Rose selected to Eastern Conference All-Star Team as a reserve.

Season

Milestones

First team to win five consecutive games over opponents over .500 on the road

Injuries and surgeries

  • On September 29, Aaron Gray suffered a stress fracture of his left fibula. This was determined after he developed a lower leg pain the week of September 26 and he was projected to miss six-eight weeks.[11][12] On November 16, Gray, still out because of the stress fracture, was admitted to the hospital because of fluid build-up in his right knee.[13] Gray returned to the line-up to make his season début November 26 against the Utah Jazz.[14]
  • On November 6, Tyrus Thomas fractured his left radius during a weight training session. He underwent surgery on November 7 and is projected to miss four to six weeks of the season.[12][15]
  • On November 25, Kirk Hinrich sprained his left thumb during practice. Though initially feared to be a similar injury the previous season where he tore the ligaments of his right thumb, an MRI and subsequent examinations confirmed it to only be a sprain and he will only miss one to two weeks.[16][17]

Transactions

Chicago Bulls Players Added

Via Draft

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

Players Lost

Via Free Agency

Waived

Via Buyout

Via Trade

See also

References

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  8. http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/63811/20100104/rose_durant_named_players_of_the_week/
  9. "Bulls' Rose, OKC's Durant named Players of Month for April". NBA.com. April 16, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-04-22. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
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  11. K.C. Johnson (September 29, 2009). "Stress fracture sidelines Bulls' Gray". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  12. Bulls.com (November 16, 2009). "Athletico Injury Report". Bulls.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2009.
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  15. "Tyrus Thomas out 4-6 weeks with broken arm". Bulls.com. November 6, 2009. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  16. Nick Friedell (November 29, 2009). "Bulls' Hinrich doubtful against Bucks". ESPNChicago.com. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
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