the chicago bulls became a team on january 16, 1966.
the chicago bulls became a team on january 16, 1966.
when did the chicago bulls became a team?
january 16 , 1966
on january 16, 1966 chicago was granted an nba franchise to be called the bulls. the chicago bulls became the third nba franchise in the city, after the chicago stags (1946–1950) and the chicago packers/zephyrs (now the washington wizards). the bulls' founder, dick klein, was the bulls' only owner to ever play professional basketball (for the chicago american gears). he served as the bulls' president and general manager in their initial years.
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with a slim 1.7% chance of winning the rights to draft number 1, the bulls won the 2008 nba draft lottery and selected first overall. with this, the bulls became the team with the lowest chance of winning to ever win the lottery since it was modified for the 1994 nba draft, and second lowest ever. on june 26, 2008, the bulls drafted chicago native derrick rose from the university of memphis as the number 1 draft pick. at pick number 39 they selected sonny weems. the bulls later traded weems to the denver nuggets for denver's 2009 regular second round draft pick. the bulls then acquired ömer aşık from the portland trail blazers (selected with the 36th pick) for denver's 2009 second round draft pick, new york's 2009 second round draft pick, and the bulls' 2010 regular second round draft pick. the bulls re-signed luol deng to a six-year $71 million contract on july 30, 2008. he was later plagued with an injury keeping him from action for most of the 2008–09 season. ben gordon signed a one-year contract on october 2, 2008.
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