2007–08 Chicago Bulls season

2007–08 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach	Jim Boylan
General manager	John Paxson
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	United Center
Results
Record	33–49 (.402)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Chicago, WGN, WCIU
Radio	WMVP

Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls takes a shot during an NBA game versus the New York Knicks at the United Center in Chicago, IL, December 14, 2007

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

Key dates:

June 28: The 2007 NBA Draft took place in New York City, New York.
July 11: The free agent signing period started.
October 31: The Bulls' first game of the season against the New Jersey Nets.
December 24: Scott Skiles was relieved of his duties as the Bulls' head coach.^[1]
December 27: Jim Boylan was named the Bulls' interim head coach for the rest of the season.^[2]
February 21: The Bulls were involved in a three-team trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Seattle SuperSonics that saw Ben Wallace, Joe Smith & Adrian Griffin traded in exchange for four players that included Larry Hughes and Drew Gooden.^[3]
April 16: The Bulls season officially ended with a win against the Raptors. They finished with just 33 wins after being touted as a contender in the Eastern Conference.^[4]
April 17: The Bulls fired interim coach Boylan after a season in which GM John Paxson described as ''disappointing'' and ''disturbing''.^[5]

Offseason

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

Free Agents^[6]

Additions

Date signed	Player	Former team
July 18	Andres 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

NBA Draft

Main article: 2007 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	9	Joakim Noah	F	United States	Florida
2	49	Aaron Gray	C	United States	Pittsburgh
2	51	JamesOn Curry	G	United States	Oklahoma State

Roster

2007-08 Chicago Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
2.0 !SG	6	USA !	Brown, Shannon	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Michigan State
3.0 !SF	9	UK !	Deng, Luol	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Duke
1.0 !PG	21	USA !	Duhon, Chris	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Duke
2.0 !SG	31	USA !	Gardner, Thomas (Waived)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Missouri
4.5 !PF	90	USA !	Gooden, Drew	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Kansas
2.0 !SG	7	USA !	Gordon, Ben	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Connecticut
6.0 !C	34	USA !	Gray, Aaron	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Pittsburgh
2.0 !SG	44	USA !	Griffin, Adrian (to SEA)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	Seton Hall
1.0 !PG	12	USA !	Hinrich, Kirk	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Kansas
2.0 !SG	32	USA !	Hughes, Larry	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Saint Louis
3.0 !SF	38	RUS !	Khryapa, Viktor (Waived)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Georgetown
3.0 !SF	35	USA !	Nichols, Demetris	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Syracuse
6.0 !C	13	USA !	Noah, Joakim	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Florida
3.0 !SF	5	ARG !	Nocioni, Andres	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Argentina
2.0 !SG	2	SUI !	Sefolosha, Thabo	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Switzerland
4.5 !PF	15	USA !	Simmons, Cedric	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	North Carolina State
4.5 !PF	32	USA !	Smith, Joe (To CLE)	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Maryland
4.5 !PF	24	USA !	Thomas, Tyrus	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Louisiana State
6.0 !C	3	USA !	Wallace, Ben (To CLE)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Virginia Union

Head coach

Scott Skiles (Michigan State)
Jim Boylan (Marquette)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2008-02-21

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Joakim Noah	Aaron Gray
PF	Drew Gooden	Tyrus Thomas	Cedric Simmons
SF	Luol Deng	Andrés Nocioni	Demetris Nichols
SG	Larry Hughes	Ben Gordon	Thabo Sefolosha	Shannon Brown
PG	Kirk Hinrich	Chris Duhon

Regular season

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	59	23	.720	–	34–7	25–16	11–5
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	45	37	.549	14	27–14	18–23	7–9
Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	23	21–20	15–26	5–11
Chicago Bulls	33	49	.402	26	20–21	13–28	11–5
Milwaukee Bucks	26	56	.317	33	19–22	7–34	6–10

Game log

2007–08 game log

October

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 31	@ New Jersey	103–112	Gordon (27)	Deng (11)	Duhon (6)	Izod Center 17,342	0–1

November

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	November 2	Philadelphia	85–96	Gordon (25)	Thomas (12)	Hinrich (8)	United Center 22,034	0–2
3	November 3	@ Milwaukee	72–78	Gordon (15)	Smith (10)	Hinrich (4)	Bradley Center 18,717	0–3
4	November 6	LA Clippers	91–97	Deng (22)	Deng (8)	Thomas (5)	United Center 21,742	0–4
5	November 8	Detroit	97–93	Thomas (19)	Thomas (14)	Hinrich (14)	United Center 21,797	1–4
6	November 10	Toronto	71–101	Nocioni (20)	Sefolosha (6)	Hinrich, Duhon, Sefolosha (4)	United Center 22,467	1–5
7	November 15	@ Phoenix	102–112	Gordon (24)	Wallace (10)	Hinrich (7)	US Airways Center 18,422	1–6
8	November 17	@ LA Clippers	92–73	Gordon (25)	Wallace (13)	Hinrich, Gordon, Duhon (4)	Staples Center 17,535	2–6
9	November 18	@ LA Lakers	78–106	Gordon (20)	Wallace (8)	Hinrich (8)	Staples Center 18,997	2–7
10	November 20	@ Denver	91–112	Noah (16)	Wallace (12)	Duhon (5)	Pepsi Center 17,106	2–8
11	November 24	@ New York	78–85	Nocioni (23)	Wallace (12)	Hinrich (4)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	2–9
12	November 25	@ Toronto	78–93	Deng (21)	Deng (9)	Hinrich (7)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	2–10
13	November 27	Atlanta	90–78	Deng (22)	Wallace, Thomas (12)	Duhon (7)	United Center 21,826	3–10

December

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
14	December 1	Charlotte	111–95	Gordon (34)	Wallace (19)	Hinrich (7)	United Center 21,729	4–10
15	December 3	Dallas	98–103	Nocioni (30)	Duhon (9)	Hinrich, Duhon (5)	United Center 21,780	4–11
16	December 5	@ Charlotte	91–82	Deng (30)	Nocioni (11)	Duhon (9)	Charlotte Bobcats Arena 13,227	5–11
17	December 7	@ Detroit	98–91	Nocioni (22)	Smith (14)	Hinrich (6)	Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	6–11
18	December 8	Boston	81–92	Nocioni (18)	Wallace (14)	Hinrich (6)	United Center 22,778	6–12
19	December 11	Seattle	123–96	Gordon (27)	Thomas (9)	Hinrich (8)	United Center 21,772	7–12
20	December 12	@ Indiana	102–117	Gordon (27)	Deng (7)	Hinrich (8)	Conseco Fieldhouse 10,381	7–13
21	December 14	New York	101–96	Deng (29)	Hinrich (12)	Hinrich (14)	United Center 21,751	8–13
22	December 18	LA Lakers	91–103	Deng (26)	Deng, Nocioni (7)	Hinrich (8)	United Center 22,310	8–14
23	December 19	@ Washington	95–84	Gordon (22)	Gray (10)	Gordon (6)	Verizon Center 14,792	9–14
24	December 21	@ Boston	82–107	Gordon (19)	Thomas (9)	Duhon (4)	TD Banknorth Garden 18,624	9–15
25	December 22	Houston	98–116	Hinrich (22)	Deng (7)	Deng (5)	United Center 22,434	9–16
26	December 26	@ San Antonio	79–94	Smith (19)	Smith (11)	Hinrich (7)	AT&T Center 18,797	9–17
27	December 28	Milwaukee	103–99	Gordon (31)	Deng, Wallace (10)	Hinrich (9)	United Center 22,189	10–17
28	December 30	@ New York	100–83	Gordon (25)	Wallace (10)	Hinrich (8)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	11–17
29	December 31	Orlando	110–112	Gordon (39)	Wallace (12)	Hinrich (10)	United Center 22,126	11–18

January

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
30	January 2	@ Charlotte	109–97	Gordon (22)	Deng (13)	Deng (5)	Charlotte Bobcats Arena 11,568	12–18
31	January 3	Portland	109–115	Gordon (32)	Wallace (14)	Hinrich (9)	United Center 21,756	12–19
32	January 5	Sacramento	94–93	Nocioni (26)	Wallace (11)	Hinrich (7)	United Center 21,908	13–19
33	January 8	New York	100–105	Smith (22)	Smith (12)	Hinrich (9)	United Center 21,838	13–20
34	January 11	@ Philadelphia	100–97	Nocioni (27)	Wallace (8)	Hinrich (7)	Wachovia Center 17,046	14–20
35	January 13	@ Atlanta	84–105	Deng (28)	Wallace (13)	Duhon, Sefolosha (5)	Philips Arena 16,065	14–21
36	January 15	@ Orlando	88–102	Smith (13)	Noah (11)	Duhon (5)	Amway Arena 17,519	14–22
37	January 16	@ Miami	126–96	Gordon (24)	Noah (8)	Deng (8)	American Airlines Arena 19,600	15–22
38	January 18	Golden State	111–119	Gordon (29)	Deng (12)	Duhon (8)	United Center 21,896	15–23
39	January 19	Detroit	97–81	Gordon (33)	Sefolosha (13)	Duhon (4)	United Center 22,657	16–23
40	January 21	@ Memphis	90–104	Gordon (25)	Wallace (13)	Hinrich (6)	FedExForum 18,119	16–24
41	January 23	Indiana	108–95	Hinrich (38)	Noah (15)	Hinrich (10)	United Center 21,774	17–24
42	January 25	Charlotte	77–90	Nocioni (25)	Sefolosha (10)	Hinrich (8)	United Center 21,761	17–25
43	January 27	Phoenix	77–88	Hinrich (31)	Thomas (11)	Hinrich, Duhon (3)	United Center 22,245	17–26
44	January 29	Minnesota	96–85	Hinrich (27)	Noah (13)	Hinrich (6)	United Center 21,725	18–26
45	January 30	@ Minnesota	67–83	Hinrich, Sefolosha (14)	Noah, Wallace, Sefolosha (8)	Hinrich (8)	Target Center 10,910	18–27

February

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
46	February 2	@ Sacramento	101–105	Gordon (33)	Wallace (9)	Hinrich, Duhon (3)	ARCO Arena 15,526	18–28
47	February 4	@ Seattle	118–108	Smith (25)	Wallace, Smith (10)	Wallace (7)	KeyArena 10,935	19–28
48	February 6	@ Portland	97–100	Sefolosha, Nocioni (22)	Wallace (8)	Duhon (9)	Rose Garden 20,126	19–29
49	February 7	@ Golden State	114–108	Duhon (34)	Noah (10)	Duhon (9)	Oracle Arena 19,596	20–29
50	February 9	@ Utah	87–97	Sefolosha (22)	Sefolosha, Wallace (7)	Duhon (8)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	20–30
51	February 12	New Orleans	86–100	Nocioni (28)	Wallace (16)	Duhon (5)	United Center 21,739	20–31
52	February 14	Miami	99–92	Hinrich (24)	Sefolosha, Thomas (12)	Duhon (8)	United Center 21,792	21–31
53	February 20	@ New Jersey	102–110	Smith (17)	Nocioni, Smith, Wallace (9)	Hinrich (6)	Izod Center 15,150	21–32
54	February 22	Denver	135–121	Gordon (37)	Thomas (11)	Hinrich (14)	United Center 21,848	22–32
55	February 24	@ Houston	97–110	Thomas (18)	Gooden (8)	Hinrich (10)	Toyota Center 18,275	22–33
56	February 25	@ Dallas	94–102	Gordon (25)	Deng (9)	Gordon (4)	American Airlines Center 20,340	22–34
57	February 27	@ Indiana	113–107	Hughes (29)	Gooden (15)	Gordon, Hughes (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 10,556	23–34
58	February 29	Washington	91–97	Nocioni (19)	Deng (11)	Hughes (6)	United Center 21,884	23–35

March

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
59	March 2	@ Cleveland	86–95	Hughes (23)	Gooden (10)	Hughes (4)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	23–36
60	March 4	Memphis	112–97	Deng, Gooden (21)	Gooden (14)	Hinrich (12)	United Center 21,725	24–36
61	March 6	Cleveland	107–96	Deng, Gordon (23)	Noah (20)	Hinrich (7)	United Center 22,097	25–36
62	March 7	@ Boston	93–116	Gordon (20)	Gray (8)	Gordon (4)	TD Banknorth Garden 18,624	25–37
63	March 9	@ Detroit	109–116	Gordon (27)	Gooden (8)	Hughes (5)	Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	25–38
64	March 11	Utah	108–96	Gooden (24)	Gooden (10)	Hinrich (6)	United Center 21,969	26–38
65	March 14	Philadelphia	106–110	Deng (21)	Gooden (9)	Hinrich (6)	United Center 22,069	26–39
66	March 17	@ New Orleans	97–108	Gordon (31)	Gooden (12)	Hinrich (5)	New Orleans Arena 14,337	26–40
67	March 18	New Jersey	112–96	Deng (20)	Gooden (11)	Hinrich (8)	United Center 22,070	27–40
68	March 20	San Antonio	80–102	Deng (18)	Gordon (8)	Gordon (3)	United Center 22,353	27–41
69	March 22	Indiana	101–108	Deng (28)	Gooden, Hughes (10)	Hinrich (10)	United Center 21,752	27–42
70	March 25	Atlanta	103–94	Gooden (31)	Gooden (16)	Hinrich (10)	United Center 21,806	28–42
71	March 26	@ Philadelphia	99–121	Sefolosha (20)	Gooden (8)	Hinrich (6)	Wachovia Center 18,620	28–43
72	March 28	@ Atlanta	103–106	Deng (19)	Noah (7)	Hinrich (8)	Philips Arena 17,223	28–44
73	March 29	Milwaukee	114–111	Hughes (19)	Noah (15)	Hinrich (6)	United Center 21,983	29–44

April

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
74	April 1	Boston	92–106	Thomas (24)	Noah (8)	Hinrich, Deng (5)	United Center 22,225	29–45
75	April 3	@ Cleveland	101–98	Hughes (25)	Hughes (8)	Hughes (9)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	30–45
76	April 5	Washington	87–99	Gordon (18)	Sefolosha (7)	Gordon (4)	United Center 21,929	30–46
77	April 8	@ Miami	88–95	Deng (25)	Duhon, Hinrich (4)	Noah (13)	American Airlines Arena 19,175	30–47
78	April 9	@ Orlando	83–115	Hinrich (19)	Deng (7)	Hinrich, Sefolosha (4)	Amway Arena 17,519	30–48
79	April 11	Cleveland	100–95	Deng (21)	Thomas (14)	Hinrich (6)	United Center 22,084	31–48
80	April 13	Orlando	84–104	Nocioni (22)	Deng (7)	Hinrich (7)	United Center 21,973	31–49
81	April 14	@ Milwaukee	151–135	Deng (32)	Thomas, Sefolosha (8)	Duhon (15)	Bradley Center 16,212	32–49
82	April 16	Toronto	107–97	Thomas (26)	Gray (22)	Hinrich, Duhon (6)	United Center 21,909	33–49

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
Brown, Shannon !Shannon Brown*	21	4	11.4	.349	.300	.586	1.0	.8	.52	.14	5.4
Deng, Luol !Luol Deng	63	59	33.8	.479	.364	.770	6.3	2.5	.90	.46	17.0
Duhon, Chris !Chris Duhon	66	18	22.6	.387	.348	.813	1.8	4.0	.73	.03	5.8
Gardner, Thomas !Thomas Gardner	4	0	11.3	.391	.250	.000	1.0	.3	.00	.00	5.3
Gooden, Drew !Drew Gooden*	69	65	30.8	.449	.000	.753	8.6	1.2	.70	.77	12.0
Gordon, Ben !Ben Gordon	72	27	31.8	.434	.410	.908	3.1	3.0	.76	.11	18.6
Gray, Aaron !Aaron Gray	61	1	10.0	.505	.000	.566	2.8	.7	.34	.26	4.3
Hinrich, Kirk !Kirk Hinrich	75	72	31.7	.414	.350	.831	3.3	6.0	1.16	.25	11.5
Hughes, Larry !Larry Hughes*	68	57	29.7	.381	.345	.798	3.4	2.7	1.46	.25	12.2
Khryapa, Viktor !Viktor Khryapa	9	0	11.7	.387	.000	.571	2.2	.9	.67	.00	3.6
Nichols, Demetris !Demetris Nichols*	14	0	3.1	.261	.231	.000	.4	.1	.00	.21	1.1
Noah, Joakim !Joakim Noah	74	31	20.7	.482	.000	.691	5.6	1.1	.92	.86	6.6
Nocioni, Andres !Andrés Nocioni	82	27	24.6	.432	.364	.807	4.2	1.2	.30	.52	13.2
Sefolosha, Thabo !Thabo Sefolosha	69	22	20.8	.428	.330	.721	3.7	1.9	.88	.43	6.7
Simmons, Cedric !Cedric Simmons*	14	0	6.2	.286	.000	.000	1.3	.0	.14	.36	.6
Thomas, Tyrus !Tyrus Thomas	74	27	18.0	.423	.167	.741	4.6	1.2	.65	.97	6.8

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

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

Player	Former team

Player	New team

References

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

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Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

2007–08 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Portland Seattle Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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2007–08 Chicago Bulls season

Offseason

Free Agents[6]

Additions

Subtractions

NBA Draft

Roster

Depth Chart

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Player stats

Regular season

Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

References

Free Agents^[6]