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

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. 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 SG 31 Gardner, Thomas (Waived) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Missouri 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 SG 44 Griffin, Adrian (to SEA) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Seton Hall 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 38 Khryapa, Viktor (Waived) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Georgetown PG 32 Regan, Dan 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Minnesota 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 32 Smith, Joe (To CLE) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Maryland PF 24 Thomas, Tyrus 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Louisiana State C 3 Wallace, Ben (To CLE) 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) Ron Adams (Fresno Pacific) Mike Brown (George Washington) Pete Myers (Arkansas-Little Rock) Mike Wilhelm (Southampton) 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
Shannon Brown*	21	4	11.4	.349	.300	.586	1.0	.8	.52	.14	5.4
Luol Deng	63	59	33.8	.479	.364	.770	6.3	2.5	.90	.46	17.0
Chris Duhon	66	18	22.6	.387	.348	.813	1.8	4.0	.73	.03	5.8
Thomas Gardner	4	0	11.3	.391	.250	.000	1.0	.3	.00	.00	5.3
Drew Gooden*	69	65	30.8	.449	.000	.753	8.6	1.2	.70	.77	12.0
Ben Gordon	72	27	31.8	.434	.410	.908	3.1	3.0	.76	.11	18.6
Aaron Gray	61	1	10.0	.505	.000	.566	2.8	.7	.34	.26	4.3
Kirk Hinrich	75	72	31.7	.414	.350	.831	3.3	6.0	1.16	.25	11.5
Larry Hughes*	68	57	29.7	.381	.345	.798	3.4	2.7	1.46	.25	12.2
Viktor Khryapa	9	0	11.7	.387	.000	.571	2.2	.9	.67	.00	3.6
Demetris Nichols*	14	0	3.1	.261	.231	.000	.4	.1	.00	.21	1.1
Joakim Noah	74	31	20.7	.482	.000	.691	5.6	1.1	.92	.86	6.6
Andrés Nocioni	82	27	24.6	.432	.364	.807	4.2	1.2	.30	.52	13.2
Thabo Sefolosha	69	22	20.8	.428	.330	.721	3.7	1.9	.88	.43	6.7
Cedric Simmons*	14	0	6.2	.286	.000	.000	1.3	.0	.14	.36	.6
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

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, 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.