2015–16 Chicago Bulls season

2015–16 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach Fred Hoiberg
General manager Gar Forman
Arena United Center
Results
Record 42–40 (.512)
Place Division: 4th (Central)
Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television CSN Chicago
WGN
WCIU
Radio WMVP

The 2015–16 Chicago Bulls season is the ongoing 50th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Fred Hoiberg was selected as the head coach, after the firing of previous head coach Tom Thibodeau.[1] The Bulls missed the playoffs for the first time in 8 years.

Jimmy Butler, for the second time was voted to play in the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, which was held in Toronto. However, Butler was unable to play due to injury and replacing him was teammate Pau Gasol.

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club Team
1 22 Bobby Portis PF United States Arkansas

Roster

2015–16 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 41 Bairstow, Cameron 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1990–12–07 New Mexico
G 0 Brooks, Aaron 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1985–01–14 Oregon
G/F 21 Butler, Jimmy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–09–14 Marquette
G/F 34 Dunleavy, Jr, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1980–09–15 Duke
F/C 6 Felicio, Cristiano 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1992–07–07 CCSE Prep (CA)
F/C 16 Gasol, Pau 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980–07–06 Spain
F/C 22 Gibson, Taj 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985–06–24 Southern California
G/F 7 Holiday, Justin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1989–04–05 Washington
F 3 McDermott, Doug 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1992–01–03 Creighton
F 44 Mirotić, Nikola 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–02–11 Spain
G 55 Moore, E'Twaun 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1989–02–25 Purdue
C 13 Noah, Joakim  (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1985–02–25 Florida
PF 5 Portis, Bobby 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1995–02–10 Arkansas
PG 1 Rose, Derrick (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988–10–04 Memphis
G/F 20 Snell, Tony 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991–11–10 New Mexico
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2016–02–18

Standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
c – Cleveland Cavaliers 57 25 .695 0.0 33–8 24–17 8–8 82
x – Indiana Pacers 45 37 .549 12.0 26–15 19–22 8–8 82
x – Detroit Pistons 44 38 .537 13.0 26–15 18–23 10–6 82
Chicago Bulls 42 40 .512 15.0 26–15 16–25 10–6 82
Milwaukee Bucks 33 49 .402 24.0 23–18 10–31 4–12 82
Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 c – Cleveland Cavaliers * 57 25 .695 – 82
2 y – Toronto Raptors * 56 26 .683 1.0 82
3 y – Miami Heat * 48 34 .585 9.0 82
4 x – Atlanta Hawks 48 34 .585 9.0 82
5 x – Boston Celtics 48 34 .585 9.0 82
6 x – Charlotte Hornets 48 34 .585 9.0 82
7 x – Indiana Pacers 45 37 .549 12.0 82
8 x – Detroit Pistons 44 38 .537 13.0 82
9 Chicago Bulls 42 40 .512 15.0 82
10 Washington Wizards 41 41 .500 16.0 82
11 Orlando Magic 35 47 .427 22.0 82
12 Milwaukee Bucks 33 49 .402 24.0 82
13 New York Knicks 32 50 .390 25.0 82
14 Brooklyn Nets 21 61 .256 36.0 82
15 Philadelphia 76ers 10 72 .122 47.0 82

Game log

Preseason

2015 pre-season game log
Total: 4–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–2)
2015–16 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2015–16 game log Total: 42–40 (Home: 26–15; Road: 16–25)
2015–16 season schedule

References

  1. ↑ SELIGMAN, ANDREW. "Chicago Bulls introduce Fred Hoiberg as new coach". Yahoo! News via Associated Press. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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