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2009–10 Chicago Bulls season

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Record
  
41–41 (.500)

Start date
  
2009

Owner
  
Jerry Reinsdorf

Arena
  
United Center

Head coach
  
Vinny Del Negro

General manager
  
Gar Forman

Radio
  
WMVP

Place
  
Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 8th (Eastern)

Playoff finish
  
Eliminated 1st Round to Cleveland Cavaliers; 4-1

Television
  
CSN Chicago, WGN America, WGN, WCIU

Similar
  
1966–67 Chicago Bulls sea, 2003–04 Chicago Bulls sea, 1988–89 Chicago Bulls sea, 1985–86 Chicago Bulls sea, 1998–99 Chicago Bulls sea

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

Contents

Key dates

  • June 25: The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
  • July 1: Start of the free agency period.

    • 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. Forman's top priority for the offseason was to re-sign Ben Gordon. Ben Gordon signed with the Detroit Pistons on July 1, 2009.

    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. On July 14, the Bulls re-signed guard Lindsey Hunter with a one-year contract.

    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.

    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.

    Season

    1Stats with the Bulls.

    Week/Month

  • Joakim Noah was named the Bulls CDW/HP Solutions Player of the Month for November.
  • Derrick Rose was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of December 28.
  • 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.

    • All-Star

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

    • Season

  • Taj Gibson was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

    • 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. 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. Gray returned to the line-up to make his season début November 26 against the Utah Jazz.
  • 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.
  • 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.

    • References

    2009–10 Chicago Bulls season Wikipedia
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