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11 unusual facts about Chicago Bulls


1938 Stanley Cup Finals

It was the last time that a Chicago team would win a championship at Chicago Stadium until the Bulls won their second straight NBA championship in 1992.

1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks season

The Chicago Bulls were in the NBA Finals in 1992, but were successful as they repeated as NBA champions, defeating the Portland Trail Blazers in 6 games.

A New Day Cambodia

ANDC was founded in 2006 by Bill Smith, the team photographer for the Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls and United Center.

Carpentras XIII

The clubs logo is that a red bull uncannily similar in style to that of the club logo of American basketball team the Chicago Bulls; it has only adopted this logo in more recent times.

Cécilia Rodhe

The 6'11" Joakim played college basketball for the 2006 NCAA national champions and repeat 2007 NCAA champions, the University of Florida Gators, and was drafted by the Chicago Bulls of the NBA as the 9th overall pick.

Chicago Bulls College Prep

It is named after the Chicago Bulls basketball team, which supports the school through its charitable arm.

Cubs–White Sox rivalry

At the time the White Sox came to town, the Cubs' home field was West Side Park, in an older section of the city which is now the West Campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago and near the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks.

Dorothy A. Brown

The Inspector General's report documented expenditures unrelated to charitable causes, including Chicago Bulls and Six Flags Great America tickets and employee parking reimbursements.

Doug Ross

Ray owns a ritzy hotel in Chicago, and Doug lets his guard down a little, but is disappointed when his father offers to take him to a Chicago Bulls game and then stands him up.

Ruth L. Ratny

She is also an executive producer on the inspiring story of a former Bulls basketball player.

Skirvin Hilton Hotel

Rumours of a haunting in the hotel persist, and have even been cited by NBA teams, notably in 2010 when the New York Knicks famously blamed their loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on the haunting and when the Chicago Bulls reported doors slamming shut on their own and strange sounds outside their rooms.


1971–72 NBA season

The Lakers finished the season with a record 69 wins, which would stand until the 1995–96 season when the Chicago Bulls won 72 regular season games.

This mark would stand for 24 seasons, until it was bettered by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.

1974–75 Spirits of St. Louis season

The Spirits drafted John Lucas (who stayed in college), Gus Gerard and Mickey Johnson (who signed with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA), and in a special draft of NBA players selected Pete Maravich, Henry Bibby, Phil Jackson, Paul Westphal and Jeff Mullins, all of whom stayed in the NBA.

1986 NBA draft

John Salley won four championship rings with three different NBA teams (Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers) before becoming one of the hosts of The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Network.

1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season

The only teams that the Red Wings did not surpass the team records was, the Seattle SuperSonics (64 wins) and the 72–10 Chicago Bulls.

2001–02 Washington Wizards season

After retiring from the Chicago Bulls in early 1999, Michael Jordan became the Washington Wizards’ president of basketball operations as well as a minority owner in January 2000.

Craig Hodges

When the Chicago Bulls visited the White House after winning the 1992 NBA Championship, Hodges dressed in a dashiki and delivered a hand-written letter addressed to then President George H. W. Bush, expressing his discontent at the administration's treatment of the poor and minorities.

Del Harris

On July 3, 2008, the Chicago Tribune reported that Harris agreed to become an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls along with former Charlotte Bobcats head coach Bernie Bickerstaff and longtime NBA assistant Bob Ociepka.

Eddie Basden

Basden went undrafted in the 2005 NBA Draft, but was invited to play on the Chicago Bulls Reebok Summer League team, where a strong performance earned him a two-year contract with the Bulls.

Hunter Hillenmeyer

An interview with Fox News Chicago revealed that Hillenmeyer is married to the daughter of Tim Floyd, former coach of the Iowa State, Chicago Bulls, and Southern California men's basketball teams.

LaMarr Woodley

Woodley teamed with former Detroit Lions wide receiver Charles Rogers and former Chicago Bulls point guard Anthony Roberson at Saginaw High School in 2000 to win Michigan's Division II state championship in football.

Major League Baseball on SportsChannel

The network began in April 1982 as Sportsvision, a joint venture between then-new owner Chicago Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, his fellow White Sox co-owner, television sports producer and promoter Eddie Einhorn, and Fred Eychaner, then-owner of local UHF station WPWR (then on Channel 60, now Channel 50).

Mark Binstein

Binstein also sought to add All-American Howard Porter to the Condors' roster and the team entered litigation with the NBA's Chicago Bulls over Porter's status.

McLeansboro, Illinois

ABC News Reporter Christen Craig, sports figures Jerry Sloan (former basketball player and head coach for the Chicago Bulls and former head coach of the Utah Jazz) and Carl Mauck (former center for the Houston Oilers and National Football League coach) were born there.

NBA in the Zone

Ray Clay, at the time the public address announcer for the Chicago Bulls does voice commentary.

Piratas de Quebradillas

After a poor season start, Quebradillas fired coach Jackson, who later went on to win 11 NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Ronnie McMahan

He was on the Chicago Bulls roster for the 1995-6 season until being waived on Halloween.

The Phantom Buzzer Game

The Phantom Buzzer Game is the unofficial name of a National Basketball Association game between the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks on November 6, 1969 at Chicago Stadium.