2007–08 Chicago Bulls season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Chicago Bulls 2008 33 49 Central 4 11 Scott Skiles (fired) Pete Myers (interim) Jim Boylan (interim) John Paxson Jerry Reinsdorf United Center Did not qualify CHI CSN Chicago WGN WCIU WMVP thumb|Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls takes a shot during an NBA game versus the New York Knicks at the United Center in Chicago, December 14, 2007 The 2007–08 Chicago Bulls season was the 42nd season of NBA basketball in Chicago. Key dates: June 28: The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City. 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.Skiles relieved as Bulls Head Coach, Bulls.com, December 24, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2008. December 27: Jim Boylan was named the Bulls' interim head coach for the rest of the season.Boylan named Interim Head Coach for the remainder of the season, Bulls.com, December 27, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2008. 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.Bulls acquire Gooden and Hughes in three-team trade https://web.archive.org/web/20080306200219/http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/hughes_gooden_080221.html 2008-03-06 , Bulls.com, February 21, 2007. Accessed March 25, 2008. 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.Ford scores 18 but Toronto drops finale to Bulls, Associated Press, April 17, 2008. April 17: The Bulls fired interim coach Boylan after a season in which GM John Paxson described as ''disappointing'' and ''disturbing''.Chicago Bulls fire interim coach Jim Boylan, Associated Press, April 17, 2008. 2 Offseason The Bulls made the following free agent transactions for the 2007 off-season. Free agents Chicago Bulls All-Time Transactions, Bulls.com. Accessed March 25, 2008. Additions Date signedPlayerFormer teamJuly 18 Andrés NocioniChicago BullsJuly 18 Joe SmithPhiladelphia 76ersOctober 2 Andre BarrettChicago BullsOctober 2 Joseph BlairOlimpia MilanoOctober 2 Justin CageXavier MusketeersOctober 2 Thomas GardnerVOO Verviers-PepinsterOctober 2 Jared HomanMersin BŞB. S.K.Subtractions Date leftPlayerNew teamOctober 8 Justin CageColorado 14ersOctober 10 Joseph BlairSpartak PrimorjeOctober 10 Andre BarrettBakersfield Jam Roster Chicago Bulls 2007–08 6 Shannon Brown G 6 4 205 1985-11-29 Michigan State 20 JamesOn Curry G 6 4 200 1986-01-07 Oklahoma State DL 9 Luol Deng F 6 8 220 1985-04-16 Duke 21 Chris Duhon G 6 1 185 1982-08-31 Duke 90 Drew Gooden basketball F 6 10 230 1981-09-24 Kansas 7 Ben Gordon G 6 3 200 1983-04-04 Connecticut 34 Aaron Gray C 7 0 270 1984-12-07 Pittsburgh 12 Kirk Hinrich G 6 3 190 1981-01-02 Kansas 32 Larry Hughes G 6 5 185 1979-01-23 St. Louis 35 Demetris Nichols F 6 8 215 1984-09-04 Syracuse 13 Joakim Noah C 6 11 230 1985-02-25 Florida 5 Andres Nocioni F 6 7 225 1979-11-30 Argentina 2 Thabo Sefolosha G 6 5 215 1984-05-02 Switzerland 15 Cedric Simmons F 6 9 235 1986-01-03 North Carolina State DL 24 Tyrus Thomas F 6 9 215 1986-08-17 Louisiana State Scott Skiles (fired) Pete Myers (interim) Jim Boylan (interim) Ron Adams Mike Brown Mike Wilhelm Fred Tedeschi (trainer) (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/2008.html April 2, 2008 Regular season Season standings CHI CHI Game log Chicago Bulls 2008 Total: 33–49 (Home: 20–21; Road: 13–28) Chicago Bulls October yes 0 0 0 1 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 1 || October 31 || @ New Jersey || 103–112 || Gordon (27) || Deng (11) || Duhon (6) ||Izod Center17,342 || 0–1 |- Chicago Bulls November 2 3 1 6 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 2 || November 2 || Philadelphia || 85–96 || Gordon (25) || Thomas (12) || Hinrich (8) ||United Center22,034 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 3 || November 3 || @ Milwaukee || 72–78 || Gordon (15) || Smith (10) || Hinrich (4) || Bradley Center18,717 || 0–3 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 4 || November 6 || LA Clippers || 91–97 || Deng (22) || Deng (8) || Thomas (5) || United Center21,742 || 0–4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || November 8 || Detroit || 97–93 || Thomas (19) || Thomas (14) || Hinrich (14) || United Center21,797 || 1–4 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 6 || November 10 || Toronto || 71–101 || Nocioni (20) || Sefolosha (6) || Hinrich, Duhon, Sefolosha (4) || United Center22,467 || 1–5 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 7 || November 15 || @ Phoenix || 102–112 || Gordon (24) || Wallace (10) || Hinrich (7) || US Airways Center18,422 || 1–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || November 17 || @ LA Clippers || 92–73 || Gordon (25) || Wallace (13) || Hinrich, Gordon, Duhon (4) || Staples Center17,535 || 2–6 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 9 || November 18 || @ LA Lakers || 78–106 || Gordon (20) || Wallace (8) || Hinrich (8) || Staples Center18,997 || 2–7 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 10 || November 20 || @ Denver || 91–112 || Noah (16) || Wallace (12) || Duhon (5) || Pepsi Center17,106 || 2–8 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 11 || November 24 || @ New York ||78–85 || Nocioni (23) || Wallace (12) || Hinrich (4) || Madison Square Garden19,763 || 2–9 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 12 || November 25 || @ Toronto || 78–93 || Deng (21) || Deng (9) || Hinrich (7) || Air Canada Centre19,800 || 2–10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || November 27 || Atlanta || 90–78 || Deng (22) || Wallace, Thomas (12) || Duhon (7) || United Center21,826 || 3–10 |- Chicago Bulls December 4 5 4 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || December 1 || Charlotte || 111–95 || Gordon (34) || Wallace (19) || Hinrich (7) || United Center21,729 || 4–10 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 15 || December 3 || Dallas || 98–103 || Nocioni (30) || Duhon (9) || Hinrich, Duhon (5)|| United Center21,780 || 4–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || December 5 || @ Charlotte || 91–82 || Deng (30) || Nocioni (11) || Duhon (9) || Charlotte Bobcats Arena13,227 || 5–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || December 7 || @ Detroit || 98–91 || Nocioni (22) || Smith (14) || Hinrich (6) || Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 6–11 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 18 || December 8 || Boston || 81–92 || Nocioni (18) || Wallace (14) || Hinrich (6) || United Center22,778 || 6–12 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || December 11 || Seattle || 123–96 || Gordon (27) || Thomas (9) || Hinrich (8) || United Center21,772 || 7–12 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 20 || December 12 || @ Indiana || 102–117 || Gordon (27) || Deng (7) || Hinrich (8) || Conseco Fieldhouse10,381 || 7–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || December 14 || New York || 101–96 || Deng (29) || Hinrich (12) || Hinrich (14) || United Center21,751 || 8–13 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 22 || December 18 || LA Lakers || 91–103 || Deng (26) || Deng, Nocioni (7) || Hinrich (8) || United Center22,310 || 8–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || December 19 || @ Washington || 95–84 || Gordon (22) || Gray (10) || Gordon (6) || Verizon Center14,792 || 9–14 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 24 || December 21 || @ Boston || 82–107 || Gordon (19) || Thomas (9) || Duhon (4) || TD Banknorth Garden18,624 || 9–15 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 25 || December 22 || Houston || 98–116 || Hinrich (22) || Deng (7) || Deng (5) || United Center22,434 || 9–16 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 26 || December 26 || @ San Antonio || 79–94 || Smith (19) || Smith (11) || Hinrich (7) || AT&T Center18,797 || 9–17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || December 28 || Milwaukee || 103–99 || Gordon (31) || Deng, Wallace (10) || Hinrich (9) || United Center22,189 || 10–17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || December 30 || @ New York || 100–83 || Gordon (25) || Wallace (10) || Hinrich (8) || Madison Square Garden19,763 || 11–17 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 29 || December 31 || Orlando || 110–112 || Gordon (39) || Wallace (12) || Hinrich (10) || United Center22,126 || 11–18 |- Chicago Bulls January 4 5 3 4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || January 2 || @ Charlotte || 109–97 || Gordon (22) || Deng (13) || Deng (5) || Charlotte Bobcats Arena11,568 || 12–18 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 31 || January 3 || Portland || 109–115 || Gordon (32) || Wallace (14) || Hinrich (9) || United Center21,756 || 12–19 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || January 5 || Sacramento || 94–93 || Nocioni (26) || Wallace (11) || Hinrich (7) || United Center21,908 || 13–19 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 33 || January 8 || New York || 100–105 || Smith (22) || Smith (12) || Hinrich (9) || United Center21,838 || 13–20 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || January 11 || @ Philadelphia || 100–97 || Nocioni (27) || Wallace (8) || Hinrich (7) || Wachovia Center17,046 || 14–20 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 35 || January 13 || @ Atlanta || 84–105 || Deng (28) || Wallace (13) || Duhon, Sefolosha (5) || Philips Arena16,065 || 14–21 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 36 || January 15 || @ Orlando || 88–102 || Smith (13) || Noah (11) || Duhon (5) || Amway Arena17,519 || 14–22 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || January 16 || @ Miami || 126–96 || Gordon (24) || Noah (8) || Deng (8) || American Airlines Arena19,600 || 15–22 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 38 || January 18 || Golden State || 111–119 || Gordon (29) || Deng (12) || Duhon (8) || United Center21,896 || 15–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || January 19 || Detroit || 97–81 || Gordon (33) || Sefolosha (13) || Duhon (4) || United Center22,657 || 16–23 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 40 || January 21 || @ Memphis || 90–104 || Gordon (25) || Wallace (13) || Hinrich (6) || FedExForum18,119 || 16–24 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || January 23 || Indiana || 108–95 || Hinrich (38) || Noah (15) || Hinrich (10) || United Center21,774 || 17–24 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 42 || January 25 || Charlotte || 77–90 || Nocioni (25) || Sefolosha (10) || Hinrich (8) || United Center21,761 || 17–25 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 43 || January 27 || Phoenix || 77–88 || Hinrich (31) || Thomas (11) || Hinrich, Duhon (3) || United Center22,245 || 17–26 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || January 29 || Minnesota || 96–85 || Hinrich (27) || Noah (13) || Hinrich (6) || United Center21,725 || 18–26 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 45 || January 30 || @ Minnesota || 67–83 || Hinrich, Sefolosha (14) || Noah, Wallace, Sefolosha (8) || Hinrich (8) || Target Center10,910 || 18–27 |- Chicago Bulls February 2 2 3 6 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 46 || February 2 || @ Sacramento || 101–105 || Gordon (33) || Wallace (9) || Hinrich, Duhon (3) || ARCO Arena15,526 || 18–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || February 4 || @ Seattle || 118–108 || Smith (25) || Wallace, Smith (10)|| Wallace (7) || KeyArena10,935 || 19–28 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 48 || February 6 || @ Portland || 97–100 || Sefolosha, Nocioni (22) || Wallace (8) || Duhon (9) || Rose Garden20,126 || 19–29 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || February 7 || @ Golden State || 114–108 || Duhon (34) || Noah (10) || Duhon (9) || Oracle Arena19,596 || 20–29 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 50 || February 9 || @ Utah || 87–97 || Sefolosha (22) || Sefolosha, Wallace (7) || Duhon (8) || EnergySolutions Arena19,911 || 20–30 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 51 || February 12 || New Orleans || 86–100 || Nocioni (28) || Wallace (16) || Duhon (5) || United Center21,739 || 20–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || February 14 || Miami || 99–92 || Hinrich (24) || Sefolosha, Thomas (12) || Duhon (8) || United Center21,792 || 21–31 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 53 || February 20 || @ New Jersey || 102–110 || Smith (17) || Nocioni, Smith, Wallace (9) || Hinrich (6) || Izod Center15,150 || 21–32 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || February 22 || Denver || 135–121 || Gordon (37) || Thomas (11) || Hinrich (14) || United Center21,848 || 22–32 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 55 || February 24 || @ Houston || 97–110 || Thomas (18) || Gooden (8) || Hinrich (10) || Toyota Center18,275 || 22–33 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 56 || February 25 || @ Dallas || 94–102 || Gordon (25) || Deng (9) || Gordon (4) || American Airlines Center20,340 || 22–34 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || February 27 || @ Indiana || 113–107 || Hughes (29) || Gooden (15) || Gordon, Hughes (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse10,556 || 23–34 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 58 || February 29 || Washington || 91–97 || Nocioni (19) || Deng (11) || Hughes (6) || United Center21,884 || 23–35 |- Chicago Bulls March 6 3 0 6 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 59 || March 2 || @ Cleveland || 86–95 || Hughes (23) || Gooden (10) || Hughes (4) || Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 23–36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || March 4 || Memphis || 112–97 || Deng, Gooden (21) || Gooden (14) || Hinrich (12) || United Center21,725 || 24–36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || March 6 || Cleveland || 107–96 || Deng, Gordon (23) || Noah (20) || Hinrich (7) || United Center22,097 || 25–36 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 62 || March 7 || @ Boston || 93–116 || Gordon (20) || Gray (8) || Gordon (4) || TD Banknorth Garden18,624 || 25–37 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 63 || March 9 || @ Detroit || 109–116 || Gordon (27) || Gooden (8) || Hughes (5) || Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 25–38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || March 11 || Utah || 108–96 || Gooden (24) || Gooden (10) || Hinrich (6) || United Center21,969 || 26–38 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 65 || March 14 || Philadelphia || 106–110 || Deng (21) || Gooden (9) || Hinrich (6) || United Center22,069 || 26–39 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 66 || March 17 || @ New Orleans || 97–108 || Gordon (31) || Gooden (12) || Hinrich (5) || New Orleans Arena14,337 || 26–40 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || March 18 || New Jersey || 112–96 || Deng (20) || Gooden (11) || Hinrich (8) || United Center22,070 || 27–40 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 68 || March 20 || San Antonio || 80–102 || Deng (18) || Gordon (8) || Gordon (3) || United Center22,353 || 27–41 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 69 || March 22 || Indiana || 101–108 || Deng (28) || Gooden, Hughes (10) || Hinrich (10) || United Center21,752 || 27–42 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || March 25 || Atlanta || 103–94 || Gooden (31) || Gooden (16) || Hinrich (10) || United Center21,806 || 28–42 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 71 || March 26 || @ Philadelphia || 99–121 || Sefolosha (20) || Gooden (8) || Hinrich (6) || Wachovia Center18,620 || 28–43 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 72 || March 28 || @ Atlanta || 103–106 || Deng (19) || Noah (7) || Hinrich (8) || Philips Arena17,223 || 28–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || March 29 || Milwaukee || 114–111 || Hughes (19) || Noah (15) || Hinrich (6) || United Center21,983 || 29–44 |- Chicago Bulls April 2 3 2 2 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 74 || April 1 || Boston || 92–106 || Thomas (24) || Noah (8) || Hinrich, Deng (5) || United Center22,225 || 29–45 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || April 3 || @ Cleveland || 101–98 || Hughes (25) || Hughes (8) || Hughes (9) || Quicken Loans Arena20,562 || 30–45 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 76 || April 5 || Washington || 87–99 || Gordon (18) || Sefolosha (7) || Gordon (4) || United Center21,929 || 30–46 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 77 || April 8 || @ Miami || 88–95 || Deng (25) || Duhon, Hinrich (4) || Noah (13) || American Airlines Arena19,175 || 30–47 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 78 || April 9 || @ Orlando || 83–115 || Hinrich (19) || Deng (7) || Hinrich, Sefolosha (4) || Amway Arena17,519 || 30–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || April 11 || Cleveland || 100–95 || Deng (21) || Thomas (14) || Hinrich (6) || United Center22,084 || 31–48 |- bgcolor="edbebf" | 80 || April 13 || Orlando || 84–104 || Nocioni (22) || Deng (7) || Hinrich (7) || United Center21,973 || 31–49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || April 14 || @ Milwaukee || 151–135 || Deng (32) || Thomas, Sefolosha (8) || Duhon (15) || Bradley Center16,212 || 32–49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || April 16 || Toronto || 107–97 || Thomas (26) || Gray (22) || Hinrich, Duhon (6) || United Center21,909 || 33–49 |- CHI 2008 Player stats Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG 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 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 Category:Chicago Bulls seasons Chicago Chicago Chicago Category:2007 in Chicago Category:2008 in Chicago