2005–06 Chicago Bulls season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Chicago Bulls 2006 41 41 Central 4 7 Scott Skiles John Paxson United Center Jerry Reinsdorf WGN-TVWCIU-TVCSN Chicago WMVP First Round(lost to Heat 2–4) CHI The 2005–06 Chicago Bulls season was one of mixed results. While the Bulls reached the playoffs for a second straight season, they posted a record of just 41–41 (.500) in the regular season, 6 wins fewer than they had recorded in the previous year even though the roster was mostly the same. In the playoffs, the Bulls lost to the eventual NBA champion, the Miami Heat, in six games in the First Round. On December 9, 2005, the Bulls' retired Scottie Pippen's jersey number 33 to the rafters during the halftime ceremony. Pippen was also reunited with his former teammates Michael Jordan, Horace Grant, Dennis Rodman, Craig Hodges, Randy Brown, Toni Kukoc, his former assistant coach Johnny Bach, and former Bulls head coach Phil Jackson during the ceremony. Offseason The Bulls did not have any picks in the 2005 draft. The core of the team remained based around Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, and Kirk Hinrich, all draft picks from the previous two years. The Bulls did not sign any household name players through free agency, but did add Malik Allen, Darius Songaila and Michael Sweetney (through the trade explained below), all of which would split time between the starting lineup and the bench. They also added Tim Thomas; however due to a clash with Scott Skiles he appeared in just 3 games for the Bulls and would eventually move to the Phoenix Suns. The Bulls also traded their once first-round draft pick Eddy Curry to the Knicks after Curry missed some of the 2004–05 season with a heart condition.Curry Faces Tests to Evaluate Risk Factor - New York Times The move was met with some controversy, although it ended up resulting in high draft picks for the Bulls due to the Knicks' poor records in the coming seasons. NBA draft The Bulls did not have any draft picks in 2005. Roster Chicago Bulls 2005–06 35 Malik Allen F 6 10 255 1978-06-27 Villanova 13 Eddie Basden GF 6 5 215 1983-02-15 UNC-Charlotte 3 Tyson Chandler C 7 1 235 1982-10-02 Dominguez HS (CA) 9 Luol Deng F 6 8 220 1985-04-16 Duke 21 Chris Duhon G 6 1 185 1982-08-31 Duke 7 Ben Gordon G 6 3 200 1983-04-04 Connecticut 24 Othella Harrington FC 6 9 235 1974-01-31 Georgetown 12 Kirk Hinrich G 6 3 190 1981-01-02 Kansas 1 Randy Livingston G 6 4 209 1975-04-02 Louisiana State 5 Andres Nocioni F 6 7 225 1979-11-30 Argentina 15 Jannero Pargo G 6 1 175 1979-10-22 Arkansas 52 Eric Piatkowski G 6 7 215 1970-09-30 Nebraska 45 Luke Schenscher C 7 1 255 1982-12-31 Georgia Tech 25 Darius Songaila F 6 9 248 1978-02-14 Wake Forest 50 Michael Sweetney FC 6 8 275 1982-10-25 Georgetown Scott Skiles Ron Adams Jim Boylan Pete Myers Mike Wilhelm Fred Tedeschi (trainer) https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/2006.html March 22, 2006 Regular season Standings CHI CHI Playoffs At 41–41 (.500) record, the Bulls managed to sneak into the Eastern Conference Playoffs as a 7th seed. They would lose in the first round to the eventual NBA Champion Miami Heat, although they did manage to stretch the best of 7 series to 6 games, ending a season in which they played very inconsistently on a somewhat positive note. A year later, the Bulls would defeat the Heat in a sweep in the first round. Chicago Bulls yes 2006 Chicago Bulls First Round yes yes no 2 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 22 | @ Miami | L 106–111 | Ben Gordon (35) | Andrés Nocioni (16) | Kirk Hinrich (8) | American Airlines Arena20,288 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 24 | @ Miami | L 108–115 | Andrés Nocioni (30) | Tyson Chandler (9) | Kirk Hinrich (7) | American Airlines Arena20,214 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 27 | Miami | W 109–90 | Ben Gordon (24) | Andrés Nocioni (9) | Kirk Hinrich (11) | United Center22,133 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 30 | Miami | W 93–87 | Andrés Nocioni (24) | Andrés Nocioni (7) | Kirk Hinrich (9) | United Center22,361 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 2 | @ Miami | L 78–92 | Andrés Nocioni (23) | Andrés Nocioni (10) | Kirk Hinrich (5) | American Airlines Arena20,287 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 4 | Miami | L 96–113 | Kirk Hinrich (23) | Luol Deng (6) | Kirk Hinrich (6) | United Center22,584 | 2–4 |- CHI yes 2006 Player statistics Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGAndrés Nocioni 82 43 27.3 .461 .391 .843 6.1 1.4 .5 .6 13.0Kirk Hinrich 81 81 36.5 .418 .370 .815 3.6 6.3 1.2 .3 15.9Ben Gordon 80 47 31.0 .422 .435 .787 2.7 3.0 .9 .1 16.9Tyson Chandler 79 50 26.8 .565 .000 .503 9.0 1.0 .5 1.3 5.3Luol Deng 78 56 33.4 .463 .269 .750 6.6 1.9 .9 .6 14.3Chris Duhon 74 38 29.1 .400 .360 .818 3.0 5.0 .9 .0 8.7Othella Harrington 72 23 11.4 .495 .626 2.1 .5 .1 .2 4.8Michael Sweetney 66 44 18.5 .450 .652 5.3 .9 .3 .8 8.1Darius Songaila 62 7 21.4 .481 .400 .817 4.0 1.4 .6 .3 9.2Jannero Pargo 57 0 11.3 .373 .379 .810 1.1 1.6 .4 .0 4.8Malik Allen 54 20 13.0 .490 1.000 .605 2.6 .4 .3 .3 4.9Eric Piatkowski 29 1 7.9 .393 .273 .400 .8 .4 .2 .0 2.0Luke Schenscher 20 0 7.5 .615 .308 1.5 .4 .1 .2 1.8Eddie Basden 19 0 7.4 .405 .143 .800 1.5 .4 .5 .1 2.1James Thomas basketball† 7 0 3.7 .500 1.1 .0 .0 .0 .9Randy Livingston 5 0 4.4 .000 .8 .2 .2 .0 .0Randy Holcomb 4 0 2.8 1.000 .3 .0 .0 .0 .5Tim Thomas basketball† 3 0 10.7 .375 .167 1.3 .7 .0 .3 4.3Stephen Graham basketball† 3 0 6.7 .200 .250 1.000 1.0 .3 .0 .0 1.7 Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGBen Gordon 6 6 40.8 .406 .366 .676 3.3 3.0 1.0 .0 21.0Kirk Hinrich 6 6 39.0 .415 .346 .857 3.3 7.7 1.3 .3 20.5Andrés Nocioni 6 6 38.3 .560 .476 .857 8.8 1.5 .8 .3 22.3Michael Sweetney 6 6 20.0 .412 .789 5.5 1.2 .5 1.0 7.2Malik Allen 6 6 19.3 .467 .000 3.0 1.2 .3 1.0 4.7Luol Deng 6 0 30.0 .429 .200 .571 4.8 .5 .8 .7 10.2Chris Duhon 6 0 21.8 .360 .438 .833 2.7 2.2 .3 .0 5.0Tyson Chandler 6 0 17.3 .667 .300 4.5 .5 .3 .3 1.8Eric Piatkowski 6 0 4.7 .500 .400 1.000 .8 .2 .0 .2 1.7Jannero Pargo 5 0 3.8 .417 .600 .800 1.2 .6 .0 .0 3.4Luke Schenscher 3 0 5.7 1.000 .750 2.3 .0 .0 .0 2.3Othella Harrington 3 0 5.0 .000 .7 .0 .3 .0 .0 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Bulls only. Transactions August 8, 2005: Signed G Eddie Basden August 15, 2005: Resigned G Chris Duhon August 26, 2005: Resigned F Othella Harrington September 1, 2005: Resigned C Tyson Chandler September 2, 2005: Signed F Malik Allen September 23, 2005: Signed F Darius Songaila October 3, 2005: Resigned G Jannero Pargo October 4, 2005: Traded C Eddy Curry and F Antonio Davis to the New York Knicks for F Mike Sweetney, F Tim Thomas, G Jermaine Jackson, a conditional first round draft pick and two second round draft picks October 18, 2005: Waived G Jermaine Jackson January 5, 2006: Signed F Randy Holcomb to a 10-day contract January 17, 2006: Signed G Stephen Graham to a 10-day contract January 27, 2006: Signed F James Thomas to a 10-day contract March 1, 2006: Waived F Tim Thomas March 5, 2006: Signed C Luke Schenscher to a 10-day contract March 15, 2006: Signed C Luke Schenscher to a 10-day contract March 22, 2006: Signed G Randy Livingston to a 10-day contract March 25, 2006: Signed C Luke Schenscher for the season References Category:Chicago Bulls seasons Chicago Chicago Chicago Category:2005 in Chicago Category:2006 in Chicago