2010–11 Chicago Bulls season

The 2010–11 Chicago Bulls season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The Bulls won their 8th division title this season and finished with the best record in the NBA but fell short to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. It is the first time since 1975 that the Bulls failed to follow up a division title with an NBA title (that year, the Bulls were in the Midwest Division).

Key dates

• June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 1 – The free agency period began.

Summary

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	17	Kevin Séraphin	F/C	France	Cholet Basket (France)

Free agency

Roster

Chicago Bulls roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 6.0 !C 3 Turkey ! Aşık, Ömer 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) July 4, 1986 Turkey 2.0 !SG 6 USA ! Bogans, Keith 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 000000001980-05-12-0000May 12, 1980 Kentucky 4.5 !PF 5 USA ! Boozer, Carlos 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 266 lb (121 kg) 000000001981-11-20-0000November 20, 1981 Duke 2.0 !SG 11 USA ! Brewer, Ronnie 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 000000001985-03-20-0000March 20, 1985 Arkansas 3.0 !SF 45 USA ! Butler, Rasual 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 000000001979-05-23-0000May 23, 1979 La Salle 3.0 !SF 9 UK ! Deng, Luol (C) 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 000000001985-04-16-0000April 16, 1985 Duke 4.5 !PF 22 USA ! Gibson, Taj 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 000000001985-06-24-0000June 24, 1985 Southern California 3.0 !SF 26 USA ! Korver, Kyle 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 000000001981-03-17-0000March 17, 1981 Creighton 1.0 !PG 15 USA ! Lucas III, John (IN) 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 000000001982-11-21-0000November 21, 1982 Oklahoma State 6.0 !C 13 France ! Noah, Joakim 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 000000001985-02-25-0000February 25, 1985 Florida 1.0 !PG 12 USA ! Pargo, Jannero (IN) 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 000000001979-10-22-0000October 22, 1979 Arkansas 1.0 !PG 1 USA ! Rose, Derrick (C) 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) October 4, 1988 Memphis 4.5 !PF 24 USA ! Scalabrine, Brian (IN) 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 000000001978-03-18-0000March 18, 1978 Southern California 6.0 !C 40 USA ! Thomas, Kurt 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) October 4, 1972 Texas Christian 1.0 !PG 32 USA ! Watson, C. J. 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 000000001984-04-17-0000April 17, 1984 Tennessee	Head coach Tom Thibodeau (Salem State) Assistant coach(es) Ron Adams (Fresno Pacific) Rick Brunson (Temple) Andy Greer (Northern Illinois) Adrian Griffin (Seton Hall) Ed Pinckney (Villanova) Mike Wilhelm (Southampton) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Pre-season

Game log

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

• The Bulls regular season record of 62–20 was the best in the NBA and assured the Bulls of home court advantage throughout the playoffs.^[1]

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

• Tom Thibodeau wins NBA Coach of the Year
• Derrick Rose is named NBA Most Valuable Player
• Gar Forman wins the NBA Executive of the Year Award, along with Miami Heat President Pat Riley.
• Derrick Rose made the All-NBA First Team
• Joakim Noah made the NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Week/Month

• On November 15, Derrick Rose was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week (November 8–14).^[2]
• Coach Tom Thibodeau was named Coach of the Month for January.^[3]
• Coach Tom Thibodeau was named Coach of the Month for March.^[4]
• Derrick Rose was named Player of the Month for March.^[5]

All-Star

• Derrick Rose was the starting point guard at the 2010–2011 NBA All-Star game.^[6] In just under 30 minutes of playing time, Rose scored 11 points with 3 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 steal.

Season

• Luol Deng, a former winner (2006–2007) of the NBA Sportsmanship Award, finished second behind Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors for this year's award.

Records

• On March 12 the Bulls set a franchise record 18 converted 3-point shots in a game against the Utah Jazz. The previous record was 15 set in '94.
• Derrick Rose, at age 21, became the youngest MVP winner by winning this year's MVP title.

Milestones

Kurt Thomas played in his 1000th game in a contest vs the Charlotte Bobcats on Feb 15, 2011 at the United Center.

Derrick Rose scored a career high 44 pts vs the Atlanta Hawks on May 6, 2011.

Derrick Rose also had his first career triple-double at the Memphis Grizzlies on Jan 17, 2011.

The 62 wins by the Bulls is the most since the 97–98 season.

After defeating the New York Knicks on April 12, 2011, the Bulls became the only team of the 2010–2011 season to defeat all 29 other teams at least once.

Injuries and surgeries

• Carlos Boozer underwent surgery on October 5 to repair a fractured right hand. He claimed to have tripped over a bag at his home. After missing the first 15 games of the season, Boozer made his return on December 1 in a loss against the Orlando Magic.^[7]
• Joakim Noah underwent surgery on December 16 to repair a torn ligament in his right hand. He suffered the injury in a game against the Sacramento Kings on November 27.^[8] He returned to action in the 55th game of the season on February 23 after recuperating from right thumb surgery. He scored 7 points and had 16 rebounds in just over 24 minutes.^[9]
• Taj Gibson suffered a slight concussion in a game against the Los Angeles Clippers on December 18.^[10] He missed one game before suiting up for a game against the Washington Wizards on December 22, playing just 31 seconds.
• Carlos Boozer missed the January 17 game against the Memphis Grizzlies with a sprained ankle. He returned to play in the Jan 22 game against Cleveland.^[11]
• Carlos Boozer missed the March 11 game against the Atlanta Hawks with a sprained ankle. He missed 4 subsequent games and returned for the March 21 game against the Sacramento Kings
• Joakim Noah returned to the inactive list for games 74, 75 and 76.

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former Team Carlos Boozer Signed 5-year contract for $80 Million Utah Jazz Kyle Korver Signed 3-year contract for $15 Million Utah Jazz Ronnie Brewer Signed 3-year contract for $12.5 Million Memphis Grizzlies C.J. Watson Signed 2-year contract for $6.5 Million Golden State Warriors Kurt Thomas Signed 1-year contract for $1.1 Million Milwaukee Bucks Ömer Aşık Fenerbahçe Ülker Keith Bogans Signed 2-year contract for $2.5 Million San Antonio Spurs Brian Scalabrine Undisclosed terms Boston Celtics Rasual Butler Undisclosed terms Los Angeles Clippers Subtractions Player Reason Left New Team Rob Kurz Waived CB Granada Chris Richard Waived N/A Hakim Warrick Free agent Phoenix Suns Brad Miller Free agent Houston Rockets Jannero Pargo Free agent Chicago Bulls Acie Law Free agent Golden State Warriors Joe Alexander Free agent Texas Legends John Lucas III Waived Chicago Bulls References ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nba/news/story?id=6350435 ↑ "Bulls' Rose, Jazz's Williams named Players of the Week". NBA.com. November 15, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-15.  ↑ "Thibodeau named East's Coach of the Month". NBA.com. February 1, 2011. Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-26.  ↑ "Thibodeau named East's Coach of the Month". NBA.com. April 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-01.  ↑ "Derrick Rose named Player of the Month". NBA.com. April 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-01.  ↑ http://www.nba.com/games/20110220/ESTWST/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore ↑ "Boozer to miss two months after having hand surgery". NBA.com. October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-05.  ↑ "Bulls' Noah has surgery, out 8–10 weeks with hand injury". NBA.com. December 16, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-16.  ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 2, 2015. Retrieved 2011-04-10.  ↑ "Bulls' Gibson still out after concussion". NBA.com. December 21, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-21.  ↑ "Carlos Boozer sits with ankle injury". Sporting News. January 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-17.  Chicago Bulls seasons Franchise History Seasons 1960s 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1970s 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1980s 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1990s 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000s 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2010s 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 Bold indicates NBA Finals victory 2010–11 NBA season by team 2010 NBA Draft Summer League All-Star Game Playoffs Finals Transactions D-League Eastern Atlantic Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto Central Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Southeast Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington Western Northwest Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah Pacific Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento Southwest Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio