Chicago Bulls Regular Season Rosters

2007-2008 Chicago Bulls Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
6 Shannon Brown G 6-4 210 1 Michigan State 2006 Rnd 1 Pick 25 United States
20 JamesOn Curry G 6-4 200 0 Oklahoma State 2007 Rnd 2 Pick 21 United States
9 Luol Deng GF 6-9 220 3 Duke 2004 Rnd 1 Pick 7 England / South Sudan
21 Chris Duhon G 6-1 190 3 Duke 2004 Rnd 2 Pick 9 United States
3 Thomas Gardner G 6-5 225 0 Missouri 2006 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
90 Drew Gooden FC 6-10 250 5 Kansas 2002 Rnd 1 Pick 4 United States
7 Ben Gordon SG 6-3 200 3 UConn 2004 Rnd 1 Pick 3 England / United States
34 Aaron Gray C 7-0 270 0 Pittsburgh 2007 Rnd 2 Pick 19 United States
44 Adrian Griffin G-F 6-5 217 9 Seton Hall 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
12 Kirk Hinrich G 6-4 190 4 Kansas 2003 Rnd 1 Pick 7 United States
32 Larry Hughes G 6-5 184 9 Saint Louis 1998 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States
38 Viktor Khryapa PF 6-7 220 3 CSKA Moscow (Russia) 2004 Rnd 1 Pick 22 Russia
35 Demetris Nichols SF 6-8 216 0 Syracuse 2007 Rnd 2 Pick 23 United States
13 Joakim Noah FC 6-11 230 0 Florida 2007 Rnd 1 Pick 9 France / United States
5 Andres Nocioni F 6-7 225 3 Baskonia (Spain) 2001 NBA Draft, Undrafted Argentina
2 Thabo Sefolosha GF 6-7 220 1 Edilnol Pallacanestro Biella (Italy) 2006 Rnd 1 Pick 13 Switzerland
15 Cedric Simmons FC 6-9 235 1 NC State 2006 Rnd 1 Pick 15 United States / Bulgaria
32 Joe Smith F 6-10 225 12 Maryland 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 1 United States
24 Tyrus Thomas F 6-9 215 1 LSU 2006 Rnd 1 Pick 4 United States
3 Ben Wallace FC 6-9 240 11 Virginia Union 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States

2007-2008 Chicago Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters K. Hinrich B. Gordon A. Nocioni L. Deng J. Noah
Rotation C. Duhon T. Sefolosha   T. Thomas A. Gray
Lim PT   J. Curry   D. Nichols  
Lim PT   S. Brown   C. Simmons  
Lim PT   L. Hughes   D. Gooden  

2007-2008 Central Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1Detroit Pistons59-23-
2Cleveland Cavaliers45-3714
3Indiana Pacers36-4623
4Chicago Bulls33-4926
5Milwaukee Bucks26-5633

2007-2008 Chicago Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Ben Gordon 72 31.8 18.6 3.1 3.0 0.8 0.1 2.1
Andres Nocioni 82 24.6 13.2 4.2 1.2 0.3 0.5 1.6
Luol Deng 63 33.8 17.0 6.3 2.5 0.9 0.5 1.9
Kirk Hinrich 75 31.7 11.5 3.3 6.0 1.2 0.3 2.1
Joe Smith 50 22.9 11.2 5.3 0.9 0.5 0.6 1.0
Tyrus Thomas 74 18.0 6.8 4.6 1.2 0.6 1.0 1.0
Joakim Noah 74 20.7 6.6 5.6 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.2
Thabo Sefolosha 69 20.8 6.7 3.7 1.9 0.9 0.4 1.3
Chris Duhon 66 22.6 5.8 1.8 4.0 0.7 0.0 1.1
Larry Hughes 28 28.9 12.0 3.1 3.1 1.4 0.2 1.6
Aaron Gray 61 10.0 4.3 2.8 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.9
Ben Wallace 50 32.5 5.1 8.8 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.0
Drew Gooden 18 31.0 14.0 9.3 1.7 0.7 1.3 1.7
Adrian Griffin 22 10.1 2.3 1.7 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.7
Viktor Khryapa 9 11.6 3.6 2.2 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.7
Thomas Gardner 4 11.2 5.2 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.0
Demetris Nichols 11 2.8 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2
Shannon Brown 6 3.6 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.8
Cedric Simmons 7 2.7 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3

2007-2008 Chicago Bulls Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

JamesOn Curry was selected as the #21 pick in the Second Round of the 2007 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. JamesOn Curry signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls on July 25, 2007.

Chris Duhon was selected as the #9 pick in the Second Round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. Chris Duhon signed a contract with the Chicago Bulls on October 4, 2004. Chris Duhon re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls on August 22, 2005.

Ben Gordon was selected as the #3 pick in the First Round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. Ben Gordon signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls on July 16, 2004.

Aaron Gray was selected as the #19 pick in the Second Round of the 2007 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. Aaron Gray signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls on July 25, 2007.

Kirk Hinrich was selected as the #7 pick in the First Round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. Kirk Hinrich signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls on July 14, 2003. Kirk Hinrich signed a multi-year extension with the Chicago Bulls on October 31, 2006.

Joakim Noah was selected as the #9 pick in the First Round of the 2007 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. Joakim Noah signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls on July 24, 2007.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Luol Deng, the #7 pick in the First Round of the 2004 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Chicago Bulls from the Phoenix Suns on June 24, 2004. Luol Deng signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls on July 16, 2004.

Draft Rights to Thabo Sefolosha, the #13 pick in the First Round of the 2006 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Chicago Bulls from the Philadelphia Sixers on June 28, 2006. Thabo Sefolosha signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls on July 28, 2006.

Draft Rights to Tyrus Thomas, the #4 pick in the First Round of the 2006 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Chicago Bulls from the Portland Trail Blazers on June 28, 2006. Tyrus Thomas signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls on July 28, 2006.

Acquired via Trade

Shannon Brown was acquired in a trade by the Chicago Bulls from the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 21, 2008.

Drew Gooden was acquired in a trade by the Chicago Bulls from the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 21, 2008.

Larry Hughes was acquired in a trade by the Chicago Bulls from the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 21, 2008.

Cedric Simmons was acquired in a trade by the Chicago Bulls from the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 21, 2008.

Acquired via Waiver Claim

Demetris Nichols was claimed off of the waiver wire by the Chicago Bulls from the Cleveland Cavaliers on December 5, 2007.

Acquired via Free Agency

Andres Nocioni signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls on August 6, 2004. Andres Nocioni re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls on July 18, 2007.

2007-2008 Chicago Bulls Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Jerry Reinsdorf Owner, Chairman 1985-1986 N/A
Scott Skiles Head Coach 2003-2004 Head Coach (Phoenix Suns, 1999 to 2002)
Jim Boylan Head Coach 2007-2008 Assistant Coach (Chicago Bulls, 2004 to 2007)
Pete Myers Head Coach, Assistant Coach 2007-2008 Head Coach (Chicago Bulls, 2003 to 2004)
John Paxson Executive VP of Basketball Operations, General Manager 2003-2004 Assistant Coach (Chicago Bulls, 1995 to 1996)
Matt Lloyd Director of College Scouting 2007-2008 Senior Manager of Basketball Operations (Chicago Bulls, 2003 to 2007)
Ivica Dukan Director of International Scouting 1990-1991 N/A
Jacob Jonas Basketball Operations Assistant 2005-2006 N/A
Brian Meyer Basketball Operations Assistant 2007-2008 Basketball Operations Intern (Chicago Bulls, 2006 to 2007)
Adam Tatalovich Video Coordinator 2007-2008 Assistant Video Coordinator (Chicago Bulls, 2006 to 2007)
Chris Thomas Assistant Video Coordinator 2007-2008 Director of Basketball Operations (Miami (FL), 2005 to 2007)
Dave Bollwinkel Scout 2005-2006 N/A
Ron Adams Assistant Coach, Scout 2007-2008 Assistant Coach (Chicago Bulls, 2003 to 2008)
Mike Wilhelm Assistant Coach, Advance Scout 2008-2009 Assistant Coach (Chicago Bulls, 2002 to 2018)
John Ligmanowski Equipment Manager 1983-1984 N/A
Gar Forman Director of Player Personnel 2004-2005 Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations (Chicago Bulls, 2002 to 2004)
Karen Stack Director of Basketball Administration 2005-2006 Assistant to Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations (Chicago Bulls, 1983 to 2005)
Thomas Holbert Director of Basketball Operations 2007-2008 N/A
Jay Hillock Director of Pro Personnel 2004-2005 N/A
Steve Julius Director of Player Development 2007-2008 N/A
Fred Tedeschi Head Athletic Trainer 1998-1999 N/A
Erik Helland Strength and Conditioning Coach 2001-2002 N/A
Michael Irr Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach 2006-2007 N/A
Marc Boff Assistant Athletic Trainer 2004-2005 N/A
Stacey King Television Analyst 2005-2006 N/A
Stacey King TV Broadcaster 2006-2007 N/A
Neil Funk Radio Broadcaster 1991-1992 N/A
Steve Kashul Radio Broadcaster 1997-1998 N/A
Bill Wennington Radio Broadcaster 2004-2005 N/A
Tommy Edwards Public Address Announcer 2006-2007 Public Address Announcer (Chicago Bulls, 1976 to 1990)