A Basic History of the Chicago Bulls Basketball Team

The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls play in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference of the NBA.

The Chicago Bulls are currently owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and their coach is Scott Skiles. The Bulls play their home games at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The official colors of the Chicago Bulls are white, black, and red.

The team was founded in 1966 and has been a major part of the Chicago sports scene ever since.

The team played in the International Amphitheatre from 1996-1967. They played in the Chicago Stadium from 1967-1994. Since 1994, the team has played their home games at the United Center.

During the history of the Bulls, the team has won a total of seven division titles, six conference titles, and six NBA Championships. The team won their first division title in 1975. The team's six other division titles along with their six conference titles and six championships all came during the nineties.

The Chicago Bulls won the NBA Championship three years in a row two separate times. The first three-peat happened from 1991-1993, and the second happened from 1996-1998.

When the Bulls won their six NBA Championships, they were led by arguably the best basketball player of all-time, Michael Jordan. Teamed with another future Hall of Famer, Scottie Pippen, and their Hall of Fame coach, Phil Jackson, the Bulls dominated the NBA throughout the 90s, including the best single regular season record in NBA history.

The Chicago Bulls have several members currently enshrined in the National Basketball Hall of Fame with several others on the way. George Gervin, Robert Parish, Nate Thumond, and Phil Jackson are all members of the Hall of Fame. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen will surely be enshrined once they become eligible (having been retired for at least five years).

The Chicago Bulls have four retired numbers. The players whose jersey numbers have been retired are Jerry Sloan - 4, Bob Love - 10, Michael Jordan - 23, and Scottie Pippen - 33. Banners also hang inside the arena honoring former coach Phil Jackson and Jerry Krause, the general manager for the team from 1985-2003.

Some of the other former fan favorites in Chicago include Dennis Rodman, Horace Grant, Steve Kerr and Elton Brand.

The current team is considered by many to be an up and coming team in the Eastern Conference, led by two young guards, Kirk Hinrich and Ben Gordon, and a young forward, Luol Deng. The team also has one of the best defensive players in the NBA at center in Ben Wallace.