A Brief History on the Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls are the third most successful franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in terms of Championships (6), behind the Los Angeles Lakers (16) and the Boston Celtics (17). The Bulls are well known for having one of the greatest dynasties in the 1990's with two of the greatest basketball players of all time at helm, Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and a Hall of Fame coach in Phil Jackson. Together they managed to win 6 NBA Championships in the 90's decade, including two three-peats.. During the 1990s, the Bulls helped spread the popularity of the NBA around the world. The 1998 NBA Finals was the most watched championship series in NBA history. They are also the only team in history to win 70 or more games in a single season (1995/1996).
 


The Founder of the Chicago Bulls is Dick Klein. He tried to purchase the team in 1963, but he failed, and the team left the city after posting a 25-55 season record. However, Klein was determined to bring professional basketball back to Chicago, and started recruiting local businessmen to help him support an expansion team. Most investors were skeptical of Klein’s request, given the failure of the Zephyrs (the team before the Bulls came into town) and their predecessors. But when Klein received the support of the American Broadcasting Company, who was negotiating with the NBA for television rights, the tides changed. ABC also joined the bandwagon and on January 26, 1966, his group was finally awarded an NBA expansion franchise at a cost of $1.6 million, and Klein was named general manager. Klein wanted to give the team a  new nickname. He wanted the team to represent images of the Chicago stockyards, which were close to the teams stadium. According to Klein, he had originally considered Matadors or Toreadors, but when his youngest son dismissed these nicknames as “a bunch of bull,” he decided to name the team the Chicago Bulls. He had one of his neighbors design the Bulls logo, which has not changed in 45 years.












The Chicago Bulls have returned to glory these past couple of years and are looking to make a run back to the top behind League MVP Derrick Rose and Stars like Joakim Noah and Luol Deng.