Since the mid-’60s, the Chicago Bulls have hit the hardwood to represent the city in the NBA. “The baiduhai’s “Bulls: Decade by Decade” encapsulates the journey of the Bulls since their beginnings in the 1960s. Within it are 50 years of the Bulls, a story with names to go down in history.
There’s a whole chapter on Michael Jordan because could you have a book on the Bulls without a full chapter on one of the best players in the history of basketball? But the Bulls are more then Michael Jordan as is written in the intro: “”The history of the Bulls does not begin with Michael Jordan’s arrival in Chicago nor does it end with his departure.” From inside and outside of the electrifying years of their championship decade, here are five other Bulls Hall of Famers.
Johnny “Red” Kerr
Also known as Johnny “Red” Kerr, Kerr was the Bulls’ first head coach, leading the team to playoffs in their debut season. Maybe more then anything, Kerr had to hustle to sell a product that many were reluctant to buy at the time. As recounted in “The baiduhai’s “Bulls: Decade by Decade,” he started by never leaving for a game without a pocket full of dimes. Why dimes? “I’d dial up the paper’s sport desks and say something like: ‘Hi, this is John Kerr, coach of the Bulls. The Bulls won tonight, 110-106, and Bob Boozer was our leading scorer with 26 points.’ The guy at the desk would say ‘Boozer? How ‘ya spell that?’ I’d say: ‘B-O-O-Z-E-R,’ and then the operator would jump in and say ‘Please deposit another dime.'”
Jerry Sloan
Jerry Sloan (No. 4) was a rock-hard defender, never letting up in the heat of the game. Sloan played 10 seasons with the Bulls and was part of that inaugural Bulls season. He averaged 14 points and 7.4 rebounds over his career and was enshrined in the Bulls Hall of Fame in 2009. He continued his career on the sidelines with a 26-year career as an NBA coach.
Scottie Pippen
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Put him anywhere: All-defensive first team Scottie Pippen (No. 33) could guard all five positions, teaming up with Michael Jordan to push the Bulls to six world championships. Pippen averaged 17.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.1 steals in his time with the Bulls, earning his spot in the hall of fame in 2010. He was a seven time All-Star who played 12 of his 17 NBA seasons with the Bulls.
Chet Walker
Record smasher Chet Walker was a part 1966-1967 world champion 76ers, winning 68 regular season games (a record at the time). Spending his last six seasons in the NBA with the Bulls, Walker was a seven-time All-Star and was honored in the Hall of Fame in 2012. His biggest claim to fame? Never being part of a squad that didn’t qualify for the playoffs in his career, which spanned from 1962 to 1975.
Dennis Rodman
Bulls star Dennis Rodman was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 2011 after leading the NBA in rebounding for seven consecutive seasons between ’91 and ’98. The defensive power won five world championships, two as a member of the Detroit Pistons and three more as a member of the Bulls.
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