2018-19_Chicago_Bulls_season
2018–19 Chicago Bulls season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 2018–19 Chicago Bulls season was the 53rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Quick Facts Chicago Bulls season, Head coach ...
| 2018–19 Chicago Bulls season | |||
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| Head coach | Fred Hoiberg (fired) Jim Boylen | ||
| General manager | Gar Forman | ||
| Owners | Jerry Reinsdorf | ||
| Arena | United Center | ||
| Results | |||
| Record | 22–60 (.268) | ||
| Place | Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 13th (Eastern) | ||
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
| Local media | |||
| Television | NBC Sports Chicago WGN | ||
| Radio | WLS WSCR | ||
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On December 3, 2018, the Bulls fired Fred Hoiberg and replaced him with his assistant Jim Boylen.[1]
This season also produced the Bulls' highest-scoring game in franchise history, recording 168 points on March 1, 2019 in a quadruple overtime 168–161 win over the Atlanta Hawks. It broke a team record previously set in the 1983–84 season. It was also the third-highest scoring game in NBA history, as well as the third game where both teams scoring broke through the 160 point barrier in the same game.
Main article: 2018 NBA draft
More information Round, Pick ...
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College / Club |
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| 1 | 7 | Wendell Carter Jr. | C |  United States |
Duke |
| 1 | 22 | Chandler Hutchison | SG | United States |
Boise State |
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Division
More information Central Division, W ...
| Central Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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| z – Milwaukee Bucks | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 33–8 | 27–14 | 14–2 | 82 |
| x – Indiana Pacers | 48 | 34 | .585 | 12.0 | 29–12 | 19–22 | 11–5 | 82 |
| x – Detroit Pistons | 41 | 41 | .500 | 19.0 | 26–15 | 15–26 | 8–8 | 82 |
| Chicago Bulls | 22 | 60 | .268 | 38.0 | 9–32 | 13–28 | 3–13 | 82 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 19 | 63 | .232 | 41.0 | 13–28 | 6–35 | 4–12 | 82 |
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Conference
More information Eastern Conference, # ...
| Eastern Conference | ||||||
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Milwaukee Bucks * | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – Toronto Raptors * | 58 | 24 | .707 | 2.0 | 82 |
| 3 | x – Philadelphia 76ers | 51 | 31 | .622 | 9.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x – Boston Celtics | 49 | 33 | .598 | 11.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x – Indiana Pacers | 48 | 34 | .585 | 12.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – Brooklyn Nets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 7 | y – Orlando Magic * | 42 | 40 | .512 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x – Detroit Pistons | 41 | 41 | .500 | 19.0 | 82 |
| 9 | Charlotte Hornets | 39 | 43 | .476 | 21.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Miami Heat | 39 | 43 | .476 | 21.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Washington Wizards | 32 | 50 | .390 | 28.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Atlanta Hawks | 29 | 53 | .354 | 31.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Chicago Bulls | 22 | 60 | .268 | 38.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 19 | 63 | .232 | 41.0 | 82 |
| 15 | New York Knicks | 17 | 65 | .207 | 43.0 | 82 |
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Preseason
More information 2018 preseason game log Total: 2–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–2), Game ...
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Preseason: 2–3 (home: 2–1; road: 0–2)
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Regular season
More information 2018–19 game log Total: 22–60 (Home: 9–32; Road: 13–28), Game ...
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Injured
More information Player, Pos. ...
| Player | Pos. | GP | GS | MP | Reb. | Ast. | Stl. | Blk. | Pts. |
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| Rawle Alkins | SG | 10 | 1 | 120 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| Ryan Arcidiacono | PG | 81 | 32 | 1,961 | 219 | 269 | 65 | 4 | 544 |
| Antonio Blakeney | SG | 57 | 3 | 829 | 106 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 418 |
| Wendell Carter | C | 44 | 44 | 1,110 | 307 | 78 | 26 | 58 | 455 |
| Kris Dunn | PG | 46 | 44 | 1,389 | 187 | 277 | 68 | 21 | 519 |
| Cristiano Felício | C | 60 | 0 | 746 | 218 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 240 |
| Shaquille Harrison | PG | 73 | 11 | 1,430 | 222 | 139 | 89 | 30 | 474 |
| Justin Holiday† | SG | 38 | 38 | 1,325 | 169 | 85 | 67 | 21 | 440 |
| Chandler Hutchison | SF | 44 | 14 | 895 | 185 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 229 |
| Zach LaVine | SG | 63 | 62 | 2,171 | 294 | 283 | 60 | 26 | 1,492 |
| Walt Lemon≠ | PG | 6 | 3 | 167 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 86 |
| Robin Lopez | C | 74 | 36 | 1,606 | 286 | 89 | 11 | 78 | 704 |
| Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot≠ | SF | 29 | 6 | 546 | 79 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 196 |
| Lauri Markkanen | PF | 52 | 51 | 1,682 | 470 | 75 | 37 | 33 | 974 |
| Jabari Parker† | PF | 39 | 17 | 1,042 | 241 | 84 | 23 | 14 | 556 |
| Cameron Payne‡ | PG | 31 | 12 | 536 | 53 | 83 | 20 | 6 | 176 |
| Otto Porter≠ | SF | 15 | 15 | 492 | 83 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 262 |
| Bobby Portis† | PF | 22 | 6 | 531 | 161 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 310 |
| Brandon Sampson≠ | SG | 14 | 2 | 214 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 71 |
| JaKarr Sampson≠ | SF | 4 | 0 | 127 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 80 |
| Wayne Selden≠ | SG | 43 | 13 | 984 | 136 | 73 | 23 | 7 | 342 |
| Tyler Ulis‡ | PG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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After all games.[2]
‡Waived during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
Main article: List of 2018–19 NBA season transactions
Trades
| July 7, 2018[3] | To Chicago Bulls Julyan Stone (from Charlotte) |
To Charlotte Hornets Bismack Biyombo (from Orlando) 2019 second round pick (from Orlando) 2020 second round pick (from Orlando) |
| To Orlando Magic Jerian Grant (from Chicago) Timofey Mozgov (from Charlotte) | ||
| January 3, 2019[4] | To Chicago Bulls MarShon Brooks |
To Memphis Grizzlies |
| January 7, 2019[5] | To Chicago Bulls Michael Carter-Williams |
To Houston Rockets 2020 Memphis protected second-round pick |
| January 22, 2019[6] | To Chicago Bulls Carmelo Anthony |
To Houston Rockets Draft rights to Tadija Dragićević |
| February 1, 2019[7] | To Chicago Bulls Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot |
To Oklahoma City Thunder 2020 protected second round draft pick |
| February 7, 2019[8] | To Chicago Bulls |
To Washington Wizards Jabari Parker |
Free agency
Re-signed
More information Player, Signed ...
| Player | Signed |
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| Zach LaVine[9] | July 8, 2018 |
| Antonio Blakeney[10] | July 19, 2018 |
| Ryan Arcidiacono[11] | July 31, 2018 |
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Additions
More information Player, Signed ...
| Player | Signed | Former team |
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| Jabari Parker[12] | July 14, 2018 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Antonius Cleveland[13] | July 23, 2018 | Atlanta Hawks |
| Rawle Alkins[14] | Two-way contract | Arizona Wildcats |
| Derrick Walton[15] | August 14, 2018 | Miami Heat |
| Kaiser Gates[16] | September 24, 2018 | Xavier Musketeers |
| JaKarr Sampson[16] | Sacramento Kings | |
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Subtractions
More information Player, Reason left ...
| Player | Reason left | New team |
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| Sean Kilpatrick[17] | Waived |  Panathinaikos B.C. OPAP |
| Julyan Stone[18] | Waived |  Reyer Venezia |
| Paul Zipser | Waived |  San Pablo Burgos |
| Noah Vonleh[19] | Free agent | New York Knicks |
| Quincy Pondexter[20] | Free agent | San Antonio Spurs |
| Cameron Payne[4] | Waived | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Michael Carter-Williams[5] | Waived | Orlando Magic |
| MarShon Brooks[5] | Waived |  Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| Carmelo Anthony[7] | Waived |
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- "Bulls Official: Fred Hoiberg Relieved as Bulls Head Coach". NBA.com. December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- "2018-19 Chicago Bulls Roster and Regular season Stats". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- "CHICAGO COMPLETES TRADE WITH CHARLOTTE AND ORLANDO". NBA.com. July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- "CHICAGO COMPLETES TRADE WITH MEMPHIS TEAM ALSO WAIVES CAMERON PAYNE". NBA.com. January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- "BULLS COMPLETE TRADE WITH ROCKETS TEAM ALSO WAIVES MARSHON BROOKS". NBA.com. January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- "BULLS COMPLETE TRADE WITH ROCKETS". NBA.com. January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- "Bulls finalize trade with Thunder". NBA.com. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- "Bulls to get Otto Porter Jr. from Wizards for Bobby Portis, Jabari Parker". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- "BULLS MATCH SACRAMENTO'S OFFER TO KEEP ZACH LAVINE". NBA.com. July 8, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- "BULLS SIGN ANTONIO BLAKENEY". NBA.com. July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- "BULLS RE-SIGN ARCIDIACONO". NBA.com. July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- "BULLS SIGN JABARI PARKER". NBA.com. July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- "BULLS CLAIM ANTONIUS CLEVELAND". NBA.com. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- "BULLS SIGN RAWLE ALKINS TO TWO-WAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- "BULLS SIGN DERRICK WALTON JR". NBA.com. August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- "BULLS FINALIZE TRAINING CAMP ROSTER". NBA.com. September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- "The Chicago Bulls announced today that the team has waived guard Sean Kilpatrick". Chicago Bulls on Twitter. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- "Reyer Venezia signs Julyan Stone to a 2+1 deal". Sportando. July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.[permanent dead link]
- "NEW YORK KNICKS SIGN NOAH VONLEH". NBA.com. July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- "SPURS SIGN QUINCY PONDEXTER". NBA.com. August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.