The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association in the Eastern Conference. The team was established in 1966 and posted the best record in franchise team history after its first year in the league.

The Bulls' early teams featured names such as Bob Love, Tom Boerwinkle, Jerry Sloan and Norm Van Lier. Despite the talent of these gritty players, the Bulls continued to come up short during the post-season during their first 20 plus years in the league. The team’s fortunes would start to change toward the end of the 1980’s heading into the 1990’s. After falling to the Detroit Pistons in the 1990 Eastern Conference Finals, The franchise would capture its first title in 1991 and would win six titles in the span of eight seasons between 1991-1998, including two three-peats helping the Chicago Bulls establish themselves as one of the most dominant teams of their era.

The Bulls established a franchise in the state's largest city, Chicago in 1966. The team made it to the NBA playoffs in its first year. The team went on to win six championships in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998. These championship years occurred while Phil Jackson was the head coach and after Michael Jordan joined the organization

In 1984, owner Jerry Reinsdorf and General Manager Jerry Krause decided to overhaul the franchise. In doing so, the team invested in new talent. Michael Jordan was selected as the third pick in the first round of the 1984 NBA draft. With Jordan, the acquisition of Scottie Pippen and John Paxson, the Bulls went on to win three-consecutive titles in the early 1990s, repeating the success with Michael Jordan taking the lead in the mid-to late 1990s.

The Bulls would select Derrick Rose with their number one draft prior to the 2008-2009 season. Rose would win Rookie Of The Year Award in 2009 and Chicago would make it to the playoffs with a record of 41-41 a year after finishing 33-49. Their .500 record would be put them as the number seven seed in the Eastern Conference. Their opponent would be the Boston Celtics who were playing without injured all-star Kevin Garnett. Despite the absence of Garnett, no one gave the Bulls much of a chance in this series. To the surprise of everyone, the Bulls would win the opening game of the series in Boston quickly showing they were a team to be reckoned with in the post-season. While the Celtics would win the series in seven games, the Bulls had a new-found star in Derrick Rose; a player they could begin building the team around.

On May 20, 2009, the Bulls replaced general manager John Paxson with Bulls director of player personnel Gar Forman. Paxson will stay with the team as executive vice president of basketball operations.CBSSports.com: Forman Replaces Paxson at Bulls' General Manager