Windy City Bulls | |
Founded: | 2016 |
Conference: | Eastern |
League: | NBA G League |
History: | Windy City Bulls 2016–present |
Arena: | Now Arena |
Location: | Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
Colors: | Red, black, silver[1] [2] |
President: | Brad Seymour |
Coach: | William Donovan III |
Owner: | Chicago Bulls |
Manager: | Chigozie Umeadi |
The Windy City Bulls are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, and are affiliated with the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls play their home games at Now Arena, from Chicago. It became the thirteenth D-League team to be owned by an NBA team.[3]
In October 2015, the Chicago Bulls began pursuing an expansion franchise in nearby Hoffman Estates to play in the Sears Centre Arena[4] in time for the 2016–17 season.[5] On November 9, 2015, the Hoffman Estates board unanimously approved the Bulls' proposed NBA Development League (D-League) team.
The team received its name through a contest on the Chicago Bulls' website. Fans submitted about 3,600 suggestions, which were narrowed down to three finalists: Great Lakes Bulls, Heartland Bulls and Windy City Bulls.[6] Windy City was announced as the winner in a pep rally/press conference on February 24, 2016.[7]
The D-League rebranded as the NBA G League, after a league-wide sponsorship by Gatorade, in 2017. Their home arena was renamed Now Arena in 2020.
Season | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | ||||
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Finish | Wins | Losses | Pct. | ||||
Windy City Bulls | |||||||
Central | 5th | 23 | 27 | ||||
Central | 3rd | 24 | 26 | ||||
Central | 2nd | 27 | 23 | Lost First Round (Westchester) 82–95 | |||
Central | 5th | 17 | 26 | Season cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic | |||
Opted out of single-site season | |||||||
Eastern | 11th | 15 | 19 | ||||
Eastern | 7th | 18 | 14 | ||||
Regular season record | 124 | 135 | |||||
Playoff record | 0 | 1 |
Head coach | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | ||||||||||||
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G | W | L | G | W | L | Win% | ||||||||||
align=left | 1 | align=left | align=left | 50 | 23 | 27 | — | — | — | — | align=left | |||||
align=left | 2 | align=left | align=left | 100 | 51 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | align=left | ||||||
align=left | 3 | align=left | align=left | 43 | 17 | 26 | — | — | — | — | align=left | |||||
align=left | 4 | align=left | align=left | 66 | 33 | 33 | — | — | — | — | align=left |