1993–94 Chicago Bulls season

1993–94 Chicago Bulls season
Michael Jordan's first retirement Toni Kukoč's rookie season
Head coach	Phil Jackson
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Results
Record	55–27 (.671)
Place	Division: 2nd (Central) Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Conference Semifinals (eliminated 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	SportsChannel Chicago, WGN
Radio	WMAQ

The 1993–94 NBA season was the Bulls' 28th season in the NBA.^[1] In the offseason, the Bulls signed free agents Steve Kerr and Pete Myers. Midway through the season, they traded Stacey King to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Luc Longley. Despite the retirement of star guard Michael Jordan, the Bulls, now led by Scottie Pippen managed to finish second overall in the Central Division, and third overall in the Eastern Conference with a 55–27 record. However, they would not be able to win a fourth consecutive NBA championship. After sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in three straight games in the first round, they would lose in the second round of the 1994 NBA Playoffs to the New York Knicks in seven games.

This was also the Bulls' last season at Chicago Stadium before moving to the United Center. Following the season, Horace Grant signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic, and Bill Cartwright signed with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Offseason

Jordan’s Retirement

On October 6, 1993, Michael Jordan announced his retirement, at age 30, due to citing a loss in his desire to play the game. Jordan later stated that the murder of his father earlier in the year shaped his decision.^[2] James R. Jordan, Sr. was murdered on July 23, 1993, at a highway rest area in Lumberton, North Carolina, found in a creek on August 3, murdered by two teenagers, Daniel Green and Larry Martin Demery. The assailants were traced from calls they made on James Jordan's cellular phone,^[3] caught, convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Jordan was close to his father; as a child he had imitated his father's proclivity to stick out his tongue while absorbed in work.

Those close to Jordan claimed that he had been considering retirement as early as the summer of 1992, and that the added exhaustion due to the Dream Team run in the 1992 Olympics solidified Jordan's burned-out feelings about the game and his ever-growing celebrity status. Jordan's announcement sent shock waves throughout the NBA and appeared on the front pages of newspapers around the world.^[4]

Jordan then further surprised the sports world by signing a minor league baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox. He reported to spring training and was assigned to the team's minor league system on March 31, 1994.^[5] Jordan has stated this decision was made to pursue the dream of his late father, who had always envisioned his son as a major league baseball player.^[6] The White Sox were another team owned by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who continued to honor Jordan's basketball contract during the years he played baseball.^[7] He had an unspectacular professional baseball career for the Birmingham Barons, a Chicago White Sox farm team, batting .202 with 3 HR, 51 RBI, 30 SB, and 11 errors.^[8] He also appeared for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the 1994 Arizona Fall League.

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	25	Corie Blount	PF	United States	Cincinnati
2	41	Anthony Reed	F	United States	Tulane

Roster

Chicago Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.0 !PG	10	USA !	Armstrong, B. J.	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Iowa
4.5 !PF	44	USA !	Blount, Corie	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Cincinnati
6.0 !C	24	USA !	Cartwright, Bill	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	San Francisco
2.0 !SG	3	USA !	English, Jo Jo	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	South Carolina
4.5 !PF	54	USA !	Grant, Horace	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Clemson
2.0 !SG	8	USA !	Johnson, Dave	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Syracuse
1.0 !PG	25	USA !	Kerr, Steve	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Arizona
4.5 !PF	21	USA !	King, Stacey	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Oklahoma
3.0 !SF	7	CRO !	Kukoc, Toni	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Croatia
6.0 !C	13	AUS !	Longley, Luc	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	New Mexico
2.0 !SG	20	USA !	Myers, Pete	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Arkansas–Little Rock
1.0 !PG	5	USA !	Paxson, John	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Notre Dame
6.0 !C	32	USA !	Perdue, Will	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Vanderbilt
3.0 !SF	33	USA !	Pippen, Scottie	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Central Arkansas
6.0 !C	34	CAN !	Wennington, Bill	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	St. John's
4.5 !PF	42	USA !	Williams, Scott	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	North Carolina

Head coach

Phil Jackson (North Dakota)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Most experts did not predict the Bulls to even make the playoffs after winning their third straight championship the season before because of Jordan's departure. But the team, led by Scottie Pippen and an increased role from both Horace Grant and B. J. Armstrong were able to lead the Bulls to a 55-win season, only 2 wins less than the 1992-93 team, which had Jordan. The Bulls finished two games behind the Atlanta Hawks in the Central Division and earned the 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Pippen and Armstrong were both voted to start in this season's All-Star game, and Grant was also picked as a reserve.

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Atlanta Hawks	57	25	.695	–	36–5	21–20	21–7
x-Chicago Bulls	55	27	.671	2	31–10	24–17	21–7
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	47	35	.573	10	31–10	16–25	16–12
x-Indiana Pacers	47	35	.573	10	29–12	18–23	15–13
Charlotte Hornets	41	41	.500	16	28–13	13–28	12–16
Detroit Pistons	20	62	.244	37	10–31	10–31	4–24
Milwaukee Bucks	20	62	.244	37	11–30	9–32	9–19

Record vs. opponents

1993-94 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	4–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Boston	0–4	—	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Charlotte	1–4	4–0	—	1–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chicago	3–2	2–2	4–1	—	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	—	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–5	2–3	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	—	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Indiana	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	2–2	1–1
Miami	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–4	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	—	4–1	0–5	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–4	—	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0
Orlando	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–3	—	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Philadelphia	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	—	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	—	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	—	1–3	0–5	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	—	0–4	0–5	2–0
Seattle	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–0	4–0	—	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	—	2–0
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–5	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Player starters and stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	AVG
C - Bill Cartwright	42	152	57	8	8	235	5.6
PF - Horace Grant	70	769	236	74	84	1057	15.1
SF - Scottie Pippen	72	629	403	211	58	1587	22.0
SG - Pete Myers	82	181	245	78	20	650	7.9
PG - BJ Armstrong	82	170	323	80	9	1212	14.8

Playoffs

East First Round

(3) Chicago Bulls vs. (6) Cleveland Cavaliers: Bulls win series 3-0

Game 1 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (April 29): Chicago 104, Cleveland 96
Game 2 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (May 1): Chicago 105, Cleveland 96
Game 3 @ The Coliseum, Richfield (May 3): Chicago 95, Cleveland 92 (OT)

Last Playoff Meeting: 1993 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Chicago won 4-0)

East Conference Semifinals

(2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Chicago Bulls: Knicks win series 4-3

Game 1 @ Madison Square Garden, New York City (May 8): New York 90, Chicago 86
Game 2 @ Madison Square Garden, New York City (May 11): New York 96, Chicago 91
Game 3 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (May 13): Chicago 104, New York 102
Game 4 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (May 15): Chicago 95, New York 83
Game 5 @ Madison Square Garden, New York City (May 18): New York 87, Chicago 86
Game 6 @ Chicago Stadium, Chicago (May 20): Chicago 93, New York 79
Game 7 @ Madison Square Garden, New York City (May 22): New York 87, Chicago 77

Last Playoff Meeting: 1993 Eastern Conference Finals (Chicago won 4-2)

Awards and records

NBA All-Star Game

Scottie Pippen
B.J. Armstrong
Horace Grant
Michael Jordan

References

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Chicago Bulls

Founded in 1966 Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Seasons Records Broadcasters Head coaches Current season

Arenas	International Amphitheatre Chicago Stadium United Center

Personnel	Owner: Jerry Reinsdorf Vice President of Basketball Operations: John Paxson General Manager: Gar Forman Coach: Fred Hoiberg

NBA Championships (6)	1991 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998

Conference Championships (6)	1991 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998

Retired numbers	4 10 23 33 Coach General Manager

Hall of Famers	George Gervin Artis Gilmore Phil Jackson Michael Jordan Robert Parish Scottie Pippen Dennis Rodman Jerry Sloan Nate Thurmond Tex Winter Jerry Reinsdorf

D-League affiliate	Dakota Wizards (2006–07) Iowa Energy (2007–14) Fort Wayne Mad Ants (2014–15) Windy City Bulls (beginning in 2016–17)

Rivals	Detroit Pistons Miami Heat New York Knicks

Culture and lore	Phantom Buzzer Game The Shot Air Jordan Jumpman Tommy Edwards Benny the Bull "Sirius" Ray Clay 72–10 Michael Jordan's last shot Jordan Rules Triangle offense Ashland Green/Pink Line Station Tex Winter The Spirit

Media	TV WGN9 (through WGN Sports) WGN America Chicago's CW 50 Comcast SportsNet Chicago CN100 Radio 89 WLS Announcers Neil Funk Stacey King Chuck Swirsky Bill Wennington

1993–94 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

Chicago Bulls seasons

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

1990–91

1991–92

1992–93

1993–94

1994–95

1995–96

1996–97

1997–98

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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