Nikola Mirotic was taken 23^rd Overall by Houston in 2011, but he was traded twice that day to become a Chicago Bull, although that would not happen for years.

Taken Third Overall by the Bulls in the 1967 Draft, Clem Haskins arrived in Chicago as an All-American and three-time OVC Player of the Year.

Bill Cartwright was an All-Star as a rookie for the New York Knicks in 1980, and that would be the only time he played in the mid-season classic.  The Center was with the Knicks until 1988, when he was traded to the Bulls, which would bring him his greatest team success in basketball.

Scott May had about as good a year as you could in 1975-76 when he was a senior at Indiana.  Playing at Small Forward for the Bobby Knight coached team, May took the Hoosiers to an undefeated season, an NCAA Championship, and was the consensus MVP.  The nearby Chicago Bulls took May with the Second Overall Pick that year.

The 1988 SEC Player of the Year at Vanderbilt, Will Perdue, was Chicago 1^stRound Pick (11^thOverall), where the Center would become Bill Cartwright's backup for six years.

The Chicago Bulls had the first overall pick in the NBA Draft, and they took Elton Brand, the Duke sophomore who was named the ACC Player of the Year and National College Player of the Year.

The Chicago Bulls were Dave Corzine's third team, after two years apiece with the Washington Bullets and the San Antonio Spurs, before he was traded to his hometown.

Tyson Chandler was the Second Overall Pick in 2001 by the Los Angeles Clippers.  The Clippers traded Chandler to Chicago for Elton Brand, and there was hope that the Bulls could build their team around the Center.

Ron Harper knew that his stats would plummet when he signed with the Chicago Bulls in 1994.  Before he signed that Free Agent deal with the Bulls, Harper had four 20-plus PPG seasons in the NBA, including the year before he joined Chicago.  Harper was expected to score in droves for the Los Angeles Clippers (his previous team), but on the star-laden Bulls, he didn't have to.

When people think of Pau Gasol, they will always think of the Los Angeles Lakers first.  They should, but don't sleep on his two years with the Chicago Bulls, where he played the most complete basketball of his career.

A two-time NBA Champion with the Lakers, Gasol was 34 when he signed with the Bulls as a Free Agent in 2014. The Spaniard was an All-Star in both seasons, earning a Second Team All-Star in 2014-15.  Gasol's scoring numbers were slightly down from his Lakers years, but 17.6 was more than adequate.  Where he shone in traditional stats was in rebounding and blocks.  With the Bulls, he averaged 11.4 Rebounds per Game, a much higher total than any of his other teams, and his Blocks per Game of 2.0 was also higher.  This reflected in his advanced stats, as his Bulls' PER of 22.2 was the best two-year run of his career.

Andres Nocioni played in the Spanish League for years, and his performance in Argentina's 2004 Olympic Gold Medal win landed him a contract with the Chicago Bulls.

An NBA Champion with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1966, Weiss was traded from his third NBA team, Milwaukee, to the Chicago Bulls during the 1968-69 Season.

Normally a pro basketball player works up to their best pro season, but Dave Greenwood did it backward as his rookie year was his most productive.

Mickey Johnson was a Fourth Round Pick by Portland in 1974, but he was traded for a future Third Round Pick to Chicago before he played for them.

The Division II Player of the Year from Virginia Union, Charles Oakley, was selected with the Ninth Overall Pick in the 1985 Draft by the Chicago Bulls.  It was in Chicago where "Oak" became one of the most infamous players in the game.

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Clifford Ray was taken with the 40th pick in the 1971 Draft, but despite that late selection, the Oklahoma Sooner made the Chicago Bulls roster.

Carlos Boozer was a two-time All-Star with the Utah Jazz, and while he was not able to gain a third with Chicago, he was still able to provide a solid two-way game in the four years he was a Bull.

Orlando Woolridge was taken no. 6 overall in 1981 by the Chicago Bulls, and the Small Forward played his first five seasons there.

Woolridge only averaged 15.8 Minutes per Game as a rookie but started more than half as a sophomore and was a full blown starter in his third year, where he closed in on 20 Points per Game. He reached that mark in his fourth and fifth year in Chicago, where he inched over those marks though he didn't have to worry about that as much as Jordan arrived in 1984 (year four).

He would sign as a Veteran Free Agent with New Jersey in 1986, and he is the answer to the trivia question, who was the Bulls leading scorer in a season before Jordan.  With the Bulls, Woolridge averaged 17.4 Points per Game.

Taj Gibson was the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 at USC, and the Chicago Bulls took him with the Twenty-Sixth Pick of that year's Draft.

The Power Forward started most of his games as a rookie, but he was best served coming off the bench.  Gibson still logged significant minutes and had two straight years with at least 10 Points and 6 Rebounds per Game (2013-14 & 2014-15).  He was an above-average defensive player who was in the top seven in Defensive Rating twice. 

Gibson was traded to Oklahoma City in 2017, and over his 562-Game career as a Bull, he averaged 9.4 Points, 6.4 Rebounds, and 1.2 Blocks per Game.