Windy City Bulls

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, 25 miles (40 km) from Chicago. It became the thirteenth D-League team to be owned by an NBA team.^[3]

Windy City Bulls
Conference	Eastern
League	NBA G League
Founded	2016
History	Windy City Bulls 2016–present
Arena	Now Arena
Location	Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Team colors	Red, black, silver^[1]^[2]
President	Brad Seymour
Team manager	Chigozie Umeadi
Head coach	Henry Domercant
Ownership	Chicago Bulls
Affiliation(s)	Chicago Bulls
Website	Official website

History

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.^[1][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-by-season

Season	Division	Regular season				Postseason results
		Finish	Wins	Losses	Pct.
Windy City Bulls
2016–17	Central	5th	23	27	.460
2017–18	Central	3rd	24	26	.480
2018–19	Central	2nd	27	23	.540	Lost First Round (Westchester) 82–95
2019–20	Central	5th	17	26	.395	Season cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Opted out of single-site season
2021–22	Eastern	11th	15	19	.441
2022–23	Eastern	7th	18	14	.563
Regular season record			124	135	.479
Playoff record			0	1	.000

Current roster

Windy City Bulls roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 17 Bitim, Onuralp (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-03-31 Huntington Prep (WV) G/F 11 Coupet, Ben 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-01-28 Southern Illinois G/F 0 Drell, Henri (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 2000-04-20 Estonia F 14 Favors, Derrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1991-07-15 Georgia Tech G 1 Gilyard, Evan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998-08-04 UMKC G 2 Harris, Jalen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-08-14 Nevada G 29 Jackson, Quenton 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1998-09-15 Texas A&M F/C 44 James, Lacey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1996-07-12 Northern Illinois G 20 Lindsey, Scottie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996-05-20 Northwestern F 21 Sanogo, Adama (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 2002-02-12 Connecticut G/F 5 Smith, Marvin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1995-07-25 UNC Greensboro G 28 Sykes, Keifer 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 1993-12-30 Green Bay G 12 Young, Jacob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997-09-21 Oregon	Head coach Henry Domercant Assistant coach(es) Billy Donovan III Amadou Mbodji Brandon Watkins Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (P) Prospects (NBA) On assignment from NBA affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player   Injured Roster Last transaction: February 8, 2024

Head coaches

#	Head coach	Term	Regular season				Playoffs				Achievements
			G	W	L	Win%	G	W	L	Win%
1	Nate Loenser	2016–2017	50	23	27	.460	—	—	—	—
2	Charlie Henry	2017–2019	100	51	49	.510	1	0	1	.000
3	Damian Cotter	2019–2020	43	17	26	.395	—	—	—	—
4	Henry Domercant	2021–present	66	33	33	.500	—	—	—	—

NBA affiliates

• Chicago Bulls (2016–present)

References

1. Moreno, Matt (February 24, 2016). "Windy City Bulls revealed as name of new Chicago Bulls NBA D-League team". WindyCity.GLeague.NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
2. "Windy City Bulls Reproduction Guideline Sheet". NBA Properties, Inc. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
3. "Chicago Bulls Purchase NBA Development League Team". GLeague.NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. November 11, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
4. Peterson, Eric (November 4, 2015). "Chicago Bulls say they'd promote Sears Centre big time with D-team". Daily Herald. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
5. Peterson, Eric (October 31, 2015). "Chicago Bulls development team may play at Sears Centre next year". Daily Herald. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
6. Peterson, Eric (December 17, 2015). "'Heartland Bulls' among finalists for D-League team name". Daily Herald. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
7. Johnson, K.C. (February 24, 2016). "Windy City Bulls revealed as Development League team name". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 24, 2016.

External links

• Official website