CHICAGO _ How bad was this Bulls season? Depends on your criteria.
It probably felt like the worst ever from a fan's perspective. Between the times the team was on the wrong side of the scoreboard, the messy coaching change and the string of injuries, it added up to months of misery.
Quantitatively, this season's 22-60 record and .268 winning percentage were not dead last. The franchise's most dreadful record in terms of winning percentage was in 2000-01, when the Bulls were 15-67 (.183). The 1998-99 squad managed a team-record-low 13 wins, but that season was only 50 games.
The Bulls were 5-19 (.208) in December when they made a coaching change, ousting Fred Hoiberg for assistant coach Jim Boylen, who went 17-41 (.293). Call it incremental progress.
Much of team's struggles could be blamed on a lack of health. The Bulls lost 276 player games to injury or illness, including Denzel Valentine's zero games played.
This year's Bulls spent 16 days in the basement of the Eastern Conference and five days in last place in the NBA. They finished with the fifth-worst record in franchise history by winning percentage.
Yet all those dour figures only begin to capture how headache-inducing this season was. Here's how we rank their worst moments.
