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The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In their 44 seasons, the Bulls have achieved a winning record 20 times, and have appeared in the NBA playoffs 29 times. The franchise was founded in 1966 by Dick Klein. Coached by Johnny Kerr, the team finished its first season with a 33–48 record, the best record achieved by an expansion team in its first year of play. Dick Motta replaced Kerr in 1969, and under his leadership, the Bulls made the playoffs six times out of eight from 1969 to 1976. The team qualified for the playoffs just twice between 1977 and 1984, a period in which the team used eight different head coaches. The Bulls' form improved after selecting Michael Jordan (pictured) with the third overall pick in the 1984 NBA Draft. From 1985 to 1998, Jordan led the Bulls to the playoffs every season he was on the team's roster, winning six championships during that span. After he retired in 1998, the Bulls entered a period of rebuilding, failing to reach the playoffs for six years. In 2008, the team drafted Derrick Rose with the first overall pick. In 2011, Rose led the Bulls back to the Conference Finals for the first time since Jordan. (Full list...)