2002–03 Chicago Bulls season

The 2002–03 Chicago Bulls season was the 37th season for the Chicago Bulls in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls received the second overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft, and selected point guard Jay Williams out of Duke University. During the off-season, the team signed free agents Donyell Marshall, and former Bulls forward Corie Blount.

With the addition of Williams and Marshall, the Bulls got off to a 4–6 start to the regular season, but then posted a 9-game losing streak between November and December. However, the team won six of their next eight games, and later on held a 17–32 record at the All-Star break. The Bulls posted an 8-game losing streak between January and February, but won four of their final six games of the season, finishing in sixth place in the Central Division with a 30–52 record, and missing the NBA playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. The team posted a 27–14 home record at the United Center, but struggled posting a franchise worst road record at 3–38 during the regular season.

Jalen Rose averaged 22.1 points and 4.8 assists per game, and led the Bulls with 133 three-point field goals, while Marshall averaged 13.4 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, and Marcus Fizer provided the team with 11.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. In addition, Jamal Crawford contributed 10.7 points and 4.2 assists per game, while second-year center Eddy Curry provided with 10.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, and Williams contributed 9.5 points and 4.7 assists per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Meanwhile, second-year center Tyson Chandler averaged 9.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, Eddie Robinson contributed 5.7 points per game, second-round draft pick Lonny Baxter provided with 4.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game, second-year guard Trenton Hassell contributed 4.2 points per game, and Blount averaged 3.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, Williams and Chandler were both selected for the NBA Rookie Challenge Game, as Williams was a member of the Rookies team, while Chandler was a member of the Sophomores team. The Bulls finished fifth in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 804,309 at the United Center during the regular season.

Following the season, Williams suffered a career-ending motorcycle accident after only one season with the Bulls, while Hassell and Fred Hoiberg both signed as free agents with the Minnesota Timberwolves. (See 2002–03 Chicago Bulls season#Regular season)