Bulls honor Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Jerry Krause, more with Ring of Honor ceremony

Bulls honor Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Jerry Krause, more with Ring of Honor ceremony

HONOR CEREMONY GETS UNDERWAY FROM THE UNITED CENTER. THERE BEING A CHICAGO POOL MEANS SOMETHING. SOMETHING MORE THAN THE ICONIC LOGO, OR — @#FOR JERSEY. SOMETHING BEYOND ANY INDIVIDUAL GAME. ANY SINGLE MOMENT IN TIME. >> HE SCORES. >> SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ANY

ONE PERSON. BEING A CHICAGO BULL MEANS WE @# ARE PART OF THE FAMILY. IT MEANS YOU REPRESENT YOUR CITY TO THE CORE. IT MEANS YOU DON’T LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF OTHERS. BEING A CHICAGO BULL MEANS LEAVING YOUR MARK ON HISTORY.

AND BEING REMEMBERED FOREVER OF THE IMPACT YOU MADE.@# FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME TONIGHT, WE HONOR SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THEIR CLAIM ON HISTORY. WE INTRODUCE THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF THE CHICAGO BULLS. THE RING OF HONOR CELEBRATES THE GREATER BULLS HISTORY. @#

THE CHANGE MAKERS. THE CHAMPIONS, AND ICONS WHO WILL FOREVER LIVE IN FRANCHISED SPORTS. THIS IS THE CHICAGO BULLS RING OF HONOR. THIS IS WHERE LEGENDS LIVE.@# >> PLEASE WELCOME FORMER VOICE OF THE CHICAGO BULLS, NEIL FUNK. >> GOOD EVENING BULLS FANS, I

AM HONORED TO BE HERE AS WE CELEBRATE THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF THE BULLS@# RING OF HONOR. WE HAVE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE CHANGEMAKERS AND CHAMPIONS AND ICONS HERE TONIGHT. WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE PAST PLAYERS, COACHES, FRONT OFFICE STEPH, ALL MADE OUTSTANDING

CONTRIBUTIONS, AND HELP DEFINE THIS ORGANIZATION@# THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY. WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF THE BULLS RING OF HONOR. [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ]@# >> THE A TRAIN. TO THIS DAY HE OWNS FRANCHISE

RECORDS FOR BLOCKS, AND TWO FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE. PLEASE WELCOME 11 TIME ALL-STAR AND BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER, NUMBER 53, MARCUS GILMORE. A CHICAGO NATIVE, HE WAS THE BULLS FIRST HEAD COACH, AND LATER A BULLS BROADCASTER FOR OVER 30 YEARS. REPRESENTED BY HIS SON MATT,

JOHNNY RED@# KERR. >> HE PLAYED, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE, I SHOULD SAY, FOR BRINGING AN NBA FRANCHISE TO CHICAGO. @# HE REPRESENTED BY HIS SON GREG, THE BULLS FIRST OWNER AND MANAGER KLEIN. HE PLAYED NINE SEASONS IN CHICAGO@# AND WAS ONE OF THE MO

DOMINANT DEFENSIVE FORCES OF HIS ERA. PLEASE WELCOME THREE-TIME ALL- STAR, NUMBER 10, BOB LOVE.@# >>> A MEMBER OF THE INAUGURAL BULLS TEAM IN 1966, AND COACH FOR THREE SEASONS, HE WAS A TWO TIME ALL-STAR AND BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER, REPRESENTED BY

HIS GRANDSON JJ, THE ORIGINAL BULL, NUMBER FOUR, JERRY SLOAN. NOT WITH US TONIGHT, BUT HE WAS A SEVEN TIME ALL-STAR, INCLUDING FOUR SELECTIONS, OVER HIS SIX SEASONS IN CHICAGO, BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER, NUMBER 25, JACK WALKER.@# >> HE WAS A SIX TIME NBA

CHAMPION, TWO TIME NBA EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR, REPRESENTED BY HIS WIFE VELMA, BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER AND FORMER BULLS GENERAL MANAGER,@# JERRY KRAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ONE OF THE GREATEST BASKETBALL MINDS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME, HE WAS AN

ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE BULLS FOR 14 YEARS@#, A NINE TIME NBA CHAMPION REPRESENTED BY HIS SON CHRIS, TEX WINTER. >> HE LED THE BULLS TO SIX CHAMPIONSHIPS THROUGH NINE YEAR# , A 13 TIME NBA CHAMPION AS A PLAYER AND A COACH OVER HIS

CAREER, WE WELCOME HALL OF FAME HEAD COACH PHIL JACKSON. [ APPLAUSE ]@# >> IN 1996, BIG MAN OF THE WAR YEAR AWARD WENT TO HIM, THE 1966 SIX MAN OF THE YEAR@# WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR SO MANY INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS DURING

HIS HALL OF FAME CAREER, PLEASE WELCOME THREE-TIME NBA CHAMPION, NUMBER 7, TONY — , AN EIGHT TIME ALL DEFENSIVE TEAM MEMBER, AND A FIVE-TIME NBA CHAMPION OVER HIS 14 YEAR CAREER. BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER, THE WARM, NUMBER 91. , DENNIS RODMAN.

>> HE PLAYED 12 SEASONS IN CHICAGO, A SEVEN TIME ALL-STAR, SIX TIME NBA CHAMPION. BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER, NUMBER 33, SCOTTIE PIPPEN.@# >> A 14 TIME ALL-STAR, FIVE- TIME AND FOUR, AND SIX TIME NBA CHAMPION, BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER, NUMBER 23, MICHAEL JORDAN.@#

[ APPLAUSE ] >> I WANT TO THINK JERRY RICE AND MICHAEL RICE — THE RING OF HONOR. I WANT @#TO CONGRATULATE HIM AN THE RECIPIENTS, I AM SO BUMMED THAT I CANNOT BE THERE TONIGHT. BUT I DON’T WANT THAT TO STOP

THE FUND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, BELIEVE ME, I AM VERY GRATEFUL, VERY HONORED TO PUT TO THE FANS, YOU GUYS SUPPORTED ME EVER SINCE @#I STEPPED FOOT IN CHICAO . AND EVEN TODAY THERE’S A LOT OF CHICAGO FANS ALL OVER, I THINK WE MADE AN IMPRESSION TO

CHANGE WHAT CHICAGO REPRESENTS IN TERMS OF CHAMPIONS. EVERY TIME WE LOOK UP IN THE RAFTERS, WE ALWAYS REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE AND WHO WE ARE. WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE @# CHAMPIONS. SO, THANK YOU TO THE FANS, AND

I WANT TO THANK JERRY RICE FOR DOING THIS AND CONGRATULATING THE OTHER RECIPIENTS, I AM BUMMED THAT I CANNOT BE THERE, I WILL ALWAYS BE A CHICAGO BULL AND I WANT THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO WELL AND I HOPE THE CITY CAN

ALWAYS BE@# PROUD OF THE CHICAG BULLS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HAVE A GREAT EVENING. >> AND NOW, THE GREATEST TEAM IN NBA HISTORY, POWERING THROUGH THE @#REGULAR SEASON WI 72 WINS, AND — TO THE FRANCHISES, THEIR FOURTH NBA CHAMPIONSHIP.

LET’S HEAR IT FOR YOUR 1995-96 CHICAGO BULLS. [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ] >> Announcer: AND NOW. @# >> BLOCKED, DRESSING IT UP. >> THE BULLS ARE DOING IT. NORTH CAROLINA. — FOUR IN SIX YEARS. — THE BULLS WIN. THEY WIN.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]@# [ APPLAUSE ] >> WHAT A FANTASTIC EVENING, IT IS SO GREAT TO CELEBRATE THESE CHICAGO BULLS, CHANGEMAKERS, CHAMPIONS, @#AND ICONS. ALL THIS WEEK, AND PARTICULARLY HERE TONIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU, BULLS

FANS, LET’S HEAR IT ONE MORE TIME TO THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF THE CH

The Bulls inducted the inaugural class to their Ring of Honor on Friday, January 12th

#MichaelJordan #PhilJackson #JerryKrause

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