Jerry Krause

Jerry Krause

Franchises

• Chicago Bulls: June 2, 1976 to August 31, 1976
• Chicago Bulls: March 26, 1985 to April 7, 2003

Awards

• 1987-88 NBA Executive of the Year
• 1995-96 NBA Executive of the Year

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Chicago Bulls Franchise

• June 8, 1976: Selected Scott May (1st round, 2nd pick), Willie Smith (2nd round, 18th pick), Dallas Smith (3rd round, 35th pick), Lars Hansen (3rd round, 37th pick), Keith Starr (4th round, 52nd pick), Nate Williams (5th round, 69th pick), Tom Paulin (6th round, 87th pick), Barry McLeod (7th round, 105th pick), John Thomas (9th round, 141st pick) and John Hudson (10th round, 158th pick) in the 1976 NBA Draft.
• August 11, 1976: Signed Allen Murphy as a free agent.

• June 18, 1985: Traded Steve Johnson and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Mike Brittain) to the San Antonio Spurs for Gene Banks.
• June 18, 1985: Selected Keith Lee (1st round, 11th pick), Ken Johnson (2nd round, 28th pick), Aubrey Sherrod (2nd round, 34th pick), Adrian Branch (2nd round, 46th pick), Mike Brown (3rd round, 69th pick), Craig Beard (4th round, 80th pick), Reid Gettys (5th round, 103rd pick), Dan Meagher (6th round, 126th pick) and Jeff Adkins (7th round, 149th pick) in the 1985 NBA Draft.
• June 18, 1985: Traded Keith Lee and Ennis Whatley to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Charles Oakley and Calvin Duncan.
• June 18, 1985: Traded Ben Coleman and Ken Johnson to the Portland Trail Blazers for Mike Smrek.
• September 25, 1985: Signed Billy McKinney as a free agent.
• October 1, 1985: Caldwell Jones signed as a veteran free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers; received a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Winston Garland) as compensation.
• October 4, 1985: Signed Kyle Macy as a veteran free agent and sent a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Rafael Addison) and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Milos Babic) to the Phoenix Suns as compensation.
• October 24, 1985: Traded Dave Greenwood to the San Antonio Spurs for George Gervin.
• October 29, 1985: Signed John Paxson as a veteran free agent and sent cash to the San Antonio Spurs as compensation.
• November 5, 1985: Signed Ron Brewer as a free agent.
• February 12, 1986: Signed Mike Holton to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 22, 1986: Signed Tony Brown to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 1, 1986: Signed Mike Holton to a contract for the rest of the season.
• March 14, 1986: Signed Rod Higgins to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• June 17, 1986: Selected Brad Sellers (1st round, 9th pick), Larry Krystkowiak (2nd round, 28th pick), Ricky Wilson (3rd round, 52nd pick), Scott Meents (4th round, 74th pick), Jimmy Gilbert (5th round, 98th pick), Pete Myers (6th round, 120th pick) and Robert Henderson (7th round, 144th pick) in the 1986 NBA Draft.
• June 17, 1986: Traded Larry Krystkowiak, a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Winston Garland) and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Brett Roberts) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Steve Colter.
• August 7, 1986: Mike Holton signed as a veteran free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers; received a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Matt Steigenga) as compensation.
• August 21, 1986: Traded Sidney Green to the Detroit Pistons for Earl Cureton and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Rickie Winslow).
• September 9, 1986: Signed Gene Banks as a free agent.
• September 18, 1986: Traded Kyle Macy to the Indiana Pacers for a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Greg Butler) and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Litterial Green).
• October 2, 1986: Orlando Woolridge signed as a veteran free agent with the New Jersey Nets; received a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Shelton Jones), a 1989 1st round draft pick (Stacey King) and a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Stanley Brundy) as compensation.
• October 4, 1986: Signed Elston Turner as a veteran free agent and sent a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Todd Mitchell) to the Denver Nuggets as compensation.
• October 23, 1986: Traded a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Chucky Brown) to the Houston Rockets for Granville Waiters.
• October 30, 1986: Traded Jawann Oldham to the New York Knicks for a 1987 1st round draft pick (Olden Polynice) and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Sylvester Gray).
• December 31, 1986: Traded Steve Colter and a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Stanley Brundy) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Sedale Threatt.
• January 10, 1987: Signed Fred Cofield to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• January 29, 1987: Signed Perry Young to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 11, 1987: Traded Earl Cureton to the Los Angeles Clippers for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Chucky Brown).
• February 15, 1987: Traded a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Chucky Brown) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Poquette.
• June 22, 1987: Selected Olden Polynice (1st round, 8th pick), Horace Grant (1st round, 10th pick), Rickie Winslow (2nd round, 28th pick), Tony White (2nd round, 33rd pick), John Fox (3rd round, 56th pick), Jack Haley (4th round, 79th pick), Anthony Wilson (5th round, 102nd pick), Doug Altenberger (6th round, 125th pick) and Earvin Leavy (7th round, 148th pick) in the 1987 NBA Draft.
• June 22, 1987: Traded a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Shelton Jones) to the San Antonio Spurs for Artis Gilmore.
• June 22, 1987: Traded Olden Polynice, a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Sylvester Gray) and a 1989 1st round draft pick (B.J. Armstrong) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Scottie Pippen and a 1989 1st round draft pick (Jeff Sanders).
• November 12, 1987: Traded a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Greg Butler) to the New York Knicks for Rory Sparrow.
• February 25, 1988: Traded Sedale Threatt to the Seattle SuperSonics for Sam Vincent.
• June 27, 1988: Traded Charles Oakley, a 1988 1st round draft pick (Rod Strickland) and a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Phil Stinnie) to the New York Knicks for Bill Cartwright, a 1988 1st round draft pick (Will Perdue) and a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Derrick Lewis).
• June 28, 1988: Selected Will Perdue (1st round, 11th pick) and Derrick Lewis (3rd round, 62nd pick) in the 1988 NBA Draft.
• September 27, 1988: Signed Anthony Jones as a free agent.
• September 27, 1988: Signed Charles Davis as a free agent.
• September 27, 1988: Signed Ed Nealy as a free agent.
• September 27, 1988: Signed David Wood as a free agent.
• December 14, 1988: Traded Ed Nealy and a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Ricky Blanton) to the Phoenix Suns for Craig Hodges.
• April 15, 1989: Signed Dominic Pressley as a free agent.
• June 26, 1989: Traded Brad Sellers to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1989 1st round draft pick (B.J. Armstrong).
• June 27, 1989: Selected Stacey King (1st round, 6th pick), B.J. Armstrong (1st round, 18th pick) and Jeff Sanders (1st round, 20th pick) in the 1989 NBA Draft.
• June 27, 1989: Traded a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Mike Peplowski) to the Seattle SuperSonics. Seattle agreed not to select B.J. Armstrong with the 16th or 17th pick in the 1989 draft.
• June 27, 1989: Traded Dave Corzine to the Orlando Magic for a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Toni Kukoc) and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (P.J. Brown).
• October 5, 1989: Traded a 1996 2nd round draft pick to the Phoenix Suns for Ed Nealy. The 2nd round draft pick traded to Phoenix was conditional and was not exercised.
• March 25, 1990: Signed Craig Hodges as an unrestricted free agent.
• March 25, 1990: Signed Clifford Lett to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• June 26, 1990: Traded a 1990 1st round draft pick (Tate George), a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Von McDade) and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (P.J. Brown) to the New Jersey Nets for Dennis Hopson.
• June 27, 1990: Selected Toni Kukoc (2nd round, 29th pick) in the 1990 NBA Draft.
• July 20, 1990: Signed Scott Williams as a free agent.
• July 23, 1990: Ed Nealy signed as a veteran free agent with the Phoenix Suns; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• September 24, 1990: Signed Craig Neal as a free agent.
• October 2, 1990: Traded Jeff Sanders to the Miami Heat for a future 2nd round draft pick. The future 2nd round draft pick traded to Chicago was conditional and was not exercised.
• October 3, 1990: Signed Cliff Levingston as an unrestricted free agent.
• June 26, 1991: Selected Mark Randall (1st round, 26th pick) in the 1991 NBA Draft.
• October 2, 1991: Signed Chuck Nevitt as a free agent.
• November 4, 1991: Traded Dennis Hopson to the Sacramento Kings for Bob Hansen and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Corey Williams).
• November 6, 1991: Signed Rory Sparrow as a free agent.
• November 17, 1991: Signed Chuck Nevitt as a free agent.
• June 24, 1992: Selected Byron Houston (1st round, 27th pick), Corey Williams (2nd round, 33rd pick), Litterial Green (2nd round, 39th pick) and Matt Steigenga (2nd round, 52nd pick) in the 1992 NBA Draft.
• July 7, 1992: Traded Litterial Green to the Orlando Magic for a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Anthony Reed).
• September 18, 1992: As part of a 3-team trade, the Chicago Bulls traded Byron Houston to the Golden State Warriors; the Chicago Bulls traded a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Darnell Robinson) and a future 2nd round draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks; the Dallas Mavericks traded Rodney McCray to the Chicago Bulls; and the Golden State Warriors traded a 1994 1st round draft pick (Tony Dumas) to the Dallas Mavericks. The future 2nd round draft pick traded to Dallas was conditional and was not exercised.
• October 1, 1992: Signed Ricky Blanton as a free agent.
• October 4, 1992: Signed Trent Tucker as a free agent.
• October 6, 1992: Signed Jo Jo English as a free agent.
• October 6, 1992: Signed Joe Courtney as a free agent.
• October 6, 1992: Signed Keith Tower as a free agent.
• December 2, 1992: Signed Jo Jo English as a free agent.
• January 12, 1993: Signed Joe Courtney to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• January 28, 1993: Signed Darrell Walker to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 10, 1993: Signed Ricky Blanton to a 10-day contract.
• February 17, 1993: Signed Darrell Walker as a free agent.
• February 22, 1993: Signed Mark Acres to a 10-day contract.
• February 25, 1993: Traded a 2001 2nd round draft pick to the Golden State Warriors for Ed Nealy. The 2nd round draft pick traded to Golden State was conditional and was not exercised.
• June 30, 1993: Selected Corie Blount (1st round, 25th pick) and Anthony Reed (2nd round, 41st pick) in the 1993 NBA Draft.
• September 29, 1993: Signed Bill Wennington as a free agent.
• September 29, 1993: Signed Steve Kerr as a free agent.
• October 7, 1993: Signed Pete Myers as a free agent.
• October 7, 1993: Signed Jaren Jackson as a free agent.
• November 4, 1993: Traded a future draft pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Jo Jo English. The future draft pick traded to Minnesota was conditional and was not exercised.
• November 10, 1993: Signed Dave Johnson as a free agent.
• February 23, 1994: Traded Stacey King to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Luc Longley and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Dragan Tarlac).
• March 8, 1994: Signed Jo Jo English to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 28, 1994: Signed Jo Jo English to a contract for the rest of the season.
• June 29, 1994: Selected Dickey Simpkins (1st round, 21st pick) and Kris Bruton (2nd round, 49th pick) in the 1994 NBA Draft.
• September 8, 1994: Signed Evric Gray as a free agent.
• September 9, 1994: Signed Joe Courtney as a free agent.
• September 15, 1994: Signed Ron Harper as an unrestricted free agent.
• September 16, 1994: Signed Jud Buechler as a free agent.
• September 19, 1994: Signed Larry Krystkowiak as a free agent.
• September 27, 1994: Signed Greg Foster as a free agent.
• June 28, 1995: Selected Jason Caffey (1st round, 20th pick) and Dragan Tarlac (2nd round, 31st pick) in the 1995 NBA Draft.
• June 30, 1995: Sold Corie Blount to the Los Angeles Lakers.
• October 2, 1995: Traded Will Perdue to the San Antonio Spurs for Dennis Rodman.
• October 5, 1995: Signed Randy Brown as an unrestricted free agent.
• October 6, 1995: Signed Jack Haley as a free agent.
• October 26, 1995: Signed James Edwards as a free agent.
• March 4, 1996: Signed John Salley to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 24, 1996: Signed John Salley as a free agent.
• June 26, 1996: Selected Travis Knight (1st round, 29th pick) in the 1996 NBA Draft.
• September 25, 1996: Signed Robert Parish as a free agent.
• October 3, 1996: Signed Corey Beck as a free agent.
• October 23, 1996: Signed Thomas Hamilton as a free agent.
• April 2, 1997: Signed Bison Dele to a contract for the rest of the season.
• April 12, 1997: Signed Matt Steigenga to a 10-day contract.
• June 25, 1997: Selected Keith Booth (1st round, 28th pick) and Roberto Duenas (2nd round, 57th pick) in the 1997 NBA Draft.
• September 3, 1997: Signed Joe Kleine as a free agent.
• September 22, 1997: Traded Dickey Simpkins to the Golden State Warriors for Scott Burrell.
• October 1, 1997: Signed Rusty LaRue as a free agent.
• October 1, 1997: Signed Kornel David as a free agent.
• October 6, 1997: Signed Thomas Hamilton as a free agent.
• November 15, 1997: Signed Rusty LaRue as a free agent.
• February 19, 1998: Traded Jason Caffey to the Golden State Warriors for David Vaughn, a 1998 2nd round draft pick (Shammond Williams) and a 2000 2nd round draft pick (A.J. Guyton).
• March 2, 1998: Signed Dickey Simpkins as a free agent.
• June 24, 1998: Selected Corey Benjamin (1st round, 28th pick), Shammond Williams (2nd round, 34th pick) and Maceo Baston (2nd round, 58th pick) in the 1998 NBA Draft.
• June 24, 1998: Traded Shammond Williams to the Atlanta Hawks for Cory Carr, a 1999 2nd round draft pick (Lari Ketner) and a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Khalid El-Amin).
• January 21, 1999: Traded Steve Kerr to the San Antonio Spurs for Chuck Person and a 2000 1st round draft pick (Dalibor Bagaric).
• January 21, 1999: Signed Kornel David as a free agent.
• January 21, 1999: Signed Charles Jones as a free agent.
• January 22, 1999: Traded Scottie Pippen to the Houston Rockets for Roy Rogers and a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Jake Voskuhl).
• January 22, 1999: Traded a 2001 2nd round draft pick (Andre Hutson) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Andrew Lang.
• January 23, 1999: Traded Luc Longley to the Phoenix Suns for Mark Bryant, Martin Muursepp, Bubba Wells and a 1999 1st round draft pick (Metta World Peace).
• January 25, 1999: Signed Brent Barry as a free agent.
• January 30, 1999: Signed Mario Bennett as a free agent.
• June 30, 1999: Selected Elton Brand (1st round, 1st pick), Metta World Peace (1st round, 16th pick), Michael Ruffin (2nd round, 32nd pick) and Lari Ketner (2nd round, 49th pick) in the 1999 NBA Draft.
• August 12, 1999: Traded Brent Barry to the Seattle SuperSonics for James Cotton and Hersey Hawkins.
• August 25, 1999: Signed Will Perdue as a free agent.
• August 30, 1999: Signed B.J. Armstrong as a free agent.
• September 14, 1999: Signed Fred Hoiberg as a free agent.
• September 29, 1999: Traded a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Dan Langhi) to the Dallas Mavericks for Chris Anstey.
• October 28, 1999: Signed Dedric Willoughby as a free agent.
• December 20, 1999: Signed Rusty LaRue as a free agent.
• December 29, 1999: Signed Khalid Reeves as a free agent.
• January 7, 2000: Signed Matt Maloney as a free agent.
• January 10, 2000: Signed Chris Carr to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• January 10, 2000: Signed Dedric Willoughby to a 10-day contract.
• January 30, 2000: Signed Chris Carr to a contract for the rest of the season.
• February 16, 2000: As part of a 3-team trade, the Chicago Bulls traded Toni Kukoc to the Philadelphia 76ers; the Golden State Warriors traded John Starks and a 2000 1st round draft pick (Chris Mihm) to the Chicago Bulls; the Philadelphia 76ers traded Bruce Bowen to the Chicago Bulls; and the Philadelphia 76ers traded Larry Hughes and Billy Owens to the Golden State Warriors.
• June 28, 2000: Selected Marcus Fizer (1st round, 4th pick), Chris Mihm (1st round, 7th pick), Dalibor Bagaric (1st round, 24th pick), A.J. Guyton (2nd round, 32nd pick), Jake Voskuhl (2nd round, 33rd pick) and Khalid El-Amin (2nd round, 34th pick) in the 2000 NBA Draft.
• June 28, 2000: Traded Chris Mihm to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Jamal Crawford and cash.
• August 1, 2000: Signed Ron Mercer as a free agent.
• September 7, 2000: Signed Brad Miller as a free agent.
• September 28, 2000: Traded a 2005 2nd round draft pick (Robert Whaley) and a 2006 2nd round draft pick (Dee Brown) to the Houston Rockets for Bryce Drew.
• October 2, 2000: Signed Steve Goodrich as a free agent.
• June 14, 2001: Traded Roberto Duenas to the Charlotte Hornets for a 2001 2nd round draft pick (Sean Lampley).
• June 27, 2001: Selected Eddy Curry (1st round, 4th pick), Trenton Hassell (2nd round, 30th pick) and Sean Lampley (2nd round, 45th pick) in the 2001 NBA Draft.
• June 27, 2001: Traded Elton Brand to the Los Angeles Clippers for Tyson Chandler and Brian Skinner.
• July 18, 2001: Traded Brian Skinner to the Toronto Raptors for Charles Oakley and a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Jason Jennings).
• July 20, 2001: Traded a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Jason Jennings) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Greg Anthony.
• August 7, 2001: Signed Eddie Robinson as a free agent.
• September 24, 2001: Signed Kevin Ollie as a free agent.
• October 1, 2001: Traded Sean Lampley to the Miami Heat for a 2003 2nd round draft pick (Tommy Smith).
• October 29, 2001: Traded Jake Voskuhl to the Phoenix Suns for Soumaila Samake and a 2003 2nd round draft pick (Matt Bonner).
• February 19, 2002: Traded Metta World Peace, Ron Mercer, Brad Miller and Kevin Ollie to the Indiana Pacers for Travis Best, Norm Richardson, Jalen Rose and a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Lonny Baxter).
• June 26, 2002: Selected Jay Williams (1st round, 2nd pick), Roger Mason (2nd round, 31st pick) and Lonny Baxter (2nd round, 44th pick) in the 2002 NBA Draft.
• July 31, 2002: Signed Corie Blount as a free agent.
• August 16, 2002: Signed Donyell Marshall as a free agent.
• September 18, 2002: Signed Doug Overton as a free agent.
• September 18, 2002: Signed Rick Brunson as a free agent.