Chicago Bulls: 25 Best Players To Play For The Bulls
By Phil Watson
1968-76. Bob Love. 10. player. 24. <strong>How acquired:</strong> Trade, Milwaukee Bucks, Nov. 23, 1968.. PF-SF
It wasn’t the biggest transaction to hit the wire when the Chicago Bulls acquired Bob Love and Bob Weiss from the Milwaukee Bucks in November 1968 in exchange for Flynn Robinson.
It just might have been one of the best the Bulls ever made, though.
Love was a three-time All-Star, a two-time All-NBA selection and a three-time All-Defensive pick for the Bulls, finishing fifth in the NBA in free-throw shooting in 1969-70 and fifth in minutes per game in 1970-71.
He stayed with the club until he was traded to the New York Nets in November 1976 in exchange for a second-round pick in 1977.
In parts of nine seasons in Chicago, Love averaged 21.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 37.3 minutes per game, shooting 43 percent from the floor and 81.6 percent at the line.
He was a fourth-round pick out of Southern by the Cincinnati Royals in the 1965 NBA Draft, but didn’t make the team and played the 1965-66 season in the Eastern Professional Basketball League before earning a spot with the Royals the following year.
He was selected by Milwaukee in the May 1968 expansion draft.
Waived by the Nets in January 1977, he signed with the Seattle SuperSonics eight days later and retired after being waived in September 1977.
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