Bob Boozer was with the Bulls at the very beginning. They chose the 6-foot-8 forward in the 1966 NBA Expansion Draft after he had already spent six seasons in the league. While he had been a solid NBA player to that point, he took his game to new heights in Chicago.
Boozer only played three seasons with the Bulls, but he was the clear-cut top scoring option in two of those years and just missed leading the team in scoring in the other season. In the Bulls’ inaugural season, he notched 18.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game before going for 19.7 points and 11.7 rebounds per game in the postseason.
Boozer stepped his game up another level in 1967-68. He made the only All-Star Game of his career and averaged 21.5 points and 9.8 rebounds in 38.8 minutes per contest. He then put up 18.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in the playoffs, though the Bulls lost in the first round just like they did the prior season.
Boozer upped his scoring average to 21.7 points per game in his third and final season in Chicago, but the Bulls failed to make the playoffs. He was then traded to the Seattle SuperSonics.
Boozer scored 20.4 points per game in his three seasons, which places him fifth in Bulls history. Boozer is also sixth in Win Shares per 48 minutes, just a tad behind Clifford Ray and Jimmy Butler, per Basketball-Reference.com. Carlos Boozer may be the more well-known Bull these days, but Bob Boozer was the more impactful player.