Andrew Lang
Years on Bulls: 1998-99
Stats: 3.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 0.6 bpg, 32.3 fg percentage in 18.4 mpg
My Bulls Memory: I wanted to remember Andrew Lang as a young player just starting out, probably because of how terrible he was at finishing around the rim and how much I wanted to root for him, as a former big man who struggled to finish myself, to get better.
Turns out he had actually been in the league 10 seasons prior to joining the Bulls. Lang came over in a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks and we gave up a future second round pick to get him. He rewarded us by shooting an abysmal 32.3 percent from the field, a number that really hurts coming from a big man.
To be fair, he didn’t have much help on the offensive side of the ball that year. Sporting number 28, he held down the center position along with Dickey Simpkins and a Bill Wennington who most assuredly had one foot in retirement at that point.
Career Accomplishments: Andrew Lang actually ranks 79th all-time in career blocked shots in the NBA as of the writing of this article. Maybe not as much a slouch as I remembered, but he never averaged more than 6.5 rebounds from the starting center position and only reached double digits in points per game twice in a 12 year career.
And we wound up paying him the most he ever received to play NBA basketball… just over $3 million.
Where are they now? Despite a less than stellar performance with the Chicago Bulls, Andrew Lang was still receiving interest across the league upon his retirement in 2000.
A longtime Evangelical Christian, Andrew Lang obtained his ministerial license shortly after calling it quits on the hardwood and is currently the chaplain for the Atlanta Hawks, providing chapel services for the team. In the offseason, he travels and delivers speeches at conferences and youth retreats.