"The Chicago Bulls" are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. On January 16, 1966 Chicago was granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls.

NBA ("The National Basketball Association") is a men's professional basketball league in North America. It is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world.

The name "The Chicago Bulls" denoted strength and power, and it tied in to the city’s meatpacking tradition and the Chicago Amphitheater’s (first home court of the Bulls) proximity to the famed Chicago Stockyards. The one-syllable directness of the Bulls was also in line with Chicago’s other team nicknames—Bears, (White) Sox, Cubs, and (Black) Hawks.

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