Editing Chicago Bulls (section)

====2010–2011: Arrival of Tom Thibodeau and Rose's MVP year====
[[File:Tom Thibodeau cropped.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tom Thibodeau]] coached the Bulls to 62 wins in his first season.]]
In early June 2010, [[Boston Celtics]] assistant [[Tom Thibodeau]] accepted a three-year contract to fill the Bulls' head coaching vacancy.<ref>K.C. Johnson, [http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-chicago-bulls-tom-thibodeau-coach,0,4023353.story Thibodeau accepts Bulls' 3-year offer to be their 18th head coach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712212034/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-chicago-bulls-tom-thibodeau-coach,0,4023353.story |date=July 12, 2010 }}, ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', June 5, 2010.</ref> He was officially introduced on June 23.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thibodeau named 18th head coach in franchise history |url=http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/thibodeau_hired_100623.html |publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC |website=Bulls.com |date=June 23, 2010 |access-date=June 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626172904/http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/thibodeau_hired_100623.html|archive-date=June 26, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 7, it was revealed that [[Carlos Boozer]] of the [[Utah Jazz]] had verbally agreed to an $80&nbsp;million, five-year contract. Afterwards, the Bulls traded veteran point guard [[Kirk Hinrich]] to the [[Washington Wizards]] to create more cap space. The Bulls also signed former [[Philadelphia 76ers|76er]] and Jazz sharpshooter [[Kyle Korver]] to a three-year, $15&nbsp;million contract. The same day that the Bulls signed Kyle Korver, they signed Turkish All-Star [[Ömer Aşık]]. After being matched by the [[Orlando Magic]] for [[JJ Redick|J. J. Redick]], they signed their third free agent from the Jazz in the off-season in shooting guard [[Ronnie Brewer]], traded for former [[Golden State Warriors|Warrior]] point guard [[C.J. Watson]], and signed former [[Milwaukee Bucks|Bucks]] power forward [[Kurt Thomas (basketball)|Kurt Thomas]] as well as former [[San Antonio Spurs|Spurs]] player [[Keith Bogans]] and former Celtic [[Brian Scalabrine]].

Rose earned the 2011 NBA MVP Award, thereby becoming the youngest player in NBA history to win it. He became the first Bulls player since [[Michael Jordan]] to win the award. As a team, Chicago finished the regular season with a league-best 62–20 record and clinched the first seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 1998. The Bulls defeated the [[Indiana Pacers]] and the [[Atlanta Hawks]] in five and six games, respectively, thereby reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1998, and faced the [[Miami Heat]]. After winning the first game of the series, they lost the next four games, ending their season.