Images: Jerry Krause Through the Years
See images of Jerry Krause through the years. Krause, the executive behind the Chicago Bulls' six NBA titles, has died, the team announced Tuesday, March 21, 2017. He was 77.
Jerry Krause in 1998
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Chicago Bulls executive vice-president Jerry Krause listens as the Bulls were chosen to pick fourth in the draft at the 2001 Draft Lottery Sunday, May 20, 2001, in Secaucus, N.J. The Bulls had a 25 percent chance to win the first pick but dropped to fourth as the Washington Wizards won the first pick.
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Jerry Krause, left, general manager of the Chicago Bulls, is shown with Bulls legend Michael Jordan in this Sept. 20, 1988 photo after Jordan agreed to an eight-year contract extension. Krause, who built a team around Jordan that won six national titles, resigned Monday, April 7, 2003, citing health problems.
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Chicago Bulls' executive vice president of basketball operations Jerry Krause answers questions about the Bulls trade with the Indiana Pacers, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002, in Deerfield, Ill. The Bulls acquired Jalen Rose, Travis Best and rookie Norman Richardson, along with a conditional second-round draft pick, in exchange for Brad Miller, Ron Mercer, Ron Artest and Kevin Ollie.
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Chicago Bulls' General Manager Jerry Krause watches players go through drills at the NBA Pre-Draft Camp, June 8, 1995, in Chicago.
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Jerry Krause, General Manager of the Chicago Bulls, addresses the media during a press conference at the Berto Center Monday, Jan. 11, 1999, in Deerfield, Ill.
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Chicago Bulls first-round draft picks Jamal Crawford (11) and Marcus Fizer (5), flanked by Bulls coach Tim Floyd, left, and general manager Jerry Krause, right, field questions from the media at the Berto Center, the Bulls practice facility in Deerfield, Ill., Thursday, June 29, 2000.
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Brad Miller, a free agent center for the Charlotte Hornets, bends down to speak as Jerry Krause, the Chicago Bulls' vice president of basketball operations, listens during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000, in Deerfield, Ill. The 7-foot, 261-pound center said he has signed an "offer sheet" for a three-year $12 million deal with the Bulls. Krause said the Hornets have 15 days to match the offer but that the salary cap would keep them from doing so.
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Chicago Bulls' general manager Jerry Krause talks to reporters at the Bulls' practice facility in Deerfield, Ill., June 3, 1993. Bulls' star Michael Jordan continued his vow of silence with the media despite a new book's claims that he lost over a million dollars in golf bets in 10 days in 1991. Krause also declined to discuss it saying it was a private matter for Jordan.
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Newly named Chicago Bulls coach Bill Cartwright, right, talks with Bulls general manager Jerry Krause, center, as Pete Myers looks on, Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at the Bulls practice center in Deerfield, Ill. Myers, who was a scout, was made an assistant coach.
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Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause addresses the media in Deerfield, Ill., after he named Bill Cartwright, rear, as the new coach of the team, in this Dec. 28, 2001 file photo. Krause resigned Monday, April 7, 2003, citing health problems, after a tenure that included six NBA championships in the 1990s with Michael Jordan.
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Chicago Bulls' Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Jerry Krause, left, talks with the media after the Bulls announced that the team and coach Bill Cartwright, right, agreed on a three-year contract Monday, March 11, 2002 in Chicago.
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Houston Rockets team representative guard Steve Francis, left, shakes hands with Chicago Bulls executive vice-president for basketball operations Jerry Krause after the Rockets were awarded the first overall pick in the 2002 draft at a broadcast from NBA Studios in Secaucus, N.J., Saturday, May 19, 2002. The Bulls were awarded second pick.
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Chicago Bulls executive vice president for basketball operations Jerry Krause talks to reporters Monday, Sept. 30, 2002, during media day in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Ill. The Bulls are scheduled to play their first preseason game Oct. 10 in Boston.
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Members of the Chicago Bulls, along with coach Phil Jackson, right, and general manager Jerry Krause, seated at center, watch as Michael Jordan announces his retirement from basketball and the Bulls at Berto Center in Deerfield, Ill., Oct. 6, 1993. Standing at left is Bulls' John Paxson. Standing at right is Bulls' Scottie Pippen. Others are unidentified.
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Chicago Bulls' coach Phil Jackson, right, and general manager Jerry Krause watch the play from above as the Bulls practice in Deerfield, Ill., May 1, 1995.
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Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan, center, looks up at the trophy held by his teammates and coach Phil Jackson after they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics 87-75 to win the NBA Championship Sunday, June 16, 1996, in Chicago. From right foreground are Bulls general manager Jerry Krause, NBC-TV's Bob Costas and Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf.
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In this Sept. 21, 1988, file photo, Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan, right, is all smiles after he signed a new contract with the NBA basketball team as general manager Jerry Krause looks on during a news conference in Chicago, Ill. Krause, the executive behind the Bulls' six NBA titles, has died, the team announced Tuesday, March 21, 2017. He was 77.
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