Krause may have made his name in basketball, but he was shaped by baseball. Jerry Krause was an accomplished baseball scout as well as a championship-winning NBA GM. Getty Images The First Dance ...

Krause was scouting for the White Sox in 1985 when Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf called and asked him to return to basketball to succeed Rod Thorn as general manager. 2. He was difficult to love.

Jerry Krause never was one of the guys. And Michael Jordan never let him forget it. Krause built the Chicago Bulls dynasty by drafting Horace Grant, heisting Scottie Pippen and trading for the unta… ...

Krause died in March 2017. Ahead of Thursday’s gala, Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf noted there was only one way the night could have been better — if Krause had been able to attend.

"Jerry scouted tools," said Jim Stack, one of Krause's chief assistants during his 18-year run as Bulls top basketball executive. "How athletic they were, long arms.

While Jerry Krause didn't draft Michael Jordan, he did build the roster around Jordan. The former Chicago Bulls general manager was a master trader and scout.

Krause, who died in 2017, worked as the Bulls general manager from 1985 to 2003, taking over a franchise that had drafted Jordan out of the University of North Carolina the previous year.

NBA legend Scottie Pippen wrote in his book that general manager Jerry Krause wasn’t happy the Chicago Bulls won titles in 1996 and 1997. “Even when the Bulls captured the NBA title in 1996 ...

Michael Jordan, independent of Jerry Krause, was ready to retire. It made for an easy scapegoat that Krause was getting rid of Jackson and Jordan only wanted to play for Jackson, but he wanted out.

Former Bulls figures blast Jerry Krause's lackluster reception at the Ring of Honour Stacey, Kerr, and Deebo didn't enjoy Bulls supporters' "classless" boos against the former Bulls top executive.