The draft was held from April 30 to May 1, 1966,[1][2] so that the newly founded Chicago Bulls could acquire players for the upcoming 1966–67 season.
Before the 1966 expansion draft, the Bulls' general manager, Dick Klein, asked that each team reduce the number of protected players from eight (as initially planned) to seven.
Kerr retired from playing prior to the start of the season,[6] and was later named the franchise's first head coach.
[4] Another expansion draft pick, Al Bianchi, also retired as a player and was later named the team's assistant coach.
[11] Sloan has since been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, as has fellow draftee John Thompson.